Lost_sol

w00t turbo kia! props y0'

NethercuttML2

Thanks, that's the whole idea behind the project. To learn, build something unique, and have fun while doing it.

Dude, you still can, I got this manifold for the hell of it, Those aren't the parts I was gonna send you, it's some crap a friend of mine used to run, chill, I'm no backstabbing ******

Thanks man, I'm super stoked. Ordering some last parts here soon!

Blaast:
That makes sense. While I'm leaning out the larger injectors with the OBDII, I'll run the MAF. But, I'll convert to MAP with the MS, it's just better from all angles I've been shown.

NethercuttML2

Really, I'm no post------

On the recirculating charge: I've been wonding about injection instead of intercooling, but I won't be able to recirculate the charge if it's moist. Looks like I'll be intercooling. Dayum, there's not much room for all that pipe.

Can I use flex hose like my lower radiator for charge?

2G6

I've got a bunch of 2.5" piping and couplers for you. It about time the damn turbo showed up. This car is going to be a wonderful sleeper that will eventually be able to freighten the average 5.0 Mustwang. Keep it going man.

PaRaDoX

lol good to see someone else doin somethin but a honda, !!! what kia is it?

NethercuttML2

Yeah, I'm gonna have to do that. 5.0 Mustang, I doubt it. XD

Yeah, I'm all about originality. It's an '02 Rio, the smallest of all the Kias. I'm on my way here in a bit to pull the AC core, and measure it up for an intercooler to go in it's place.

reactone

I guess nobody remembers Jeff's (Abaz) turbo kia. That ****** was super clean.

Smith-02

thought he did a hyundai?

NethercuttML2

Not at all, he did a Spectra, with an extra injector for fuel. I've talked to him about it. It was before my time, but I've still talked to him about it. The Spectra is the sportiest of the sedans... I'm boosting the runt XD

I redid my intake today, I'll upload the pictures later tonight when I get home to my computer. Now instead of just having the MAF Sensor on the turbo, and the filter on the sensor, there's a 2" (or maybe 2.5", I can never remember) intake on it. It's got a rounded 90* bend on it, going from the turbo, up into the engine bay, with the sensor and the filter ending up sorta next t0/behind the battery, in front of the master cylinder. But I'll upload the pics later tonight. The great thing about the intake pipe is that, it's part of my old CAI, which is actually from a Focus 2 door (ZX3) and has a hole in it, with a flange basically, for a sensor from the Ford. I just covered it up with a metal shim and some duct tape when I used it as my CAI, but I will likely be able to use that opening to hook up the BOV! As I progress farther and farther with this project, things really just start to fit together totally coincidentally.

Edit: Just to clarify, I'll be dumping the BOV into this hole in the intake, which is behind the MAF Sensor but pre-compressor, as instructed by Blaast. Thanks!

As it seems so far, I have a Saab FMIC lined up that is nearly identical in size and shape as my AC core, which was removed. The FMIC is a bit thicker, but I have plenty of room in front of the radiator.They say that the best place to hide things is in plain sight... We'll see how long it takes the B&Ws to catch on

HMT-Admin

Keyword.. WAS, guy put 35k on it without doing a oil change and it exploded, it also looks like a small animale may have lived in it. Anyhow, the guy traded it in, and I ended up buying it for dirt cheap, so expect to see a new turbo kia project soon, maybe this time it will have some real *****.

Back on subject,

Your rio looks solid man, def a HMT setup.. Let me know how the fuel setup works, I had a tough time dialing the spectra in. Btw besure your timing belt has been replaced, I do atleast 1 broken timing belt on rio's each week!