Engine back in, did alone this time and was surprisingly easy, took me an hour or so:



Need to clean up my UIM and either powder coat it or something...I love how the rails turned out though, looks nice a subtle. Also need to make a different bracket for the FPR as it sits to high

 

Looks like it's coming along nicely. Love the purple.

 

Turbo and manifold pieces will be here this week!

 

Holset came as did my weld el bends. Waiting on the flanges and I'll start tacking the manifold together. Was to cheap over the holidays to purchase a TIG so I'll have to use my buddies Syncrowave. I only have one 38mm wastegate at the moment but I'm planning on running two. I bought the 38mm because it was brand new and a really good price/located in BC.

 

Is that a holset hx52?

Edit:

Now I see it is a hx52 from your sig. What fuel are you running and how much are you pushing with that turbo. Last time I checked it was ~88lb/minute. That is fracking huge. That turbo is just begging for a compound setup.

 

Picked it up because it was cheap. A few users on here use em and they say spool is better than a gt42 (phew), we'll see how much psi I run, would love 500hp (am I being TO optimistic?)
Fuel is 550cc/1600cc and I bought a Coolingmist kit for dirt cheap but would like to tune with out it.
Got the turbo dangling near its spot, would be a huge step forward to get the manifold done...

 

Your only shooting for 500 out of a 88lb/min turbo? Why not get something smaller that has better spool?

And yes, holsets spool pretty damn quick. They are meant for colder slower moving exhaust gas from a diesel.

 

Because why buy an hx40 for around $500 and sell it in a year for $200 and then buy a larger turbo for more money. I figured I'd buy it since the price is right and I probably won't outgrow it.

 

Not a whole lot of progress. Bought a manifold, welded on a tial WG flange, and have all of the oil lines done for the turbo. Need to get the turbo coated as well as the intercooler/pipes.
Still need to do the upper coolant hose and wire my coils, then I'll fire the ol' girl up. Once it's up and running, I'll be getting a new drive shaft and a vband downpipe. Hopefully down the road, I want to get Wiggin clamps for the intercooler pipes but for now the silicone elbows and tclamps will do.

 

Any updates?

 

Need to wire my coils and get a 14mm to -4an adapter then she will be fired up. Would like to do some body work soon and get a coat of paint on it and get a vented hood. A new driveshaft or a TII driveline would be nice to!

 

Looking good bro, i love the progress

 

thanks. would get more done if I didn't have to worry about doing the ball joints and rear seals on my Super Duty lol

 

Nice build. It was funny seeing a link to my wiring overview here. BTW, the tire hits metal before it hits the harness on both cars I did that modification on. They aren't slammed either though.

Keep it up. I like the attention to detail.

 

Regarding that ^...
I took the fender off to give myself some "peace of mind". While it would have been fine, I just simply "rolled" the harness above the lip, now there is NO way the tire will catch it.

And thanks for the compliment, means a lot coming from someone who has an amazing LS build going!

 

hey jagger, i'm also doing this swap. i was wondering if you are using a Fc engine harness or a FD harness? I had two different shop telling two different things... please enlighten me!

 

Look at my signature. Using a Haltech standalone. You can modify an FD harness to work with the FD ECU. Seems like a cheaper way of doing it but not nearly as versatile

 

I have a haltech e6k. hopefully i would do it.

 

Should be fine

 

Update:
It runs. No video but damn, that's loud with no exhaust.
Had a couple oil leaks from lack of proper tightening but started right up.

All she needs is an exhaust and hole sealing in the engine bay to protect my little lungs.

 

 

Hows that mount holding up? I have a similar mount setup that ill be runnig on mine and some input would be nice... Also r u runnin the fc coils or fd?

 

Mounts hold up fine, I just wouldn't recommend them to anyone.

Im using the stock FC coils

 

Well not the mounts but the bracket... This is my setup here... Similar, just looks more sturdy also the only harness i have is a microtec harness made for a 13b-t. With some modification that should be good to use correct?

 

yup, will work just fine. Just wire the coils, fuel pump, and 12v switched and it will run.

That mount looks 10x better than mine