did you pull the engine and tranny together?

 

Bwahaha yea me and supraturboman are doin this currently. Motors about to be put back in

 

your helping him? that is cool. you already got the turbos and stuff on?

 

Yes everything is on. We ran into a lot of issues so far the biggest surprise was the forged performance oil feed lines. The fittings going into the turbo s were wrong. So we are using the banjo fittings from the greddy kit. All the issues are because I purchase d a used kit and it is missing a lot of pieces. So far we spent more time trying to find parts versus actual work.

 

Yes we are doing all the work at my place on jack stands. It sucks but can be done.

We did pull the motor and trans as one unit.

As of right now we are at a stand still, as I am needing more parts.

Escobar: when you pull the motor and trans as one unit, you need to make sure you clear a line on the rack and pinion. Its tough but uf you have a extra set of hands it will really help.

 

 

 

thanks for the heads up. I will def have a few people helping haha. I dont want to run into that issue with parts so Im trying to get everything I know of but I know thats impossible. You can never have everything...

 

What are you going to use for oil feed and return lines?

 

the guy I bought the kit from left his lines on there. they are custom return lines with 10an fittings and 6an feed I believe. heres a pic.

 

This is what my buddy and I came up with for the reutn lines.


Motor and trans assembly


Passenger side


Tial external with extended wastegate tubes


Upgraded radiator

 

Sorry for the large pictures. I need to figure out on how to re-size them.

 

looks good. one note is i would return the oil lines to the crankcase. i know it's very popular to return to the lower pan, but it's better off to return to the upper imho. ive spoken to a couple of shops about which one to choose and all the big hp z shops agreed that if you are able to it's technically better to do so. don't mean to nitpick, but it's something i would do on my car if i didnt have a seperated turbo oiling system.

 

^your talking about the ports that are adjacent to the motor mounts approximately? im upset tha greddy used a -6 sized port for the return. it soldve been a 10. all thats left really is situate the lines, and get the motor back i the car.

 

And down pipe gasket which I cant find locally

 

i believe i had to get them from vibrant when i replaced them a while back

 

nice progress man!

 

Well we have the motor 90% in. I will have pictures in a few. I never found the gaskets I needed, but found the material to mske my own. It is also a tad bit harder on install because we left the driveshaft in and now its being a biotch.

 

it comes out in like 5 mins lol... just 4 bolts

 

its going to smoke with having your turbo oil drain so low in the oil pan... oil drain can't be below the oil line or your drain hose will back up and force oil out the turbo seals