Greddy 18g Hardware Question
#81
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We'll see if meticulous maintenance can make it last, if not I will learn where the weak point is... Crank bearings failing, rod snapping from long term fatigue... I'm doing everything I can to avoid a predetonation and to make those bearings last
#84
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I figured out my exhaust stud problem! Either the shop put them in the wrong place, or greddy requires them in a different place than oem. Cant wait to get back at it tomorrow
Last edited by louisville13; 12-12-2017 at 11:38 AM.
#85
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It'll be a few months, in the meantime I'm just going to work on little things and drive sparingly
#86
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The spare engines the way to go. I started building and was still able to dailey my car for those 3 years i built my engine. Only down side is my parents arent going to have an engine free garage after im down like they think ha. That sucks though i know how it feels having to wait for your car to be finished.
#87
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I'm James btw...
I dont know how to explain my late night post ... usually cause I'm sh!tfaced and I have nothing better to do, I'm smart enough to not fire up the welder or toy on the car. Or, I play mens-rec league (beer league) hockey, and we have 10:30pm skates and I get hopped up on adrenaline and I cant sleep w/o meds ... so if I dont take sleeping pills than I'm up until 2am or 3am.
I have a pretty relaxed job so I can breakaway to the pickup for a siesta...
Id also highly recommend everyone here create a online blog and share it with no one ... get hopped up on something (legal or illegal) and blog your face off. call people, tell people theyre full of shizz, do play by play of good dates/bad dates, give yourself small business ideas, hypothesize about sht you'd only joke about with close friends, etc ... does quite a bit for your psyche...
I dont know how to explain my late night post ... usually cause I'm sh!tfaced and I have nothing better to do, I'm smart enough to not fire up the welder or toy on the car. Or, I play mens-rec league (beer league) hockey, and we have 10:30pm skates and I get hopped up on adrenaline and I cant sleep w/o meds ... so if I dont take sleeping pills than I'm up until 2am or 3am.
I have a pretty relaxed job so I can breakaway to the pickup for a siesta...
Id also highly recommend everyone here create a online blog and share it with no one ... get hopped up on something (legal or illegal) and blog your face off. call people, tell people theyre full of shizz, do play by play of good dates/bad dates, give yourself small business ideas, hypothesize about sht you'd only joke about with close friends, etc ... does quite a bit for your psyche...
Last edited by bealljk; 12-09-2017 at 10:57 PM.
#88
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I'm James btw...
I dont know how to explain my late night post ... usually cause I'm sh!tfaced and I have nothing better to do, I'm smart enough to not fire up the welder or toy on the car. Or, I play mens-rec league (beer league) hockey, and we have 10:30pm skates and I get hopped up on adrenaline and I cant sleep w/o meds ... so if I dont take sleeping pills than I'm up until 2am or 3am.
I have a pretty relaxed job so I can breakaway to the pickup for a siesta...
Id also highly recommend everyone here create a online blog and share it with no one ... get hopped up on something (legal or illegal) and blog your face off. call people, tell people theyre full of shizz, do play by play of good dates/bad dates, give yourself small business ideas, hypothesize about sht you'd only joke about with close friends, etc ... does quite a bit for your psyche...
I dont know how to explain my late night post ... usually cause I'm sh!tfaced and I have nothing better to do, I'm smart enough to not fire up the welder or toy on the car. Or, I play mens-rec league (beer league) hockey, and we have 10:30pm skates and I get hopped up on adrenaline and I cant sleep w/o meds ... so if I dont take sleeping pills than I'm up until 2am or 3am.
I have a pretty relaxed job so I can breakaway to the pickup for a siesta...
Id also highly recommend everyone here create a online blog and share it with no one ... get hopped up on something (legal or illegal) and blog your face off. call people, tell people theyre full of shizz, do play by play of good dates/bad dates, give yourself small business ideas, hypothesize about sht you'd only joke about with close friends, etc ... does quite a bit for your psyche...
Ps - it is taking every bit of will power I have right now to not head to the garage and start working on my car
Last edited by louisville13; 12-09-2017 at 11:46 PM.
#89
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Ok so spent a few hours getting the driver side manifold on. There was one bolt that wouldn't clear the manifold tube, but I cranked on it and got it as tight as I could. I figured as long as the lock nut was flat it would be ok? Im working on the passenger manifold now. There is one bolt that a nut will not clear the tube no matter if I cut it down or not (last 2 pics). Any advice? Seeing both turbos mounted on my engine is making me real excited to get this thing swapped into the z!
This is the one I tightened as much as I could. I wish there were nuts that would thread onto these studs with a smaller diameter?
This is the one I tightened as much as I could. I wish there were nuts that would thread onto these studs with a smaller diameter?
#90
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The greddy kit install manual will tell you to reconfigure the studs. As long as you have two per exhaust outlet you should be good
I believe we only had to grind 1 down for clearance on the pass side turbo
I believe we only had to grind 1 down for clearance on the pass side turbo
#91
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Lemme see that blog James lol jk probably some freaky **** on there. Do other people you don't know see it or is it literally private just to get stuff down in one place?
Exactly what cux said, make sure they cross over and all will be alright. I really don't regret going to bolts since you are having so much trouble, I got more than enough on there no problem and ground the manifolds where it was reasonable to do so without removing too much material (like that second to last photo with the nut that gets jammed).
So I looked up harbor freight in ky, and there are three of them in Louisville! Here's a trick... Use a credit card, buy the tool you need... Use it, drive to the other harbor freight... Then return it! You have 90 days, just keep the receipt.
It's like going to the ATM when you return it... They give you cash for tax and everything. Just say it wasn't strong enough (because none of their tools are!)
I may or may not do this all of the time...
-Mike
Exactly what cux said, make sure they cross over and all will be alright. I really don't regret going to bolts since you are having so much trouble, I got more than enough on there no problem and ground the manifolds where it was reasonable to do so without removing too much material (like that second to last photo with the nut that gets jammed).
So I looked up harbor freight in ky, and there are three of them in Louisville! Here's a trick... Use a credit card, buy the tool you need... Use it, drive to the other harbor freight... Then return it! You have 90 days, just keep the receipt.
It's like going to the ATM when you return it... They give you cash for tax and everything. Just say it wasn't strong enough (because none of their tools are!)
I may or may not do this all of the time...
-Mike
Last edited by yosip1115; 12-10-2017 at 05:57 PM.
#92
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Well i put the bolts how the greddy instructions said and still end up with that one in the last pic that wont fit. Are you saying it wouldnt be a big deal to reconfigure the bolt pattern?
#93
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Also, just ran into a post from a while ago, was dynosty pissed that you took the block before they finished? How did that go down? Did you screw yourself there? Just curious
Last edited by yosip1115; 12-10-2017 at 06:06 PM.
#94
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No they didnt mind. They had it for like 4 months and we were just waiting on fuel rails so they said i could come get the engine or wait another month or so for fuel rails to come in so they could install them. Heres the template for the passenger side and what i have. Pretty sure its right but i domt see how nuts are supposed to fit
#96
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It looks like you're missing at least one on the top and one on the bottom so make sure you have all six per the template at the very least.
Grab a grinder tomorrow and grind clearance into the manifold to allow the nuts to spin without interference. Loosen them all until you get all of the nuts threaded on then start socking them down in a criss cross pattern
Grab a grinder tomorrow and grind clearance into the manifold to allow the nuts to spin without interference. Loosen them all until you get all of the nuts threaded on then start socking them down in a criss cross pattern
#97
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Theyre all there. Just couldnt see the third one on the bottom until the last pic and one on the top didnt have a nut on it. Yall are killing me with the grinding, all i have is a tiny file. Cant wait to file that...
#98
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I just posted a way for you to get a grinder for free ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
#99
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Oh yea true i forgot about that already! Sorry disyracted by the new season of the grand tour haha. It still makes me nervous grinding the manifolds down but oh well. Did everyone else have to do.this much grinding? So much for a bolt on kit... sorry about the template thing i misunderstood but the bolts are where theyre marked on the template i posted.