well it runs awesome, it got up on the tilt bed in not time, it was amazing how fast it then got from marks shop to hybrids shop… the car is just soooooo damn fast
long story, many thanks to all those that helped out. with sailors TLC she should run in a week… pictures soon to come
Sounds like it was just a typical bolt on job (other than the welding and custom fabrication). 
what else needs done?
Originally posted by whitey
well it runs awesome, it got up on the tilt bed in not time, it was amazing how fast it then got from marks shop to hybrids shop… the car is just soooooo damn fastlong story, many thanks to all those that helped out. with sailors TLC she should run in a week… pictures soon to come
who’s tilt bed & wheres the pics!!!
geeee mention marks shop & HD & not JJ’s tilt bed!!!:(:crying:
What did you do to the poor 2.0?
fill us in
loooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggg night!!!
him & sam were out till like 5 am!!!:69: :bj: :idb: :cuddle: :dunno:
Congrats whitey
Well it was a fun, tiring, pissed off, hecktic, etc… etc… etc… car I ever turboed, well besides the Supra of course 
When I had my civic si, I put my turbo kit on a few times, because I took it off a few times to add gaskets, etc… I also installed a kit on my friends Si and then got paid to install another kit on his friends Si. I could do a Honda Civic Si kit in a day completed, running, etc.
I thought the VW wouldnt be that bad, esp since Sailor stopped down, he is the VW man. We also just didnt put a turbo kit on, we did gauges, motor mounts (didnt even get to those yet), head gasket, new studs for the heat / downpipe / manifold, turbo timer, etc… along with the fact that we had all these parts to install, the parts that he got from his turbo kit from his friend were junk, the manifold was cracked, we had to weld it back up, the downpipe looks like it came off of a YZ250 motor in a go-kart or something 
and the oil return line had a hole in it.
Whitey was pissed, he is going to :reloading :stick: :bash: the kid he knows from california that sold him the kid until he looks like this :weak: . That dude was an asshole for not taking pics of the damage to the kit and letting him know and knock off some money. He at least deserves $100-$150 back on the manifold since a new one is like $300 and $50 for the oil return line which had a hole in it, and $250-$300 for a new downpipe that is total crap.
All in all this is a good kit to get him started, he needs to upgrade to a new downpipe 1st, the one thats on the kit will do him ok for a few months, until late spring, etc… but that is going to restrict him a decent bit, its nice where it mounts to the turbo, but after that a piece of regular exhaust pipe thats welded on to it, it goes from a nice size down to what looks like Civic VX exhaust piping. His manifold is next to go, but it should hold up for a while the crack was in a place that was easy to weld.
So to sum the parts up, I would say everything should hold up good except the downpipe that is critical and the 1st thing to be replaced because he needs an exhaust that will bolt up to it and it will not bolt up to the downpipe thats on the car right now, so he is going to be open downpipe for a while :eek: but thats more fun anyways
This winter im sure he will upgrade to a nice manifold, external wastegate, and a bigger turbo… but the kit he got is perfect for him to start out on, it would have been a lot nicer if the shit wasnt fucked up.
I think we all had a good time working on the car, even though it drained all of us completely. Working on it Friday night, ALL day Saturday, and ALL day Sunday will get to you, especially if you work down here, its Monday morning and it sucks cause it still feels like I was here from this weekend.
I never really hung out with Whitey before, I met him at Carlisle this past year but that was it. I met a really awsome friend by doing this and im glad I did, all my time / tools / garage / house / spare bedroom, etc was a DONATON to Pittspeed since I didnt PayPal the site any money.
So by Sunday night we were all tired / stressed / pissed and we had to get the car out of the way so the body men could work this morning… so they took the car up hybrid where its getting finished this week sometime hopefully.
Thanks to all the people that came together to make this possible. Myself, Whitey, Sailor, Chad, Sonny, Metzner, Scott Tessmers drill press, Pewter for the nipple ;), Habbs for the oil return line, & ITR41 for the food at the Foster House
Once the car is done & running im sure we wil post some pics !
Good luck Sailor and Whitey finishing the car, I had enough working on the Jetta, I wanna drive it !!!
great job…noce to see people helping friends out
yeah its up at hybrid right now, sailor is going to order parts that need to be ordered and then he is going to build a better downpipe. the manifold will have to work for right now.
like i said MANY THANKS
and yes thank you JJ’s for the tow
Originally posted by whitey
and yes thank you JJ’s for the tow
:blue: :itr41:
I didn’t realize you were at Mark’s shop. I could have stopped down for a bit.
This is what Pittspeed is really all about.
Originally posted by whitey
yeah its up at hybrid right now, sailor is going to order parts that need to be ordered and then he is going to build a better downpipe. the manifold will have to work for right now.like i said MANY THANKS
and yes thank you JJ’s for the tow
Good thing they stopped down because after this weekend, driving all over gods creation, busting knuckles, getting parts, etc… I was BEAT and I wasnt trying to drive from my shop in monongahela to the other shop in fayette city to get the truck, then back here to get the car, then to hybrid for the 2nd time that day, then back to fayette city, then back to monongahela to lock up, then back to fayette city, lol…
Its all good… everyone came together to make it work.
Originally posted by Darkstar
This is what Pittspeed is really all about.
what he said
short list…
stuff that is broke—
manifold, cast, mig’d for now, wont hold all that long
blow off valve-- greddy flange on pipe work, but an hks bov… will leak like a civ…
stuff that is skechty as fuck-
downpipe, will be making a new one
stuff that was missing and needs-
all intake gaskets–used orange gasket maker for the time being, but will take apart and redo correctly
oil feed fitting-- pewter gave us one late night, but will get a proper one.
stuff that needs to be “finiessed”-
the bumper cover to fit over the i/c pipes. i chopped a good bit of shit out, and it still seems like it will be a tight fit.
summary---- atp turbo kits are 100% shit. feel bad for whitey because for what he has in it money wise, i could have got him bigger/better quality parts.
conclusion- atp sucks. kind of hard to finish something in a weekend when everything you touch has to be modified. of the 2 days i worked on the car, i would say teh only time shit went smooth was putting the headgaskets on. had the head/block surfaces cleaned in less than 30 mins, and aother 30 mins to assemble the head and torque to specs…
other than that, everything was a “wing it” deal. i.e.–fix someone elses, or the manufactures fuck up.
hopefully i will have all correct parts by friday. work on it over the weekend, and hopefully be running sunday night. thats teh tenative schedule…
well i hioe everything goes smooth …let us know if you need some help
Originally posted by SP71Supra
Good thing they stopped down because after this weekend, driving all over gods creation, busting knuckles, getting parts, etc… I was BEAT and I wasnt trying to drive from my shop in monongahela to the other shop in fayette city to get the truck, then back here to get the car, then to hybrid for the 2nd time that day, then back to fayette city, then back to monongahela to lock up, then back to fayette city, lol…Its all good… everyone came together to make it work.
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can’t wait to see pics :bigthumb:
