Love the build. I want your luck with Craigslist/ebay finds. I personally want to see this thing back to MB if you were considering other color options. Keep it up and don't go broke!

 

Thanks guys. The car will most likely be staying MB. I'm getting anxious to get her on the road so that's the easier route.

I spent the better part of 40 hours rewiring my harness. I got rid of a lot of useless crap and I got the new injector plugs soldered in. Here's a crappy phone pic of what it looked like during the rewiring.




I also got the piping a little bit closer. The clamps they sent me were the wrong size so I'm waiting for the correct size to come in.



I also ordered a block off plate kit from bonzai racing but unfortunately it went to the wrong address and now it's lost. Hopefully the post office will get it sorted out soon so I can get this thing going.

 

Intercooler setup is 95% complete. So is the fuel setup. If I sell some more parts I'll get my downpipe ordered Friday.

 

damn your engine bay looks so clean . every time I look at this thread it makes me wanna start working on my car.

for couplers I know of a guy who sells them near your place for a pretty good price. thats who I got most of mine from .

 

Double post

 

Woohoo

 

Awesome thread so far. Looking forward to what you do with it, and if it ever makes its way over here, I hope to see it.

 

Thanks Corifto.


I started doing a little bit of busy work to kill time while I save up for my ecu. I removed the LIM and started installing block off plates.

While everything was out I took advantage of the opportunity to clean. A little bit of purple power and a toothbrush go a long way.

I also ordered a generic 3" v band dp to have a starting point for my setup.

 

nice work. you seem to be missing the heat shield that connects to your motor mount or maybe you took it off.

 

I didn't know such a part existed. I'll have to look into that. Thanks.

 

I love this thread great job man, I think i am gonna use it when i change my fd to a single turbo in the future

 

lol yea man... its one those things... im sure it doesnt do too much. its the heat shield that protects the rubber of the motor mount from the heat of the the whole turbo thing going on. idk maybe it is important

 

yeah you definitely need that motor mount heat shield. that mount will get cooked very quickly without it.

 

and i think there is supposed to be a cover over the transmission right above the motor mount. see how yours is all exposed.... i think theres supposed to be a cover that goes over that entire thing...

 

heres a pictures of the cover i'm talking about for the side of the block. this isnt my picture btw
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x...-53-49_968.jpg

 

looking good, Ive never seen so many different rims in one thread awesome, Love work you done with the works, great choice. cant wait to see final product, but like always we are never done lol

 

Build looks good! The GReddy elbow work looks nice. I'm exciting to see how it all comes together.

 

Yeah worst case scenario I'll make a heat shield.

I have been doing some busy work on the car. First I had to clean up a bolt from one of the block off plates that was hitting the fuel rail. Then I had to add some washers to the rail since my injectors are so short.








I also started making my oil feed line. I used 3k psi 1/4 inch line with -4 fittings. Not as pretty as stainless braided but I like the look.






The way the hose is now will work but I think I'm going to swap out the banjo bolt with a 12x1.5 to 4an fitting and crimp a 90 degree fitting on the end of the hose.

 

the clearance on that fuel rail is tight...

what happened with those silver rings that came with the kit?

 

I installed the rings. They go in the LIM. Worked like a charm. I can't thank you enough for that deal. We will be discussing the power fc really soon.


I've been working my tail off on this car. Last weekend I pulled off the ac compressor and bracket to delete the power steering so I cleaned all of those parts up. The downpipe was touching the LIM so today I am cutting off the t3 flange and clocking it a few degrees so I can have some clearance. I also did some research and decided I'm going to remove the ABS unit and sensors. Going to have to borrow my fiends hard line tool kit to make everything pretty.

I also jumped on a pretty good deal for a rotary werks throttle body. That should help with the response even if just a little.

 

Ok. I chopped the t3 flange off and rotated it. I'll find out tonight if that gives my dp enough clearance.





I was going to wrap it in black exhaust wrap but I think I'm going to have it ceramic coated instead.

 

woooow I love it! that's the look im going for on my FD

 

Nice progress so far!

 

Thanks guys. I'm trying to keep the progress as steady as I can. Right now the single turbo conversion is coming close to completion. The only major things I need now are the ecu, gauges, and my methanol kit. When I finish with the conversion I'm going to start changing out the suspension bushings and get her painted. If all goes well she'll be primer white and running by October.

 

what kind of gauges are you thinking about getting? im about to be selling the blue/red prosport evo gauges. water and oil temp and boost. the only downside is that they dont have a peak funtion.

they looks cool though....