Red's K04 Turbo Build
03-15-2012, 09:30 AM
#53
ok im starting to get pissed it been 17 business days and still no word from gm parts direct 
on another note I ordered a Lokar dipstick so that should be coming soon
and I finished porting now I just need to polish the intake rinners of the flange and manifold
on another note I ordered a Lokar dipstick so that should be coming soon
and I finished porting now I just need to polish the intake rinners of the flange and manifold
Last edited by Axelthered05; 03-15-2012 at 09:36 AM.
03-16-2012, 10:05 AM
#57
PIC TIME!!!
so here is the flange mounted to the intake manifold before the port matching
a close up of the intake runner
here is a side by side comparison
and the rest are for fun
over all the proting process was a PITA and I still have to polish the intake runers and flange nice and smoth before it can be used but the hard part is done ...I think
so here is the flange mounted to the intake manifold before the port matching
a close up of the intake runner
here is a side by side comparison
and the rest are for fun
over all the proting process was a PITA and I still have to polish the intake runers and flange nice and smoth before it can be used but the hard part is done ...I think
03-22-2012, 03:32 PM
#67
Another Pic update my order from gm parts direct came in finaly it only took them a month ...no literaly I ordered on feb 22 today march 22
here is the rear coolant pipe
a few of the banjo bolts
stupid little brake booster fitting
turbo gasket
so I ordered 4 of this bolt but some how I got 8 meh
they are the exhaust manifold bolts
Just FYI the oil drain tube I ordered came with gaskets and bolts so I now have 2 sets of those, wish that was listed in the description
the fitting for the crank vent on the turbo also comes with its gasket
here are the braces for the turbo, manifold and o2 housing
the lnf thermostat housing
and of course a net exhaust manifold gasket
here is the rear coolant pipe
a few of the banjo bolts
stupid little brake booster fitting
turbo gasket
so I ordered 4 of this bolt but some how I got 8 meh
they are the exhaust manifold boltsJust FYI the oil drain tube I ordered came with gaskets and bolts so I now have 2 sets of those, wish that was listed in the description
the fitting for the crank vent on the turbo also comes with its gasket
here are the braces for the turbo, manifold and o2 housing
the lnf thermostat housing
and of course a net exhaust manifold gasket
03-27-2012, 08:56 AM
#71
03-28-2012, 09:40 PM
#72
I had an idea today so let me provide you with some food for thought. in another one of my threads about the EVAP system I learned that the evap purge solonoid is a duty cycled vacuum switching valve why is this important well lets look at how the engine computer determons when the EVAP is on. the engine computer considers speed, vacume, rpm, and coolant temp to determine when to activate the EVAP. now Im sure most of you are thinking by now Who the hell cares about that, well what if I told you the Boost control solonoid on the K04 is a duty cycled vacuum switching valve 
so if my thinking is on the right track if the engine computer is able to so precisly control the EVAP why would it not be able to so precisly control a boost control solonoid in its place? now I cant just remove the EVAP solonoid from the emissions system 
but I can replace it with a Thermo Vacuum Valve and vent it to the atmosphere that way while the car is just siting the EVAP system is not open to the atmosphere but when the engine reaches 120* the system can vent this would free up the controled duty cycled chanel on the engine computer to be used as a boost control signal for a boost control solonoid and since the engine computer can use speed, rpm and vacuum (or in this case boost) as deciding factors who is to say you could not have a fully computer controled boost system for the 2.2 and even 2.4 systems this would of course require a 2+ bar map sensor to work but it would allow you to have the waste gate open at a low boost at a low speed for launching but also allow for higher boost at higher speeds 
so this is just a thought and more research would have to be put into this to make it hapen but I just thought I would through this out there
so if my thinking is on the right track if the engine computer is able to so precisly control the EVAP why would it not be able to so precisly control a boost control solonoid in its place? now I cant just remove the EVAP solonoid from the emissions system but I can replace it with a Thermo Vacuum Valve and vent it to the atmosphere that way while the car is just siting the EVAP system is not open to the atmosphere but when the engine reaches 120* the system can vent this would free up the controled duty cycled chanel on the engine computer to be used as a boost control signal for a boost control solonoid and since the engine computer can use speed, rpm and vacuum (or in this case boost) as deciding factors who is to say you could not have a fully computer controled boost system for the 2.2 and even 2.4 systems this would of course require a 2+ bar map sensor to work but it would allow you to have the waste gate open at a low boost at a low speed for launching but also allow for higher boost at higher speeds so this is just a thought and more research would have to be put into this to make it hapen but I just thought I would through this out there
