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Maeda · 08-20-2003, 07:21 PM

Day - Pregame
Picked up father at the airport and discussed install procedures with him. Constructed the turbo system in my living room and wrote down all the missing bolts, nuts, pieces, etc. This is getting scary.

Day - 1
I spent the entire day with my father searching for grade 8 bolts, lock washers, and nuts. Napa, Home Depot, Pep Boys all let us down. Found a wielder and some 2.5 id pipes for the intercooler fabbing.

Complete photo documentation of assembling the turbo to manifold and down pipe to the turbo, complete documentation of wiring a MAF and making a neato nice "harness" for it ala shrink tubing and a converted GM harness, and complete documentation of how to take a generic K&N cone and adapt it (aka drill holes) to fit a z32 MAF.

If anybody has any suggestions about tiny things one usually over looks when installing please post them. Write ups will be done after the installs finished. ^_^

EDIT:
Documentation for removing oil pan, mounting turbo and mani to engine, changing of exhaust system, t-ing of oil lines, and testing pending so please bare with me.

Maeda · 08-21-2003, 11:13 PM

Alrighty!

Oil pan removal done and photo-documented!
Same thing goes for oil lines and the removal of all the exhaust side pieces.

I'm gonna have one nice long end all turbo install things soon.

This should've also been posted in chat...

Muzzy · 08-21-2003, 11:17 PM

...not really..it will get techy as soon as u post those pics and tell us about it more

*AceInHole* · 08-22-2003, 10:02 AM

Awesome!! You're documenting (a lot better than I did) a lot of the most frequently asked about processes involved with turbocharging! Info like that will DEFINITELY be appreciated. Keep up the good work!

FRpilot · 08-22-2003, 11:53 AM

really. i can't wait for your documented project and all the steps. sounds like something that will help a lot of people and newbies alike who are planning to turbocharge their car.

Maeda · 08-22-2003, 08:57 PM

I cant wait to get it all done! ^_^

Maeda · 08-22-2003, 08:58 PM

I cant wait to get it all done! ^_^

Maeda · 08-22-2003, 08:58 PM

Day 3
Exhaust Mani In
Down Pipe In
Wastegate In
Dump Pipe In
I/C In(again)
Oil Lines Tapped
I/C Piping planned out and sent to weld

All thats left is the fuel rail, and all the misc. little things....

I'm still keeping lots of photos! (I need some help with the little o2 sensor crap though

)

240Stilo · 08-23-2003, 07:35 PM

You now get a shiny green star by your name for the good work.

I think I've seen you driving around Pasadena with your girl, unless it was another green zenki with tint and 350Z rims. Maybe I can catch a ride in the KA-t sometime once it's done...umm...ok sorry for asking.

Maeda · 08-23-2003, 07:55 PM

Yah thats me and the boss...

Day 4
Fuel Rail is in
Sensors are hung
I/c Piping in, just needs to be welded now

Just waiting on 2 vaccuum lines, a fuel line, and an o2 sensor...

If you have the 2nd o2 sensor still in your S14 please let me have/buy it! You don't need it for anything other then the dummy light, and need it to make my dyno appointmet!

*Jeff240sx* · 08-23-2003, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Maeda
Day - 1
I spent the entire day with my father searching for grade 8 bolts, lock washers, and nuts. Napa, Home Depot, Pep Boys all let us down.

Quote from my site: "You'll need small, odd bolts, so you'll need to use a car to get them. And they'll be hard to find."

I hope you read my site and prepared yourself for that. Good job so far though!
-Jeff

Maeda · 08-24-2003, 12:37 AM

Pics are going up in 2 seconds.

Unsorted Write Up Pics

It's all in the new folder...
Enjoy!

They arn't in any order, and they are out of sequence, but those are 90% of the pictures in the upcomming write up!

FRpilot · 08-24-2003, 01:26 AM

nice pictures so far. looks like things are going well.

Maeda · 08-24-2003, 09:49 PM

Day - 5
Finished the fuel rail lines, the rest of the vaccuum lines, and all the nitty gritty.

Started her up and it ran really really really rich, and I found an oil leak and another possible leak...

One leak is at the T fitting. The other is a red oily goo on the starter motor.

Pipes are to be welded tomarrow, and more trouble shooting...

240Driver39 · 08-24-2003, 11:53 PM

pics are lookin great man, keep up the good work!

Maeda · 08-25-2003, 09:09 PM

Day 7
Everything is in except the i/c pipe. The welder had some kind of hang up.

Tomarrow I have 3 hours to put the pipes back in and base tune it so I can actually drive the car to the dyno.

Anybody know anything about tuning a piggy back o.O

Maeda · 08-26-2003, 10:26 AM

its.... DDDDDD
Dynoday for me!

Wish me luck...

fastpace · 08-26-2003, 10:34 AM

good luck man, can't wait to see what numbers you get.

PROJECT240SX · 08-26-2003, 11:20 AM

What kind of piggy back are you running? E-manage?

Ivan

Maeda · 08-26-2003, 08:18 PM

Yep Emanage.

Sorry no #'s a huge vacuum leak in the FPR, and exhaust leak at the cat prevented us from moving the car in time.

Dyno time is tomarrow at 1 pm pacific.

Lets try this one more time.

PROJECT240SX · 08-26-2003, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Maeda
Yep Emanage.

How hard was the Emanage install for ya? Are you going to have a write up on this as well? Are you going to be tuning off of a in-car WB02 or just off of the Dynos WB02? Thanks.

Ivan

Maeda · 08-26-2003, 09:54 PM

Its pretty straight forward.

As long as you have the ecu pinout the right side up, and facing you, its as simple as cut and crimp.

A little scary, because your hacking up the wiring to the ecu, but thats all.

08-20-2003, 07:21 PM	#1
Maeda Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Camp Snake Bite, CA RIP Posts: 2,356 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Maeda Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Turbo Install Log Day - Pregame Picked up father at the airport and discussed install procedures with him. Constructed the turbo system in my living room and wrote down all the missing bolts, nuts, pieces, etc. This is getting scary. Day - 1 I spent the entire day with my father searching for grade 8 bolts, lock washers, and nuts. Napa, Home Depot, Pep Boys all let us down. Found a wielder and some 2.5 id pipes for the intercooler fabbing. Complete photo documentation of assembling the turbo to manifold and down pipe to the turbo, complete documentation of wiring a MAF and making a neato nice "harness" for it ala shrink tubing and a converted GM harness, and complete documentation of how to take a generic K&N cone and adapt it (aka drill holes) to fit a z32 MAF. If anybody has any suggestions about tiny things one usually over looks when installing please post them. Write ups will be done after the installs finished. ^_^ EDIT: Documentation for removing oil pan, mounting turbo and mani to engine, changing of exhaust system, t-ing of oil lines, and testing pending so please bare with me. __________________ Last edited by Maeda; 08-20-2003 at 07:25 PM..

08-21-2003, 11:13 PM	#2
Maeda Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Camp Snake Bite, CA RIP Posts: 2,356 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Maeda Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Alrighty! Oil pan removal done and photo-documented! Same thing goes for oil lines and the removal of all the exhaust side pieces. I'm gonna have one nice long end all turbo install things soon. This should've also been posted in chat... __________________

08-21-2003, 11:17 PM	#3
Muzzy Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: TX Posts: 1,555 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	...not really..it will get techy as soon as u post those pics and tell us about it more __________________ lemme have a dollar

08-22-2003, 10:02 AM	#4
AceInHole Autox Technician Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: New Haven, CT Age: 44 Posts: 3,961 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: AceInHole Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Awesome!! You're documenting (a lot better than I did) a lot of the most frequently asked about processes involved with turbocharging! Info like that will DEFINITELY be appreciated. Keep up the good work! __________________

08-22-2003, 08:57 PM	#6
Maeda Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Camp Snake Bite, CA RIP Posts: 2,356 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Maeda Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I cant wait to get it all done! ^_^ __________________

08-22-2003, 08:58 PM	#7
Maeda Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Camp Snake Bite, CA RIP Posts: 2,356 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Maeda Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I cant wait to get it all done! ^_^ __________________

08-23-2003, 07:35 PM	#9
240Stilo Junkie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Socal Age: 41 Posts: 1,160 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	You now get a shiny green star by your name for the good work. I think I've seen you driving around Pasadena with your girl, unless it was another green zenki with tint and 350Z rims. Maybe I can catch a ride in the KA-t sometime once it's done...umm...ok sorry for asking. __________________ -Juan

08-23-2003, 07:55 PM	#10
Maeda Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Camp Snake Bite, CA RIP Posts: 2,356 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Maeda Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yah thats me and the boss... Day 4 Fuel Rail is in Sensors are hung I/c Piping in, just needs to be welded now Just waiting on 2 vaccuum lines, a fuel line, and an o2 sensor... If you have the 2nd o2 sensor still in your S14 please let me have/buy it! You don't need it for anything other then the dummy light, and need it to make my dyno appointmet! __________________

08-24-2003, 12:37 AM	#12
Maeda Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Camp Snake Bite, CA RIP Posts: 2,356 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Maeda Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Pics are going up in 2 seconds. Unsorted Write Up Pics It's all in the new folder... Enjoy! They arn't in any order, and they are out of sequence, but those are 90% of the pictures in the upcomming write up! __________________ Last edited by Maeda; 08-24-2003 at 01:31 AM..

08-24-2003, 09:49 PM	#14
Maeda Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Camp Snake Bite, CA RIP Posts: 2,356 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Maeda Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Day - 5 Finished the fuel rail lines, the rest of the vaccuum lines, and all the nitty gritty. Started her up and it ran really really really rich, and I found an oil leak and another possible leak... One leak is at the T fitting. The other is a red oily goo on the starter motor. Pipes are to be welded tomarrow, and more trouble shooting... __________________

08-24-2003, 11:53 PM	#15
240Driver39 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Charleston, SC Age: 40 Posts: 1,090 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: 240Driver39 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	pics are lookin great man, keep up the good work! __________________ 1990 240sx 5spd fastback

08-25-2003, 09:09 PM	#16
Maeda Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Camp Snake Bite, CA RIP Posts: 2,356 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Maeda Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Day 7 Everything is in except the i/c pipe. The welder had some kind of hang up. Tomarrow I have 3 hours to put the pipes back in and base tune it so I can actually drive the car to the dyno. Anybody know anything about tuning a piggy back o.O __________________

08-26-2003, 10:26 AM	#17
Maeda Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Camp Snake Bite, CA RIP Posts: 2,356 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Maeda Feedback Score: 0 reviews	its.... DDDDDD Dynoday for me! Wish me luck... __________________

08-26-2003, 10:34 AM	#18
fastpace Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX Age: 43 Posts: 689 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: fastpace Feedback Score: 0 reviews	good luck man, can't wait to see what numbers you get. __________________ life is what you make of it!!!! "well, I go out, I do the practice, I think about it and I concentrate on one small thing I can change that will have an effect. I make that change then I go out and drive to my maximum." -Ayrton Senna

08-26-2003, 11:20 AM	#19
PROJECT240SX Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Salinas, CA Age: 43 Posts: 334 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	What kind of piggy back are you running? E-manage? Ivan

08-26-2003, 08:18 PM	#20
Maeda Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Camp Snake Bite, CA RIP Posts: 2,356 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Maeda Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yep Emanage. Sorry no #'s a huge vacuum leak in the FPR, and exhaust leak at the cat prevented us from moving the car in time. Dyno time is tomarrow at 1 pm pacific. Lets try this one more time. __________________

08-26-2003, 09:54 PM	#22
Maeda Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Camp Snake Bite, CA RIP Posts: 2,356 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Maeda Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Its pretty straight forward. As long as you have the ecu pinout the right side up, and facing you, its as simple as cut and crimp. A little scary, because your hacking up the wiring to the ecu, but thats all. __________________