Well, I got my turbo installed along with the gauges, 2.5" SS exhaust and now I'm just playing with the wastegate setting as well as the fuel (although I don't think I need to do much with the fuel at all).
OK, so here's the long version
Last Summer I bought a Mitsubishi TD04L 13T as my plan for my home brew turbo for my 3B slug.
It took me a long time, reading as much as I could and talking with a few other cruiserheads about turbo's (Thanks Super G!)
I have a good friend who is a professional welder and he and I are trading work for each other, he's doing a bunch of welding and I'm finishing off his guitar (my other passion, guitar making)
So, I had my friend make me my manifold to match the TD04 turbo
Now while the manifold was being built, I was looking into the gauges and the exhaust system.
I wanted to make sure I had a pyro and boost gauge so I knew exactly what the turbo was doing, and I added a water temp gauge as the OEM gauge just honestly sucks. I found the best deal on gauges at Summit Racing, total for all three gauges was $159 (yes, the pyro came with the K-type probe).
I worked on installing the gauges with help from some of the great people here on Mud and got them all installed last week.
Time to clean the inside of the window! Anyway, the gauges got installed and the water temp gauge worked great. Just needed to get the turbo installed to hook up the other two gauges.
Well, the manifold was ready and I started to get all the other parts together for my install. One of the guys at the local auto parts store (Lordco, Abbotsford) is a total turbo freak (good thing) and he really helped me get pretty much everything I needed.
So, I went at it.
First was to get the OEM manifold off. I was a little bit worried about that because I had heard that bolts and studs can be a real hassle to come out clean, so I soaked the bolts for 2 days with Moovit penetrating lube. I figure that the PO must have had the manifold off within the past 5-10 years as honestly the bolts and nuts came off very easily. Didn't break a one and they were in perfect condition so I just reused them.
So now the old manifold came off and the new one went on.
Now, what to do with those water lines all in the way? My plan was to use the water lines as I figured they are there for a reason. I know that most people don't bother with them but it really wasn't much hassle at all and I figure the life of the turbo may be better for using them.
So, I got the turbo mounted and started to re-route the water lines, added the feed oil line (tapped into the oil pressure sender) and the return line (threaded fitting welded to the oil pan). I don't have any pictures of the oil pan or oil pressure sender fittings but if anyone wants to see them I'll snap some pictures later.
I also ran the air intake from the turbo to the air intake manifold by using a piece of the 2.5 SS tube I got for my exhaust system.
Next came time to make the exhaust and the air feed from the air box (air filter box/canister/thingy)
The exhaust down pipe was a little bit of a challenge as my turbo was sitting very close to the firewall to add a 2.5" elbow and a flex pipe. But it wasn't do difficult, just made the pipe corner a bit more into the down stream of the engine bay and it worked out fine.
As you can see, I like the high heat RTV gasket material, we'll see how well it holds up.
After getting this part worked out, the rest was a rather simple pipe layout. A couple more elbows, some straight sections, the Magnaflow round SS muffler, a couple of hangers and it was all done.
Here are the rest of the pics. My family is heading out to the BC Interior this weekend for a couple weeks of vacation, the Coquaihalla testing ground should be interesting. We'll see if what I hear is true about adding a turbo (lots of big climbs on that highway)
Thank you to everyone who has ever posted about adding a turbo to their 3B (or any home brew for that matter). It really made me believe that I could do it (and maybe made a believer out of my wife).
OK, so here's the long version
Last Summer I bought a Mitsubishi TD04L 13T as my plan for my home brew turbo for my 3B slug.
It took me a long time, reading as much as I could and talking with a few other cruiserheads about turbo's (Thanks Super G!)
I have a good friend who is a professional welder and he and I are trading work for each other, he's doing a bunch of welding and I'm finishing off his guitar (my other passion, guitar making)
So, I had my friend make me my manifold to match the TD04 turbo
Now while the manifold was being built, I was looking into the gauges and the exhaust system.
I wanted to make sure I had a pyro and boost gauge so I knew exactly what the turbo was doing, and I added a water temp gauge as the OEM gauge just honestly sucks. I found the best deal on gauges at Summit Racing, total for all three gauges was $159 (yes, the pyro came with the K-type probe).
I worked on installing the gauges with help from some of the great people here on Mud and got them all installed last week.
Time to clean the inside of the window! Anyway, the gauges got installed and the water temp gauge worked great. Just needed to get the turbo installed to hook up the other two gauges.
Well, the manifold was ready and I started to get all the other parts together for my install. One of the guys at the local auto parts store (Lordco, Abbotsford) is a total turbo freak (good thing) and he really helped me get pretty much everything I needed.
So, I went at it.
First was to get the OEM manifold off. I was a little bit worried about that because I had heard that bolts and studs can be a real hassle to come out clean, so I soaked the bolts for 2 days with Moovit penetrating lube. I figure that the PO must have had the manifold off within the past 5-10 years as honestly the bolts and nuts came off very easily. Didn't break a one and they were in perfect condition so I just reused them.
So now the old manifold came off and the new one went on.
Now, what to do with those water lines all in the way? My plan was to use the water lines as I figured they are there for a reason. I know that most people don't bother with them but it really wasn't much hassle at all and I figure the life of the turbo may be better for using them.
So, I got the turbo mounted and started to re-route the water lines, added the feed oil line (tapped into the oil pressure sender) and the return line (threaded fitting welded to the oil pan). I don't have any pictures of the oil pan or oil pressure sender fittings but if anyone wants to see them I'll snap some pictures later.
I also ran the air intake from the turbo to the air intake manifold by using a piece of the 2.5 SS tube I got for my exhaust system.
Next came time to make the exhaust and the air feed from the air box (air filter box/canister/thingy)
The exhaust down pipe was a little bit of a challenge as my turbo was sitting very close to the firewall to add a 2.5" elbow and a flex pipe. But it wasn't do difficult, just made the pipe corner a bit more into the down stream of the engine bay and it worked out fine.
As you can see, I like the high heat RTV gasket material, we'll see how well it holds up.
After getting this part worked out, the rest was a rather simple pipe layout. A couple more elbows, some straight sections, the Magnaflow round SS muffler, a couple of hangers and it was all done.
Here are the rest of the pics. My family is heading out to the BC Interior this weekend for a couple weeks of vacation, the Coquaihalla testing ground should be interesting. We'll see if what I hear is true about adding a turbo (lots of big climbs on that highway)
Thank you to everyone who has ever posted about adding a turbo to their 3B (or any home brew for that matter). It really made me believe that I could do it (and maybe made a believer out of my wife).