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im not sure if i still have the cover or not, but ill check it and see. apparently the turbo blanket i ordered was sitting in my mailbox for 2 days and i didnt even know it arrived. threw on it so at least ill be able to run my hood again. the exhaust housing was burning up the insulation on the...

The engine hasn't ever been starved of oil. Well shouldn't have, I've never ran it low on oil and am very religious on changing the oil. I did rebuild the engine about 4 years ago and has around 20k hard miles on it. It doesn't do the noise at idle, only around 2k ish when I blip the throttle...

So far the springs and retainers checked out, none are broken. Timing belt needs replaced I'll be upgrading to a gates racing belt. Next on the list is checking clearances on the cams and draining the oil to inspect for metallic particles. I haven't done a compression or leak down test as I...

Looks great with the new meat on the back. Man that setup looks really agressive! Sent from my SPH-L720T using Tapatalk

Well this is the current state. After some normal driving I have a rattle somewhere. Time to start diagnosing Sent from my SPH-L720T using Tapatalk

Looking great man! If you need any help with the det3 send a message my way Sent from my SPH-L720T using Tapatalk

It's definitely a good skill to have. I'm currently just using a 220v harbor freight welder with gas. On another note I fixed those exhaust leaks and holy hell does it spool faster and make lots of loud turbo noises. It's building full boost around 4700ish now. I'll have to log a run to see...

on the turbo it was previously used for a 10an fitting. but the actual flange was 1/2npt female threads. i just drilled it out smooth and welded the 12an bung right onto it so there is no restriction there was about 1" from the flange to the bottom of the bung. for clearance now i have about...

the reason for the 12an return is that holsets from the factory, specifically an hx35 come with a 19mm dran line. 19mm is .74 inch so basically 3/4". a 10an hose is .5" and the 12an hose is .75". so being that i wanted a drain line no less than the size of the factory line i opted for the bigger...

No problem. It emded up coming to 450$. Ive came across new hx52s in the 1300_1400 range

as of now, im not sure exactly what boost level will get me into 500. possibly somewhere around 16psi?? the hx35 in stock form is definitely worthly of going to 25psi+ proven on dsm cars but i was having some issues with mine after each time it was rebuilt. i talked with a guy from tims turbos...

polished radiator along with intake manifold. did a quick detail on the engine bay. also painted my strut tower rings and radiator upper brackets Black metallic pearl. this color is great, a nice deep black color in the shade and a slightly sparkling pearl black in the sunlight. adds a nice...

Well the plan is to have all the bugs worked out and tuned mid July. Im not in a big hurry, I want to take my time and make sure it's ready 100%. I pulled the manifold off and welded all the flanges inside and the bottom bolt holes. Everything is back together and running great! Can't wait to...

fired it up! runs great besides a mistake on my part unfortuneately... after i took it for a spin around the block i noticed a decent exhaust leak.. after further inspection, ive got an exhaust leak on the bottom side of each hole on the original t4 flange on the manifold. crap. i welded the...

I'll just leave these here Most everything is together now, just need to put a few more parts on. While everything was out, I also upgraded to the driftmotion 7/16 exhaust studs. Definitely a huge difference already! Things left to install. -dipstick tube -vacuum line to turbo...

Engine is coming along great! Looks super clean. If the hx35 has an upgraded compressor wheel, I'd say 500 is doable. I was making 416 on 16psi with a 62mm wheel. Although my hx35 was a t3 with a factory 60x70mm turbine wheel so it spooled fairly quick. You'd probably be in the 22+psi range...

It's same compressor inlet and outlet size. Turbine is t3 with a 3" vband. It's a 62mm compressor and 60mm turbine Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

I haven't actually put everything together together yet unfortunately. I got everything in, then I decided to order the driftmotion exhaust stud upgrade kit. Then a distributor rebuild kit. I just put in the new excessive upgraded Trans mount too, my old one was toast! The compressor is a 4"...

Thanks man, appreciate it. I'm currently running an unrestricted 4an feed and 12an return straight to the pan. Holset turbos do require 10psi at idle and I'm running yhe driftmotion modified oil pump so I have a slightly higher idle pressure sitting at 12~ psi. The gears in the pump have been...

havent updated for a couple weeks, still waiting on that exhaust manifold gasket. it was backordered but now have tracking information and will be here by wednesday. went to change out my engine mount and one was ripped in half with no fluid left, and the other was ripped but not yet leaking...