MY BAE turbo kit is Running!
 

i wouldent call it a "monster" at >4lbs of boost...


but as soon i get a boost controler that number will be up just a bit!




makes the car feel faster! but the spring is only set for "3.63lbs"



the best thing about it right now(because its really not TOO much faster) is that it will not fall flat on its face above 5k!

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:D :D

Good going, man!!

See, who gives a rip that the car's not perfect beneath that beautiful skin?! You've got a nice Porsche there, and now it's turbo'd.

I'm planning on turboing my 3.2 one of these days.

Congrats!!SmileWavy

it feels like a slightly hot 3.2 right now...


but that will change soon!

Good job!

Almost time to hit the road out to Skull Valley or Jerome. Be careful though!

Sounds like the car is becoming a nice driver after all those initial problems.

get those guys from down south to take a trip up to jerome!

If you like that, just imagine what 20# of boost would feel like. ;)

ah.. I dream of that kind of power...

I'm not sure if you still have any of the BAE parts but I may be interested. I am especially interested in hearing about the install, shat to do, what not to do, the cost, etc. Please let me know.

For a kid who did the install in his apartment parking lot you have my respect 10fold. Congrats...

Good work Nick.....oh, we need pics :)

Great going Nick, I've been thinking of you and your progress, crank it up to at least 5 or 6lbs, then install Suters fuel enrichment fabrication, and be very happy at 8 to 9.
Very, very big eye opening difference..

i DO have a few parts! check EBAY! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7974125198&rd=1&sspage name=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

if you do will i will give any PP guys a nice discount on the Buyitnow.. say 75$.


Dorm parking lot... school was not happy. they shut up after "i pay XXXXX a year to go to this school and i cant save a little money doing my own maintenance? would the school like to pay for this work? would they like to drive me around?"




will do! I already did a track day with it running 4lbs...

its fun to beat up on e36m3's! (till i overheated)

I did have some blow by... the motor is kinda old...

but for the first time i could really ask for throttle on over-steer in 3rd gear... (but only if you asked nicely)

I'm gonna go take some pictures now!

Dorm parking lot... school was not happy. they shut up after "i pay XXXXX a year to go to this school and i cant save a little money doing my own maintenance? would the school like to pay for this work? would they like to drive me around?"


I thought Jay did the install(?) Or got it running??

pictures!
 

yea jay did the install. I sure tryed my ass off to make it work.

cant weld-test fit-weld-test fit

it ran but the oil drain wasent high-enough... so i smoked like a MB 300D

so close... but no cigar.

so i took it apart and pluged the oil feel line into the oil drain line, slaped on the stock exhaust and took everything to jay.

so i cant take credit.

jay is highly reccomended oldschool p-car master..

Air-cool'eds only : 928-541-7543

I did try my ass off though!

it would have been WAY easyer if i have the early HE's and could just use the stock turbo adapter... :(

then it would have been all bolt on...

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Now in its current condition..

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(AZ pelicanites, if you have a daughter that you want to be put behind a car and flying airplanes on a scruffy poor student wrench;s prorities list..... shoot me a PM. :D )




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the wastegate is leaking... i took it apart today... and cleaned it up... we will see if it works a little better.

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as you cant see(because of the crapy photo) the oil drain isn't really downhill so much as level... but it works!
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because my car is a total POS crashed up junker.... I OK'ed jay to notch the MM to make everything fit a little better.

this shouldn't be a problem with a car that is ACTUALLY the factory dimensions and not artificially shortened by impacting a wall at high-speeds :(

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i removed the spare at the same time i installed the kit... so my ride hight is all messed...(the rear that low and the front that high let to some understeer at the track)

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right now the front is about as pretty as my feet:(

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i would like to get back up to washington so i cant do a few more trackdays..!

if there is anyhting anyone wants me to take a picture of, just ask..

BTW... Kurt S.... would you be interested in doing a fall track day with jay and I?

jay should have his RS up and running at that point... and im sure he is going slap me around the track....even with a 2.4.


maybe we can get a few more AZ guys to run with us...

Nick,
Jay has mentioned getting together some Prescott 911 owners and a track day as well. It surprises me how many older 911s are in this town. Right now I've been going easy on mine; I'm in need of some suspension work, alignment and new tires ($$). I'm trying to save for some Polybronzes and tires at the moment.
I should be good to go by the Fall.....

yea!

i can think of a few

you
red late 80's
jay
white midyear in chino
red baby Iroc in PV

and a few others...

when fall starts to swing around i will start throwing the word out there..


it would be nice to run with something besides mustangs....

i have the feeling that i will get my ass handed to me on a polybronze platter... :D my cars suspension is about as sorted as trail mix... and it seems most of the cars around here are in alot better shape...

When I was there a local guy had a white long hood. I think it may have been a SWB as well, I know it had six webers and a dual out exhaust. Really clean car.

Make sure you show up at one of the local meets when you are back north. Nice work!

will do!

When i first got the car i was turned away at newcastle(?). But that was back in the "brown days". cant wait to see your car in its current state!

i came to one XXX meet when i was back in town... but my car was in AZ...



I receved a PM from a guy who is making a SWB R replica with a 2.4...

maybe its the same guy?

Damn Nick hunt me down next time and introduce yourself. Never let a snooty resturant turn you down...throw a fit/ act like you own the place...works every time. Make a big enough ruckus and we'll find you :)

i did.... in the line for some breakfast...

I guess i will try the restaurant suggestion and just make a ruckus and throw a fit and act like i own you... ;)

Looks good. A couple of questions/comments.

How are your current oil temps? External cooler in place?

Try to block the open area around the distributor (silicone flap). Turbo heat will migrate to the engine compartment and decrease the cooing capacity.

What material is your turbo exh. inlet pipe? If it's mild steel, the life span will be short - from heat and/or vibration. Plan on a stainless version in your future. A SS bellows-type connector would also be nice to compensate for expansion/contraction forces.

Best wishes,
Sherwood

thanks

right now... just fine for the street! at the track they creep up to 230 where i start short shifting and letting the E36 m3's re-pass me!

i have a ROW 28row

a RX7 cooler and a bumper to fit are it in the mail.

not sure if if should plumb them both in-line or just use the rx7... comment would be appreciated.

Yea.. Ive been playing around with a few ways to block that hole...
right now I'm looking at a Home-depot solution.


Its good old mild steel alright.. it started life as a cat bypass ... i don't really plan on giving a dam about its lifespan... I'm sure i wont have that jerry rigged pipe long enough for it to rust. (it should spend 9\12ths of the year in Arizona anyways)

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".....i don't really plan on giving a dam about its lifespan"

Since the pipe was custom-fabricated (even from an existing bypass pipe), it's easier (and less expensive - you're a student, yes?) to replicate a replacement pipe if you have a whole piece to copy from. All the welder/fabricator needs is an intact beginning and end point.

FWIW,
Sherwood

thanks for the concern... but im pretty sure it will be just fine.

when it rusts through i will buy you a beer. Im sure by then i will be old enough;)



i figure if thad suters kit can last a bit in Wisconsin road salt... then mine can last a few years in AZ at least.
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Edit: forgot>the wastegate pipe is SS:D

The photo of your car with all the tools/parts on the ground is classic.

(university professor who would love to have disassembled 911s in parking lots around his campus).

Nick, I am glad to see you were able to use the Flowmaster muffler after all.

my wrench
gives me alot of crap for it..:( (says its too big)
sounds great from 2k-4k, after that you just here the waste-gate...
Idle is kinda hash and the highway drones a bit... but i don't drive it in stop-and-go ever!
and the price you gave me for all the stuff more then justifies its use!

the flow-master held up to some hellish backfires when i was getting the mixture right.... I'm talking flames out the pipe...:D

oh, and that 2 inch stainless.... makes a good hood proper!:D

The photo of your car with all the tools/parts on the ground is classic.
"what a junker, his car is always broken"

the school security had a good laugh when i was crawling around the parking lot on all fours looking for a air injection plug that exited the bottom of the motor at high speed at around 11:30 at night...

I had to replace the muffler in my car with a small 4" Magnafow and it is way louder than the Flowmaster, I would prefer a nice quit muffler that would go whooosh not blap.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1115991133.jpg

"AZ pelicanites, if you have a daughter that you want to be put behind a car and flying airplanes on a scruffy poor student wrench;s prorities list..... shoot me a PM.'

I have a sister in Pheonix, and you can put her anywhere you want on a priorities list, as long as I get to ride along in the 911 once in a while.

The turbo piping on my car was manufactured at least 20 years ago, it is mild steel and has shown no problems with cracking or rust. Lots of BAE kits on this board, no one to my knowledge has had problems with the piping going south.
I would expect yours to live a long time too, especially in Phoenix.
I'm running .5 bar with a trombone cooler and the car has never gotten hot, most of the time it doesn't get off the lower white line about where the thermostat opens. Granted that AZ is waaaaay hotter than So Cal.

I officially nominate that as quote of the week. too good.

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