Jumbo's custom turbo build

Haha what can i say i got a good eye also i work right next door at napa and then live like a block away from there as well so it wasn't too hard to spot a slammed RED fx cuz u know ain't too many of them around here lol

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I like your build a lot. Very very clean. :tup:

Is that water tank painted or an aftermarket one. It looks great.

Do you plan to powdercoating your plenum? That's the only thing to me that needs some different color to match the whole setup, IMO. Probably red to match the engine bay. :wink (2):
 
White_Hair said:
I like your build a lot. Very very clean. :tup:

Is that water tank painted or an aftermarket one. It looks great.

Do you plan to powdercoating your plenum? That's the only thing to me that needs some different color to match the whole setup, IMO. Probably red to match the engine bay. :wink (2):
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Thanks!

The coolant overflow tank was removed, cleaned, sanded and painted. I left a strip of the tank unpainted where the level marker is:

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The plenum has actually been painted with silver engine enamel.
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After the break in miles, I'll return the car and Powerfab will break down all of their work. The entire hot side (exhaust manifolds through the turbo to the tailpipes) will be coated ceramic black. The cold side (intake through turbo & intercooler to plenum) will be coated ceramic silver.

I can either have the plenum coated the same ceramic silver as the intake tract, OR I could have it powdercoated silver to match the timing cover.

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I would make the plenum to be matching with the intake tube, IMO. I like consistence in color and I am a fan of metalic color. But no doubt, your build is clean, beautiful and practical. :tup:
 
White_Hair said:
I would make the plenum to be matching with the intake tube, IMO. I like consistence in color and I am a fan of metalic color. But no doubt, your build is clean, beautiful and practical. :tup:
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I think you are right - that's the way I'm leaning. I drive 65 miles a day round trip so I'm already over 300 this morning. I should drive less so I can have the car for longer before I have to give her back!!!
 
Hey Brat,

I think powdercoating the plenum and the intake tube in the same color will be sweet. You will have show more pics. :wink (2):

Just one question out of curiosity, won't the plenum spacer affect your tuning? Is it beneficial to have plenum spacer for the FI build like you retaining the original plenum or it won't matter, since your tuner will take care of it when tuning with Haltech?
 
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tchuck said:
Is your 500 mile break-in period a minimum or a specific distance?
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It's a minimum. I asked about a max and Powerfab suggested I try to keep it under 1000 miles. Main reason is for break-in metals in the oil. First oil change is going to have a lot of particulates and you don't want to cycle those through the engine oil longer than needed. We are running a Nissan Titan oil filter (larger volume than the FX OEM filter). Both the Titan and the FX filters contain a bypass - which is bad for break-in. Ideally you run a non-bypass filter and that's what I wanted to do, but the part did not come in before the car was ready and I didn't want to wait.

Here's the system I am going with:

http://www.cantonracingproducts.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=25-482

You might notice this filter is really formulated for diesel engine oils. Well guess what? Oil selection/use is a whole other story. I edumacated myself with this very technical, very specific website:

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm

Going with Shell Rotella T6 or T5 10W-40

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Hey Brad,

I think powdercoating the plenum and the intake tube in the same color will be sweet. You will have show more pics. :wink (2):

Just one question out of curiosity, won't the plenum spacer affect your tuning? Is it beneficial to have plenum spacer for the FI build like you retaining the original plenum or it won't matter, since your tuner will take care of it when tuning with Haltech?
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Not sure if ceramic coating is applied with powdercoating, but either way yeah - the plenum and the pipes will be the same color.

Yes, the plenum spacer does impact tuning because of how it impacts air flow into the runners, but it doesn't matter to the stock ECU or the Haltech. The Haltech is actually a pass-through tuning platform. Meaning that the stock ECU still handles all the engine management UNTIL the engine perameters change outside the capabilities of the stock ECU. Then, the Haltech takes over. So really, both computers have input into the fuel ignition sequences. The plenum spacer allows a higher volume of air for the cylinders to draw from. The computers calculate the volume of that air and then command the injectors with the right amount of fuel. If I removed the spacer, I would re-tune.
 
Talked to the shop today - the FX will be ready by the end of next week - in time for a couple of monthly Houston meets. Hopefully I'll go visit at the end of this week for some progress photos.

All pipes and the plenum are getting ceramic coatings - hot side black & cold side silver. The exhaust suspension has already been reworked to eliminate vibration & noise. My cartridge oil filter system, oil cooler, and new dryflow air filter will be installed, new radiator and transmission cooler hoses will be fabbed, and all other hoses and lines close to heat will get shielded/insulated and of course there's the tune.

I have also ordered up a full detail with paint correction. It has never been done after 110,000 miles on my FX, so the detailer has his work cut out for him, lol. When I get the car back it should be about as new as it could be since I bought it back in 2004. Only 800 miles on the new motor so far. Looking forward to getting her back.

I have also ordered more Dynamat to cover the trunk and headliner areas, as well as a hood liner. All of this is in an effort to quiet down the cabin noise. The exhaust manifold collector is just in front of the driver's side firewall and the new pathfinder cooling mods are also located just in front of the firewall. Getting insulation down will go a long way towards getting rid of the higher level of ambient noise.

We have discussed gages, but have not really settled on anything. Might include only one or two of these, or maybe all four depending on what kind of pod/cluster/mounting I can find. I want them to blend in and not be too obtrusive. Maybe even hidden or pop-up.

1) Oil pressure
2) Coolant Temperature
3) Boost
4) Transmission temp
 
the single most important gage aside from boost is a gage for air/fuel mix... this is something that you should be able to keep an eye on on a regular basis with a custom FI install & something that if it is out of the range from where it should be, you should be alarmed enough to get off it immediately. detonation & pre ignition are the single biggest killers of any FI engine, a wide band O2 gage would be the one gage I'd say you should def have. either that or second best would be at least an exhaust temperature gage which kinda serves the same purpose but in a less direct way...
 
that's what I have... least intrusive design, but, in being so, it's also one of the hardest to monitor in peripheral vision too. I plan on using that & then a separate, more "in your face" type wide band gage on top of that too... the colored incremental lighting of a gage is much easier to monitor without having to actually look at it...
 
I was looking into the HKS Camp 2 system:

http://www.hksusa.com/products/more.asp?id=3471

But no sensor available for O2, only exhaust temp. Still with all my LCD's in the car i didn't want to make it too much of a racer car.

There is also the Epod from ATI available for the Z wich will fit our steering columm housing. I have 1 here in the shop. Still doubting as i would need 1 or 2 Wideband gauges somewhere. But am a bit affraid that these will be somewhat "In your face" so right in front of the cluster ( see picture )

Adam, you have the optional Haltech O2 sensor kit. Does that don't come with a gauge or can you add it to any aftermarket cauge. I couldn't find that intel.


P.s: 2 additional questions for ya

1) What A/R does your turbine have...?? You have .63 / .82 or 1.06................

2) How is your turbo gap. I was warn't that the GT35R would be quite big then maybe to big and won't give anything in low rpm's......as due to it's size it will come late but when it comes it comes like a madman wich test our drivelines durability to the max.....how is you experiance till now....??
 
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