Blog Title: Clean and Mean

I just want to make my car super clean, nice looking car, that has some power.

Bought this car 3 years ago come Jan. I didnt touch it till after 1 year and the last 6 months i have been gone. i have plans now on making it a dream come true.

Follow my build and progress, i have a big winter ahead of me.

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Posted 11-13-2010 at 07:42 PM by Bluefire16
Updated 11-13-2010 at 11:03 PM by Bluefire16

So here is the update guys, got the car home.

Had to buy some new things:

New battery
New o2 sensor
Oil
Oil filter
Coolant
Bolts for turbo
Gasket

20g turbo installed, lines all hooked up EXCEPT i broke my DANG Banjo bolt to the head!

So i have to find a bolt now in the next day or two... here are a few pictures in the mean time.

Oh and the rear trunk has been gutted. The painting of trim pieces will start soon. I am doing my custom trunk and battery holder first.

As you can see in the pic, i think the previous owner started to swap out the gray for black, however the whole trunk is still gray.

Lastly, my stock radiator fan wont work with the 20g, its to big to fit in the way of the waste gate. Any suggestions?

Lastly a few pics of the actual turbo

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	You could upgrade to slim fans?
	Posted 11-13-2010 at 07:48 PM by hurricanecris24

	I have one already, but am worried about just running the one. I had some heating issues this past summer and could not diagnose it 100% Next few things to replaces are prob t-stat sensor, and t-stat
	Posted 11-13-2010 at 08:13 PM by Bluefire16

	What's hitting on the fan? Cover? Wastegate?
	Posted 11-13-2010 at 11:27 PM by hurricanecris24

	Wastegate is.... its sticking pretty far in the fan area actually ( i cut off one of the "guards" to see if it could clear it. Well it does, but it allows the wastegate to stick in the fan actually haha
	Posted 11-13-2010 at 11:48 PM by Bluefire16

	Over heating issues can be caused by the front mount intercooler blocking air to the radiator. when you boost leak test, aim at that bolt on the housing, that nipple, and the nipple blocked off. i didnt put them there but i thought they probably should be jb welded around or siliconed
	Posted 11-14-2010 at 06:38 AM by pj91gsx

I like the nipples (lol), easier to run a MBC, and yea, not sure about the heating. Owell its winter now and i will be fine till summer, then ill buy a new radiator.

But with the progress....deleted a bunch of stuff today and spent 2 hours cleaning the engine bay. Pics up tomorrow.

Just waiting on the banjo bolt, and to hook up my non crusie. Lastly took my trunk pieces out and removing carpet tomorrow.

Posted 11-14-2010 at 07:23 PM by Bluefire16 Bluefire16 is offline

	Banjo bolt in, and everything hooked up. Fired up and!!!! (Drum roll please) I HAVE A LEAK! Somewhere somehow there is a coolant leak. No clue and looks like the turbo needs to come off now so i can figure this problem out.
	Posted 11-15-2010 at 08:35 PM by Bluefire16

	are you running coolant threw the turbo?
	Posted 11-15-2010 at 09:08 PM by pj91gsx

	Yea.... i am
	Posted 11-15-2010 at 10:11 PM by Bluefire16

	i did away with the coolant lines after awhile because i was changing turbos so much, upgrading, testing turbos i rebuilt and such. mine was never a daily driver. i think its good to run coolant threw them if your going to track the car.
	Posted 11-16-2010 at 04:43 AM by pj91gsx

	I just dont always have the patience to sit there and wait...granted i have a built in turbo timer on my car with my starter, but still wouldnt take the risk.
	Posted 11-16-2010 at 08:34 AM by Bluefire16

	woof! i want to see this build continue woof
	Posted 11-18-2010 at 01:23 PM by pj91gsx

	Turbo is on, everything fixed. Now new problem....i have a coolant leak inside my dash. Looks like when i needed to take off the coolant line from the water pipe it came loose inside the dash! UGHHHH will this nightmare end!? So now i need to pull the dash to, what i believe, reconnect a line.
	Posted 11-19-2010 at 08:31 AM by Bluefire16

	I hope your heater core didnt crack or something
	Posted 11-19-2010 at 12:24 PM by pj91gsx

	i want to see this build done so bad i cant stand it! :P
	Posted 11-21-2010 at 02:54 PM by pj91gsx