Plumbing, plumbing, plumbing. There is more plumbing on this engine than in a house. The main hard-line tubing assembly has been modified to remove all of the nipples for the water cooled turbo as well as the water cooled throttle body. This plumbing will take awhile but its gotta be done.
I now have the turbo installed and connected to the intake plenum. I need oil to my turbo so I have a 4an inlet from the block and a 10an hose for the return to the oil pan. I will have to install an oil pump later for the force return to the oil pan. So far so good everything seems to be lining up nicely.
Now that I have all of my turbo parts painted and the gaskets in, I can go ahead and assemble everything. I started with putting some high temp heat barrier between the turbo bracket and the frame. I also put in the gaskets and bolted it all together. Next up the turbo…
I now have 2 new slide shows on the new “MR2 VW Bug pics page 8” page. MR2 VW bug pics page 8
They loaded kinda funny but if you click on them they come up. Gotta fix this.
One step closer to finishing up the turbo exhaust plumbing. I have had the header and downpipe completely sealed up by a local shop using TIG welds. As I put everything together I am porting out the inside of all the components. All I need is gaskets and and a few bolts to complete the custom exhaust.
The custom fab-up of the stainless exhaust system is now complete. I have finished tacking everything into place and now I need to get it TIG welded to seal it up. Again you can see the custom intake.
I have now completed the exhaust run from the head to the T3 flange input to the turbo. I have one piece left to install, a 6″ flex coupling to increase the flexability of the exhaust because the turbo is solid mounted to the frame. Once this piece is delivered I will complete the exhaust. You can also see the custom intake mounted to the head.
I now have the fabrication complete on the custom intake. I am now focusing on the exhaust system. I am using 2-45 degree bends of 2.5″ stainless tubing. The exhaust will travel under the motor and meet up with the turbo flange towards the rear of the car. I am slowly getting there.
I am getting closer to having the intake plenum completed. I have one side completely boxed in and the deflection plate ready to weld in. All I have left to do is box in the other side, seal it up and paint it.
Intake construction continues. I now have the runners welded completely to the mount plate and the intake plenum itself. I sealed up the welding spots with JB weld to insure that there are no leaks. I have also constructed the throttle body mount plate.