I have a boost controller. But what line do I run for the bov???

 

Well changed valve springs today with head still on car def the most pain in the ass ever.

 

It needs a vacuum line, not sure what intake manifold you have but if you dont have an extra hookup off of it then youre going to have to T off an existing vac line

 

Yeah i have an extra port into my manifold so that is all i have to run to the bov?

 

What did you guys do about the stupid dipstick when you took the oil pan off? The pan itself finally came off but the dipstick is holding it in.

 

Pull it out. If needes un bolt the dip stick from the Intake manifold and yank it out

 

Oh it just comes out?? How hard do I have to pull lol? I was almost giving it all I got and it wouldn't come out.

 

Wiggle it. Try to twist and turn it. It will come out

 

Yeah it's just held in by two o rings

 

It's only held in by two o-rings??? It still hasn't come out, this thing's gonna kill me lol

 

Still hasn't come out...damn this thing, I finally got the oil pan loose and now this.

 

Man up. If u cant do it maybe ur wife can. :p

 

i broke mine pulling it out, Yeah I am a man! LOL. It broke at the top o-ring due to New York salted roads. It was stuck and hella flush when it broke. HAHA.

pulled the broken piece out of the pan after I removed it with pliers. Then I bought a used one from mongorat and bent it by hand to shape around my sheetmetal intake manifold. You dont need any other dipstick but the LSJ one and rebend it to fit your needs. ZZP says you need their turbo dipstick but its bull.

Also I have a hahn oil dipstick mounting bracket made from tig welded aluminum. Its the little touches I like about Hahns turbo kit. Their manifold I cant speak to fondly of at the moment, but thats a different story.

 

Lol that mani is a piece!

 

Oh yeah about that, Hahn emailed me and offered to fix it for free and use a different way of welding it. They also offered me a deep discount on a new manifold they sell, not to buy the knock off one that is sold by another vendor (knockoff manifold doesnt use a billet front plate, they just weld on a chunk of aluminum and tap that for fittings). Anyway Hahn has been really good about emailing me back when I have a question or anything about my second hand turbo kit. That is big in my book.

So I already sent my manifold to a race car builder for new welds. I am then going to reenforce it with an aluminum tube to keep pressure from ballooning the sheet metal. The front and back are 1/2" T6061 aluminum but the wrap from the top around the side to the bottom is thinner 1/8 so it flexes under boost. I think I have come up with a way to make it indestructible.

Its a technique that i use when I build subwoofer enclosures, I brace the wall opposite of the subwoofer to keep the box from flexing but keeping the walls thinner for lighter weight.

I really want to maintain the intake, there is a 17wtq and 10whp difference from the stock LNF intake to the sheetmetal intake on the same turbo and fuel.

 

That's why I have a TTR lol damn copycats

 

LOL, TTR is the copy cat.

 

I know that's what I was saying

 

lol, oh! well if you ever have boost issues check the manifold for cracks first. Mine started off tiny and by the time I found it turned into a cavernous 6" crack. Front and back.

 

Aint that the truth :/ I just went with the saab intake mani. Coulda kept my hahn but I didnt wanna deal with the cracking

 

Ok guys which lines do I run to my external wg? Which line goes to the top and which goes to the bottom?

 

 

Just found a diagram that shows the line from the turbo hooking up to the bottom port and the top port vented to atmosphere does this sound correct? Look on page 6


http://www.turbosmartusa.com/wp-cont...Y_12_rev_2.pdf

 

That's if you're not using a boost controller. Are you using one?

Edit.....nvm I see the boost controller is the next pic


What waste gate are you using?