Valentines? Fuck dat. I'll spend the weekend with the Shuttle.
 

turbob16hatch (Matt) brought over some new parts today. All the way from North Dakota. I'd say we're almost on final and ready to call in for landing clearance.


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Tomorrow Snabfxu is coming over for a final day of wiring. I'll have all the glass put back in, and the painter will be here Monday with the hood, fenders, bumpers, and gas door. Last night he dropped off the tailgate, and I can proudly say the shuttle has a license plate on it now. :'( 2017, uh, brace yo self.



Drunken Sunday afternoon pics surely to follow.

Re: Valentines? Fuck dat. I'll spend the weekend with the Shuttle.
 

nice

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Whats under the car? Carpet?

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That looks WAY TO CLEAN to be HMT.

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ht build, fagmode :(

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thats what I am talking about its about someone else on here build a nice project. HMT does not mean ghetto.
I like the braided lines. I will PM you with more info on them, I did before and canceled the order, maybe this time you can help me select the parts .

nice ---- man we need more pics.

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Drunk on sunday is awesome. I'll be drunk tomorrow.

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landing clearance? ---- nig lips, you gotta launch first

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Beautiful.

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nah nah it's hmt, its just disguised real well. If you look closely those are in fact pie cuts, they just look real baller for some reason.

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My radiators posts aren't sitting on factory rubber. They're cut up pieces of an energy suspension kit, queerbait.

Just a couple big squares of it. You'll see in the pics to come. I'll put my shoes on and do some non-drunken Sunday morning pics.

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When I first read your post I thought about that SNL Digital Short "Lazy Sunday" O0

The shuttle's looking pretty nice now, more than basically just the shell it was last time I was up there.

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Exactly what i was thinking. Looking very nice steve.

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Not feeling the wastegate exit.

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I agree.. I'm running the same manifold but my wastegate goes out forward.
Also; BACKDOOR OR BUST, SUCKA :8

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also, isn't that o2 bung a little close for wideband sensor? I've always been told to put it 20" away from the turbine for longevity.. can't source any reliable citation for that though :l

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I'm not sure what's not to like about the wastegate. With so many manifolds putting up like a trophy, or sticking out of somewhere, I like the tight fit of where it is. The downpipe has 2 O2 bungs. One you see, and one sitting on the back of it just before the crossmember.

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I think this picture was just after you came out. Ahh, the days of walking through the car...


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field goal kick those head lights into your neighbors yard

lol.. other than that, looks good

did you swap the firewall yourself?

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Yeah after all that work, at least go OEM with the headlights. It's too clean-looking so far to ruin it with those.

Glad to hear you have your priorities straight.

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The exhaust has to almost completely reverse direction to go out the wastegate. This is why a Full-Rice twin 44mm wastegate manifold for a K-series w/ GT40 creeps from 10 psi wastegate to ~15 psi, and why something correctly designed will hold the same turbo rock steady at 10 psi off of a single 44mm gate.

If you don't experience boost creep at lower boost, don't worry about it.

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I have the 15psi spring in the WG, so it won't be any lower than that.

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+1

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Yes, the firewall was swapped here. I understand what you're saying about the lights, but I still like these ones. They don't have 87 reflectors in them, the housings are black (a theme I tend to have), and it makes the front of the car look different than the standard headlights with orange blinkers.

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So your wastegate setting is nig nog?

I predict much win for the Stealth Shuttle.

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Steering wheel on the wrong side :P

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No, my WG setting is nig. Once everything is smooth on the nig setting, we'll set it up for nog.


Dude, I just landed a cush position with the postal service. :6

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i have never had a problem with creep on this manifold. but like steve said a wastegate coming off the front looks retarded.

plus steve isn't trying to run a gt40r at 10 lbs..... ::)

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glad to see its finally coming together. My sawzall still sounds funny after the day the fire wall was cut out.

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bump for the shuttle.. looks bitchin stevemode

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Post some fucken updated pics of what your doing on this drunken sunday!

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sweet mani

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You guys have tracks up there?

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I could care less if it's coming off the front or the side. Having to turn 90 or more degrees severely hurts exhaust flow.

Cool, then why do non-ideal wastegate exits cause creep with commonplace turbos? Drag manifold, perfect example.

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you gonna use the stealth shuttle for usps deliveries in bumfuck usa or what? dirty seconds/thirds from mailbox to mailbox lets everyone know whats up

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because people try and run 10 lbs on a large turbo, and try and use a relitivly small "valve" to bypass a huge amount of exhaust.

if i remembet correctly the drag pulls exhaust from just one cyl. correct?

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What huge amount of exhaust? It's just 10 pounds. Just because the turbo is capable of insane amounts of power doesn't mean it makes much more than a run of the mill T3/T04E at that pressure. There's a little less pressure across the larger turbo's turbine, so if the exhaust can't naturally flow out the wastegate it goes across the turbine instead creating boost creep. If it can flow out the wastegate exit easily, there is no exhaust creep.


No, it pulls from all four, but three of the cylinders are expected to make sudden sharp changes in flow direction when the wastegate opens. Shear/tumble happens, and the whole works goes to hell in a hand basket. The idea is to let the exhaust's momentum do all the work for you, and put the wastegate exit at a shallower divergence.

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Ok...... this is stupid. this is from my experience, when running a larger turbo (gt40) at very little boost pressure it is needed to make the wastegate a priority, as it is hard to slow down the turbo to stop it from spiking/creeping. correct?

now with this setup he is running "high" boost pressures ALL the time so wastegate priority is not of importance. also when asked to make a certain style manifold that is "very" popular that will be used the way he is going to use it. why would i stop and suggest to him i make a custom one off manifold that has "boost" control as priority as to run very low boost? explain?

um NO, it clearly pulls from 1 cyl. please explain to me how you think exhaust from the other cyl. flows against cyl. 1 up it's runner and out the wastegate?
http://www.dragturbokits.com/index.html

to finish this off, JD post up your manifolds that you have designed. i would like to see your work on fixing "boost creep"...... :l

if you havn't designed and built manifolds please stfu

i'm all about having a discusion about manifold designs, but you don't even have your facts straight on the drag manifold. then you start talking about a gt40 on a k series like that has anything to do with a 60-1 on a b18 ::)

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Damn it's been so long since a shuttle update I can't remember if this block is sleeved or not?

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thank you..... steve, she is lookin good...still loving the Carbon Bronze paint too...