jdmfreak's A NEW BEGINNING (BUILD THREAD)

Faye

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Really enjoying watching you piece all of this together :) Never seen anyone actually build their own computer, that's super Badass. Hope you make your goal of this Spring!!!! Keep it up!
 

jdmfreak

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I'm hoping :) waiting on my next paycheck for now.... I picked up a weekend job this last month to help pay for parts and just lined up a bunch of side work for December
 

jdmfreak

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Here is how she sits now
And pics of the shop
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AbsoluteSpeed

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Nice. I'm planning on doing the same as a half step to going turbo. I might retain the NA intake as it is supposed to help with torque and run a COP ignition.

I imagine you had to swap to a turbo engine harness too, right? Anything else I should know?
 

jdmfreak

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Yes I used turbo ecu and harness

the problem differences are n/a block only has one hole for a knock sensor while the turbo computer wants to see 2knock sensors

, injectors are different sizes and are matched to the afm so make sure if you are using a turbo afm you are using 440 injectors ect


Also you shouldn't have a problem with cop setup but I used turbo Intake because I was using stock coils and wanted to mount them like stock however
the cam covers are different between n/a and turbo


other that that a few sensors will have different plugs
 

jdmfreak

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Hey i would appreciate some advice

Alright so here is an idea I had ever been tossing around in my head let me know what you guys think.... It will take me at least 4 months to save up to build the engine correctly
Would I be wise to buy a na-t oil line kit install everything I have so far and turbo the na in the meantime??
I would not only be able to get some much needed tuning practice on a block that I don't care much about but I would also possibly be able to work out kinks in the system before dropping the upgraded engine in the car.... Or should I just be patient and wait till I have the built block before touching anything???
 

Pyro15D

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If you have it, I would experiment around with it right now. That way you will be a bit more patient with building the new motor. Just be a bit more conservative with the timing, since the NA is higher compression and doesn't have oil cooled pistons.
 

jdmfreak

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Awesome just the guy I was hoping would respond :) thanks
conservative timing and boost will be a must the na engine runs good now was rebuilt at some point before I got it and I double checked the head and it is torqued to or past 76ftlb
 

Pyro15D

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No problem dude! If it helps, I can screenshot my conservative timing table and send it to you. The more aggressive one is tuned to my knock sensors. I would really advise to hook up your knock sensors to megasquirt though. I have an aggressive timing map now, but if it senses knock, it pulls timing waaaay back! I believe with megasquirt you have to run an external conditioner though. I haven't researched too much with MS3 but with MS2, it didn't have onboard conditioning circuitry.
 

Pyro15D

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What about running LS1 coils? They are internally triggered, so the 5v TTL output from megasquirt can drive the built in ignitors no problem.
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I grabbed that image from post 699 of the elite engine bay thread. It is just really well put together.

Edit: LS2 coils.
 
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