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Glease - Project DRTO PWR

I'm still pretty green here, but going to post up my build. :)

This is my new project to replace my MR2. Rust free and low KM. Previous owner blew it up, so the engine was already out. He dyno'd his setup at 290HP.

Current Mods-

MegaSquirt II v3.0
Hybrid Turbo (Stock hot side, Garrett 60-1 Cold)
1600CC Secondary Injectors
Koyo Aluminum Rad
Walbro 255
4" Exhaust
Air pump delete
Lightweight steel flywheel
Some sort of JDM Coil overs
Stainless Brake Lines

Picking it up:

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So here's an up to date update,

I ended up buying an assembled keg from someone here, rebuilt with a Large Street Port. SO, that's in the mail, and I'm going to store away my current engine parts.

Hoping to be running soon!

aven't updated this thread in forever! Lot's has happened. The car is currently running and driving, just waiting on parts for my new rad fan set-up so it will stop running too hot.

Here's what I've been doing the last few months:

This is the manifold I bought from the car I picked up in Muskoka. Made it work with my wastegate, and straightened all of the gasket surfaces.
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Welded the V-Band for my wastegate

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CNC Sexy Logo

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Bent
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No fair!! You're a machinist. The rest of us can't do half of this!
Build looks FIERCE. However, I think the older wheels are nicer. Continue!

Haha thanks man! I've had a lot of fun building parts, that's for sure!

I liked the old wheels too, but they were too far gone with corrosion :( But, I'm getting married this November, so next year I should be able to buy something I like more.

dang kid, i don't even know how many custom parts i would have made if i had your skills/access to equipment.. looks absolutely awesome.

-sean

good work :icon_tup:

Looks awesome, and I can only dream of what I would do with those tools/skills. One question though, with the attention to detail to everything else, why leave that UIM looking like rubbish? I wouldn't have taken long to clean and spray it and it would have made the bay look like you put the time into it that you obviously did.

Thanks a lot, lots of cool parts to come!

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Originally Posted by sharingan 19 (Post 11145319)

Haha, I knew this would come up. I had so much on my plate with Megasquirt and what not, that I decided to just leave the engine as is until it was figured out, I had the UIM off a good 10 times getting the car running.

I've learned from building my last car that making things shiny too early is stressful, and usually ends up getting done again.. I do appreciate your keen eye!

Built an extended slave cylinder rod, my clutch is isn't releasing all the way and I need this as a band-aid for now. Stainless of course :)

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Buffed the car, no beauty shots until I figure out my rim situation.

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Cleaned the interior finally..

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Keep up the good work! Love the wastegate integration.

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Originally Posted by Glease (Post 11141810)

Late night Bartel welding, lol

Other side

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is there a reason why you cut a square for your piping rather than just using a circle bit? :scratch:
IMO it would have made it look a little "better"

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Originally Posted by Broke_A_Baller (Post 11146452)

is there a reason why you cut a square for your piping rather than just using a circle bit? :scratch:
IMO it would have made it look a little "better"

I like the rectangles, they turned out awesome! Thanks for the input though.

That's exactly how I did mine too. Angle grinder, nasty cuts, primed & painted to prevent rust, covered up with bits of split hose. I get what he's saying though. The whole rest of the car was done so beautifully with all that precision machine work, tig welding, etc. Then you see these holes cut out like that. I guess everyone was expecting you to take the chassis to a waterjet to have them CNC cut or something :lol:

Very nice work. I wish I had access to all that stuff. I'm forced make do with a flux core welder and a drill press!

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Originally Posted by AGreen (Post 11146789)

Thanks!

I know what you both mean, I like everyone's opinions on this stuff!

All that really needs to be done to clean it up is to use a better material to outline the holes. Hose was what I had available at the time. I'll be thinking about what I can do.

Got a fan in today!

that Radiator fan will not work out right. you will have overheating problems. trust.

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that Radiator fan will not work out right. you will have overheating problems. trust.

He mentions that he's going to be switching fans anyway.
That one looks like a 16" Volvo fan, which would actually work fine if remounted on it's shroud.

I have an escort fan ready to go in, It's similar to the Taurus fan.

Couldn't find a Taurus fan with decent shipping to Canada

There were no Taurus fans at the autowreckers?

Nothing local at all.. The only one in the yard here was missing the fan and rad.

Get some SS brake lines if you are going to track the car.

The car has some already :)

Rayyyyyyyyyce car!

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Tuning this week, then hear local heading to St. Thomas race way with our local car forum.

Thats awesome dude. Good to see your from Ontario too!

Thanks man!

Currently rebuilding, lost a rear seal :(

nice.. love it, have to get some pictures of my rx and yours some time when they are both on road.

Well, lots has been going on and i'm back to working on my car again. Not much excitement yet, but there's lots of parts on the way. Having my own garage now helps a ton. Last years part of this build was done in the driveway and it was terrible.

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Pulling the blown up 13B out.

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Picked up another 13B from Kitchener for the internal parts. It needed oil seals so it was perfect for what I needed it for.

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New clutch to replace my super sketchy ACT from last year. Unsprung Comp Clutch stg 4

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Got around to getting both engines apart today. Finally saw the damage on the blown up one.

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This is the Cruel Ranch Dorito.
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Then got the other one apart. Everything was in awesome shape.

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THE MOST parts
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Sending my new housings off to Schlodes to get ported this week.

This was the culprit for my engine damage. The cat had clogged, and in the middle of a 2nd gear pull this blew out the tailpipe, spiking boost pressure over 20psi. Cracked a seal, leaving my house later that day it tossed a seal. Live and learn I guess.

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Still running the hybrid? Was planning on making one with a stock s5 and 60-1 cold side. How do you like the response? How's the boost creep?

I actually just sold my Hybrid, and bought a Garrett GT4082. My power goals were just a bit higher than the hybrid would make. As for the turbo, I loved it! It spooled fast and was reliable because it was plumbed stock. The only thing I would make sure to do is port the wastegate or run an external unit. The higher flow will make the wastegate bottleneck much more evident.

I recommend 60-1 /S5 hybrids to anyone wanting 300-350 hp.

Sweet tool box! Cool project to, thats quite the sight seeing that come out of your exhaust haha

Thanks a lot man!

It came out with a huge "diesel like" cloud of black, I was quite shocked lol. I immediately turned around and picked it up. After it had a really rough start (Cracked seal), I checked my data logs of that afternoon, and realized it had spiked.

clean build. definetly loving the color and everything bout it. sorry to hear bout the motor. but hopefully she comes back strong good luck

Thanks, much appreciated. I'm having a blast building the new engine, and I only killed a rotor and housing, so I got off pretty easy. Can't wait to be back out!

Picked this up tonight, this was much needed on my last build.

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