Great progress pictures, can't wait for more!

 

thank you very much for posting this.... doing things yourself is clearly the way forward. much more rewarding (i imagine!)

 

Here are some pics and updates from last night.. I have to say it felt like the most productive night we had since most of the major components were bolted up and its finally starting to take shape..

We started with the water/air cooler setup.. The setup is help up in place by 2 bolts, but you will also need to push up the heat shielding to make room for it:



The installed water/air cooler:



Next we prep the turbo by installing the oil fittings/gaskets:



The turbo/manifold bracket goes in place next:



After that we install the 2 runners that connect to the exhaust manifold and collect at the turbo:





Next step the turbo goes in place:





A pic from underneath:



Next item the exhaust goes on and is held on by the supplied clamp which attaches to the turbo's turbine side.





We prep the external wastegate, by installing the supplied spacer/gaskets:



Bolting it up to the system:

 

And here it is! complete assembly of the major components of the turbo kit.



We finish the night off by installing the oil return line, which is connected to the oil feed tube, the oem rubber hose is removed and replaced with a aluminum tube which has a fitting on it for the hose which will be coming from the oil pump.





Overall impression so far, its been pretty straight forward install. The only difficult part so far has been removal and install of the new oil return hose. The space is very limited where your working on and having the right tool for the job really helps in this case. I was lucky enough Ian had the correct clamp tool to hold the hose clamp open so you can slide the tube out.

Tonight we will tackle all the various intake hoses and most likely the new coolant lines..

 

Looks great & correct me if I'm wrong but I can't believe the turbo is hard mounted to the transmission like that with the exhaust piping and everything! Seems that would cause exhaust leaks with all the vibration of the trans and having it hard mounted to the exhaust system, especially since I can't see any type of gasket between the turbo, exhaust and that black mounting bracket. But then again I'm sure ATP has figured this out, so I'm just blabbing.

I also like the way the exhaust kept the two tip design with one being solely for the wastegate. That wastegate will sound like a bat out of hell when it opens up on the freeway since there is no baffling, it's pretty much just open. I guess the only other way around it would be to plumb the WG piping into the exhaust before the muffler canister and then have one single large tip out the back of the car.

Also does ATP offer aftermarket exhaust headers for the car? It appears that you're just bolting the exhaust up to the OEM pipes. I assume the degree of difficulty on the install would go up significantly if you had to replace the OEM header as well.

Anyway, looks fantastic, can't wait to see what numbers you get. Are you installing any extra guages (boost, oil pressure, egt, wideband, etc) to monitor the new system or are you just relying on the reflash of the ECU? While the reflash will be close I'm sure, every car is different and should be dyno tuned individually.

 

Awesome thread! That looks like the kind of project I'd love to help with! I'm looking forward to seeing some dyno numbers after you get your ECU back.

 

cant wait until your done.

 

Almost there with the install. Day 4 and 5 was reinstalling the intake box, intake tubes, and installing new coolant hoses.

Intake box is back in place, it was actually kinda of a pain to get it back in there since there is so little room to work with. But lotsa wiggeling and it pops right back in:



The driver side intake manifold goes back in to place:



New coolant lines are installed next. I picked up special heat sleeve to protect the hoses from radiant heat, since it passes pretty close to the engine. The will be routed over the driver side intake manifold, and all the way to the front of the car:



View of the lines passing the front of the engine, make sure you have clearance from all the belts:



Routing in the front:



I picked up these aluminum brackets from a member on the forum, to help route the new coolant hose:



Out the front:



The original hose coming from the 3rd radiator will be modified to fit the new smaller hoses:





This is how it will look back on the car:



Next we install the new oil vent that is routed to under the car:



The new plenum from TPC Racing is reinstalled along with the throttle body:



We move on to the intake hoses, starting with the hose connecting the turbo and the water/air cooler:

 

Next, we installed the top hose connecting to the throttle body:



Here's what we have so far:



I think we have 1 more night into it and we should be ready to start it up.. Just need to connect all the coolant hoses at the rear, and the oil lines, and then wire up the new pumps and I think that should do it. Oh also waiting to get the ECU back from TPC Racing. Can't wait!!!

 

Wowsa! That's some impressive work and I'm really curious on what kind of power you'll be getting when it's done.