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HMT's Turbo Kia done...
Well alot of you know I do work at a Kia dealership as a technican, last month I was able to talk my boss into letting me turbo a used 02 Kia spectra on the lot.
https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/before.jpg Picked out this one, we werent in the car very much, it didnt have AC and it has around 40k miles, seemed to be perfect for the job. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/before1.jpg Keeping it "HMT" I decided to go with a nice used DSM T25 I had laying around. This was the first initial test fit, using coat hangers I was able to mock where I wanted everything. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/flange.jpg Heres the base plate I used to weld the manifold so it didnt warp, I had to order a custom head flange from davesport since nobody makes head flanges for kias ;) https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/mani1.jpg I went with a unique style manifold, I wanted it to be different than anything I've seen, its basically like a reverse ram horn. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/mani2.jpg Using several Mcmaster 304L stainless steel 90 degree bends (sch 10) w/ a shitbird collector. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/mani3.jpg A shot of the stock manifold w/ precat vs the custom turbo mani and dsm t25 turbo. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/mock3.jpg Another angle https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/mani4.jpg First test fit went very well, as you can see the mani is bling blinging, I spent several hours grinding down the welds and polishing the pipes. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/feed1.jpg Using a Stealthmode oil feed line kit w/ tuner toys block fitting. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/feed2.jpg A bit close to the alternator, but it fit pretty nice and length was perfect. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/before4.jpg Shot of the T25, as you can see the compressor housing has been modified, I had to aim the neck so it aimed towards the pass side. (full 180 degrees) https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/turbo1.jpg The coolant fittings were also moved around a bit to aim towards the driverside. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/mock2.jpg Mocking up the oil return, just used a barbed fitting off the tunertoyz return fitting to a section of the stock dsm return pipe to a chunk of pipe welded into the oil pan. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia2.jpg Here is the Upper IC pipe, there are 2 Injector bosses welded in holding 2 DSM 450cc injectors https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia4.jpg Using braided -6 an line and fittings, the fuel is T'd off the end of the stock fuel rail (returnless system) https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia15.jpg Controlling the 2 injectors is the SDS EIC (Simple digital system Electronic injector controller) this was the first time I've ever used one but I thought it might work pretty decent for this setup. They are very easy to install, you basically have 2 knobs on the controller. One to set when the injectors come on in (vac/boost) and the other is threshold (how much the injector is injecting) it has a pretty cool led showing duty cycle. I had a bit of a tough time getting a good tach signal but I got it all figured out today =) https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia3.jpg The 2 coolant lines ran from the turbo w/ barbed fittings 5/16 (EFI fuel line works great for this hose) All the Charge pipes (other than the corners) are painted high temp flat black. Using tunertoyz silicone couplers and a few from napa too! https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia5.jpg 2 lines tapped off the PCV line, one for the boost gauge and 1 for the map sensor that is build into the SDS EIC. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia6.jpg Using a 6in Custom Coach intercooler and 2.5 stainless steel bends, came out real nice and fit pretty well. In order to get the pipes to show through the fog light holes relocating of the washer bottle (up 1in) and coolant overflow bottle (left 4 inches) was neceassary. I think it came out pretty nice. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia7.jpg Using 2.5 IC piping on the Left side https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia8.jpg and using 2.25 piping on the right then flaring to 2.5 before the IC https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia9.jpg Heres a shot of the downpipe setup, as you can see I used a Electronic 3in cutout from Mccord power plate. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia10.jpg All painted high temp black, the dump sits right in front of the right tire. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia11.jpg Since the precat was removed I had to relocate the rear o2 sensor behind the primary cat convertor. Sensor 1 sits in the stock DSM o2 housing. All the wires were lengthend about 2-3 feet. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia19.jpg Tuning was a big concern since I didnt want to blow the thing up, Kia engines are pretty strong from the factory. Huge rods, friendly compresson ratio, solid deck, cast block, and a tripple layer steel head gasket. I used my zeitronix wideband and our factory Kia High scan pro when doing all the tuning. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia20.jpg It wouldnt be a hmt setup if the ecu wasnt laying on the pass floorboard ;) also check out the sweet install on the boost gauge haha.. this is temporary until I can figure out where its going. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia12.jpg Lowered on Intrax springs sitting on Rota Grid 17in wheels https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia1.jpg https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia13.jpg Came out pretty decent looking for a 4door I guess, I'm not to big of a fan of the styling but whatever. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia21.jpg I ripped off all the "Kia Spectra" badges in the rear and added the classic dark grey HMT sticker. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2005/turbokia/kia16.jpg All done, I used a honda battery in this thing because the upper IC pipe was just too close and it fit pretty decent. Overall I think this is probably the nicest setup I've ever done, I underbid the job bigtime and just glad its done. It still needs a bit of tuning here and there. Running a "solid" 8psi with the standard 10psi creep from a roll on. Hard to say how much power it made, feels decent for a Kia I guess. Not sure if we are going to dyno it or not, there are lots of people interested in buying it. Need to fix up some body damage and its going on the lot for sale! This write up was a big vauge.. I'm just super tired and am so glad I'm leaving for vegas tommorow ;D Hope you enjoy the pics! Any questions or anything shoot! Special thanks to CustomCoach (Anthony) Tunertoyz (Craig) Stealthmodeperformance (Steve) 88dx for the BOV Barry @ SDS And Beau and Ted, thanks for your help guys, really appricate it Jeff |
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nice ;)
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Nice job Jeff!! That setup looks very clean. You should do a 1/4 mile with that thing ;D, just to see what it does.
That 3" electronic cut out, how much do they go for? |
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nice work jeff
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wow... that is ridiculously nice...
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Originally Posted by DutchPug
Nice job Jeff!! That setup looks very clean. You should do a 1/4 mile with that thing ;D, just to see what it does.
That 3" electronic cut out, how much do they go for? http://www.mccordcg.com/mpp/mpp.htm |
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Looks great mang. The underbid ownz your flat-rate ass.
I really like that manifold though. Good to see that tuning wasn't bad. |
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Quality ---- there!
i only wish i was half as thurough on my car :p |
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Looks awesome. Not that you've used it, how do you like that injector controller?
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nice. how much is the dealership going to sell that beyatch for.
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hmt now brings your custom kia kits :)
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damn jeff, that turned out much better than what i had pictured, awesome work! what do they plan to do with the car, just keep it around to ---- with? how do you like the power plate? i've been planning on ordering one from them but haven't really heard anything about their's.
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WOW Jeff that is very impressive work.
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the inj controller seems nice, now boosting the truck doesnt seem so difficult, maybe that will be my next project
Twin Turbo 93 Dakota |
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all that nice work, and still duct tape to hold the boost gauge. true hmt. 8)
now what are they gonna do with the car? is it now gonna be the official lunch-go-getter? |
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Originally Posted by AbaZ
Need to fix up some body damage and its going on the lot for sale!
Jeff ;) ;) ;) :-* ;) ;) ;) They need to get some numbers before they sell it, try and convince them, I might be fun to do this as a project, you can find kias cheap................ Looks really good. |
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You need to get that thing in a magazine :)
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That is some quality ------- work man. ;D ;D
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thats fucken great. overall the car looks pretty decent for a kia. you never seem to amaze me ;D
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good job jeff. That kia looks good.
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once again, another awesome setup by jeff
i love the duct tape boost guage ;) |
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------- sweet sauce.
When you get back from Vegas, is there any way possible, ummm maybe take your vid camera to work, and oh say, take the Kia out for a lunch time rip? :) Preferably with the cut out open in Everett traffic hahaha Pretty cool that you have use of that scan tool. Id be riding on the engine w/ the hood off and a timing light during a 10psi 'creeper' run :) I wonder how much $$$ they are gonna get out of it? Nice job yo' |
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Nice looking manifold, almost too good to be on a Killed.In.Action. It's one hell of a sleeper though.
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we have the same gauge pod for our boost gauges....stop copying me. Looks nice man, its a tall order making ---- look clean enough for a dealership to sell it, it came out nice.
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what saleen and shelby are for mustangs.. frank is for kias.. american(eerrr korean) revolution baby.. dealer tuned econo boxes.
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Very clean install. Is that now the first turbo Kia?
I wouldn't be surprised if it was featured, if so, I hope credit is given where its due. 8) |
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that gauge holder must have been on sale, I have my boost gauge rigged up the same way, I'm too lazy to pull the volt gauge out and put the boost gauge where it's at.
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Man... that is absolutely amazing....
You should start up your own "YENKO" type Kia outfit. The "JEFFKO" or something. Just call it a "Fork" instead of a "Spoon". That would be tite. If Kia ever gets street cred, I am going to lose my marbles. Maybe I will hit my mother-in-laws Sportage with boost. |
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looks money.
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good job man
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You are awesome God
Next on the list of things to do is kill Terri Schiavo >:D |
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Nice work Jeff. I think we need a short vid of this thing so we can hear it.
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Originally Posted by imadouche
You are awesome God
Next on the list of things to do is kill Terri Schiavo >:D |
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looks great, jeff you're my hero ;D, make sure you get some vids of it beating some unsuspecting drivers >:D
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Damn nice setup can't wait until you give us a vid!!
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Originally Posted by 98redcavz24
Originally Posted by imadouche
You are awesome God
Next on the list of things to do is kill Terri Schiavo >:D Thats a sick kit, I like that a lot!! Awesome job! |
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Came out pretty nice. If you tint those windows it wouldn't be such a bad looking car.
Anytime you need anything, just let me know. ;) |
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you've outdown yourself ounce again.. ------ awesome man, everything came out money. i would love to see some dyno numbers, or a vid would be just find ;)
so how much money are they gonna write this thing up as? when they sell it that is. |
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Beautiful Job Jeff. That manifold is sa-weeet!
Craig |
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think that reverse ramhorn will become the next trend?
It really doesn't look like a ramhorn to me More like a balloon hat made by a clown :P very O0 |
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