my 88 SE gets a royal make over
 

Pics to come soon.
Car started out as a smashed up, mess. Slow. 4 lug. Filthy grey cloth interior. Crank windows. Faded to flat paint
Went turbo II. blew it up let it sit for a year and now it begins again.

Interior:
full black leather 10ae interior
Alpine deck
Alpine amps powering mb quart component speakers
All new Monster cable speaker wiring from the deck
2 12" rockford phosgate punch subs
Indiglo backlit guages
All interior lights replaced with led's

Exterior:
Black tII hood
Black s5 spoiler
Factory Aero kit
10000k HID's
H4 projector style headlight housings
Night shaded marker lights
night shaded taillights

Wheels:
03-04 mustang cobra wheels
Front tires: Yokohama s-drive 235/40-17
Rear tires: bridgestone continental 245/45-17

Suspension:
Tokico blue shocks
Intrax springs

Brakes:
TII Calipers and rotors
Ebc greenstuff pads

Engine:
Rebuilt stock s4 n/a block
All emissions removed
Pineapple racing 6port sleeve inserts
Simplified throttlebody
K&N cone filter
Walboro 255 lph fuel pump
Aem adjustable fuel pressure regulator
Port matched intake manifolds
Pacesetter header into 3" racing beat rev exhaust
NOS sniper wet nitrous kit
3rd gen alternator
Atkins thermal pellet
e-fan
Msd 6a
Msd wires
innovate lc1 wideband

Drivetrain:
F1 racing stage 4 sprung 6 puck clutch and pressure plate
TII transmission
Shortened shifter
S4 TII differential
solid differential mount
Redline fluids

All damaged body panels have been replaced
Paint buffed out to its shining glory
Hacked up wiring harnesses replaced
This car has been a blood, sweat and tear learning experience for me since I got it when I was 16
I've had 6 fc's now, this is my first and its still not going anywhere
Next stage is a single turbo 1jz build hopefully this spring

No porting?

i didn't have the engine rebuilt or it would have been

Just finished relocating the battery to the passenger side bin

first signs of life
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Niice

Reason why your changing to the 1jz? You plan on using tech2 mounts?

I've been a rotary loyalist for 7 years now and ive just dealt with too many blown motors and poor mpg's but i still love my fc.
after riding around in a bone stock 1jz-fc that was fast, reliable and got 28 mpgs i couldnt justify continuing another rotary build.
I know its going to hurt the balance of the car but ive read on people retaining as well as a 51/49 weight ratio with the 1jz, plus it's a full interior, full everything street car
I want to do a 400hp build which is as simple as bolt-ons and a single turbo in the 1jz
I do not plan on using the tech2 mount kit, i was going to custom build it to save cash and make sure i get the motor as low and far back as possible and retain a stock tii hood.

well the 1jz plan has changed and instead I'm doing a 6 port turbo build!

I will be running ~14 psi and hoping for 300-350 whp.
no water or alcohol injection for the time being.
swapping to a TII front cover for oil drain, t-ing off the stock oil pressure sender for oil feed

Any comments, questions, criticisms much appreciated



So far I have:
I have a full 20g GReddy turbo kit
-td06h turbo
-turbo manifold
-r08 47mm wastegate to open dump
-turbo inlet duct

s4 TII turbo manifolds (to be port-matched to 6 port block)
s4 tII simplified TB
s4 tII throttle cable
s4 tII MAF
HKS ssqv BOV
HKS turbo timer
550cc Primary Injectors 900cc Secondary Injectors
Full straitpipe 3" downpipe back exhaust
fuel cut defender
stock n332 ecu
autometer pro-comp boost guage
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obviously the charge pipe and BOV pictured wont be used as I will be using a FMIC


still need:
rtek 2.x ecu
wideband (sold the lc1 I had)
s4 TII map sensor
s4 TII BAC
a good S4 TII differential

Update: Rtek 2.1 and innovate lc-1 wideband are on their way, I got the turbo kit all hooked up, but need to modify the wastegate to clear the downpipe oh so slightly. the godspeed FMIC kit only needed the piece of piping trimmed up that runs off the turbo, now it fits great.

Still need a BAC and diff, but those can wait

what's left to do:

sort out oil feed and drain lines
wire in wideband + guage
hook up boost guage
wire in turbo timer
wire resistors into injector harness
make EGR and ACV block off plates
Tune
Enjoy!

Start of today
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End of the Afternoon!
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throw one in for piece of mind :)
It doesn't have to be crazy or dyno tuned or anything. It's a separate system and it's pretty straight forward. Plus they aren't that expensive when you factor in all the other money spent...
I used to run that turbo on my ported TII motor. It hit like a sledgehammer in 3rd gear around 4500RPM+ @ 15psi
Not sure how it will work on a 6 port with the stock AFM though. :dunno:

Build looks clean, good work.

I would like to do AI in the future, but getting it running and tuned is priority. When I have an extra $500 and a free weekend though..

I pulled this turbo setup off a 10ae, with 180k, stock ecu, stock injectors, full exhaust.(i bought it that way) I can not fathom how it never blew up. Pulled pretty good.

I would like to do AI in the future, but getting it running and tuned is priority. When I have an extra $500 and a free weekend though..

I pulled this turbo setup off a 10ae, with 180k, stock ecu, stock injectors, full exhaust.(i bought it that way) I can not fathom how it never blew up. Pulled pretty good.

Today: Got the resistors wired into the injectors harness
Made a guage bezel
Installed autometer procomp boost and oil pressure guages
made BAC, ACV, EGR and subzero start block off plates
Finished the oil feed line
Fuel system, manifolds and intercooler piping finished

To do: tap front cover and finish oil drain
Install turbo timer
Install wideband (arrives July 1st)
Install and tune Rtek (arrives tomorrow)
Tab throttle body elbow for nitrous fogger

Will be running ~11 psi (wastegate spring force) until I decide to tackle tuning with 900cc primary and 1600cc secondary injectors.
Can't wait to hit the street with this setup!

Wideband came early! Installed that and the Rtek!
Tonight i'll finish off the nitrous, wire the turbo timer and tap the front cover.

Then I just need to pick up some fresh oil and a short length of hose for my oil drain line

Lastly I need to find an older laptop with a compatible port for the palm cable, once that's done I can start filling in my timing maps, then hit the streets to start tuning fuel!

been slacking and only got the oil return line finished..

ive been demotivated by this USELESS palm the rtek uses. I bought an adaptor to use the hotsync cable with a usb port HOWEVER palm hotsync isn't supported by 64-bit operating systems, like that of my laptop. so i can atleast return that $37 cable. went out to the barn and dug out our old windows 98 era laptop, which had the db9 serial port! but has no wireless capabilities, nor highspeed internet capabilities. its too old to recognize a flash drive. my current laptop wont accept a floppy disc and the pocketlogger program wont burn to a disc in a format which can be used in an pre windows xp laptop. that being said I'm going to have to try to find a friend with a compatible pc, until then, my rtek is useless. The android capability for the rtek needs to be out now.

is there a palm emulator you can run on the computer? Or that won't work under 64bit either?

virtual machine on windows 7. lets you run XP within 7 and the program wont notice. Best part is its free to do. any IBM or HP, hell even Dell "Business class" laptop will still have a serial port as well. Plus you usually get wireless on business class.

so yes, your 64bit machine can run a 32bit os within itself.

Cars looking good.

thanks archaphil! I tried getting on the rtek forum to troubleshoot this on my own, but its been down.
I'm setting virtual machine now, looks like tonight will be spent setting up my rtek!

Tried using virtual machine to no avail. It still won't recognize the pda. I think i just need a computer with a serial port..

Finally got the palm set up! Setting the timing maps tonight and hopefully I can take her out tomorrow and start tuning fuel finally

finally got everything together got the logs entered and it even started and ran for 3 seconds before dying and flooded like new orleans in hurricane katrina.. progress though! will update once everythign is running right. off to the rtek threads..

got her running! swapped to 900cc primary's and 1600cc secondary's and it runs like a champ.. minus a 1250 rpm idle that gets extremely lopey with the clutch pushed in. now i just need to run half tank of 87 octane out and fill up on some fresh 93! and tuning can begin!

How rich is it running/idling with those 900cc primaries?

without any correction on 720/720 setting, afr's are ~21 at idle