Good luck. Post pics asap. This is a sweet build.

 

Well, i worked from 9 30 in the morning till 3 today by myself and got the car boosted... everything went together fairly easily..

the car pulls hard and is running 5psi right now, which i'll get up to 7psi soon, by checking for pinhole leaks and get my wastegate signal from the intake manifold instead of the compressor housing.

anyways: on to the pics












and the money shot:


Overall I'm super happy with the car... it runs awesome on the basemap and pulls hard. running open DP right now and its not even that loud but it'll be plumbed back into the exhaust soon

Some people i'd like to thank for helping make this happen are:
- "-mik-" for chipping the ecu and tons of information
- jaredw for letting me do tons of stuff in his garage and lending a hand while pulling parts at the junkyard lol
- David Marks for the use of the machine shop and building stuff for me
- The people on all three sites I visit: www.homemadeturbo.com www.customobsessions.com and www.lowmotion.org

last but not least i'd like to thank the people who said it wouldnt work, and invite them for a ride in the car that wasnt spossed to work!

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Setup looks ****! What'd you spend over all?

What's the turbo off of?

 

Setup costs:

-garrett gt17, off a 2000-something saab 9-5 $20
-manifold, free stock manifold and made the rest for free $free
-oil feed line $12 bucks or something?
-downpipe... only paid for the one crush bend $8
-injectors from mazda 626 turbo $30
-Intercooler off VW g60 $20
-like 10 feet of 2" suction hose $20
-vaccuum manifold and fittings $7
-worm gear clamps $10
-chip kit $30
-Getting chip kit installed $40
-other random ---- probably adds to $50

and a lot of the fittings like teh oil return and stuff i had sitting around the house

total: $240 canadian, but im sure i have forgot a lot of little things....

 

now post some vids and lets see what it can do.

 

Is your PCV still stock? If so you're going to have to vent it or something.

 

no the pcv is un hooked from the intake manifold and just vented below the car

 

Classic HMT nice job!

 

I love it, that is a sweet setup. I would say hook it up to a wideband and at least get the fuel in order asap. Just may as well keep a nice setup like that alive.

 

i think you put the lip on the wrong side cause when i did it, it look difrent unless you have a difrent kind of garden thing.
nice setup thoe