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End of April to early May!
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End of April to early May!
Rob Faucett
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Where did you find your split rear bench?
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Australia, jsaltlick brought it in for me in the last group buy.
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I have received word that the turbo has arrived! I am hoping for a late-April install if I can find time.
make sure you keep the boost down, especially without an intercooler. A pyro gauge is a must. There are many 1HZ motors that have been destroyed by fitting a turbo (and many that haven't). Mine burned a hole in a piston and cracked cumbustion chambers. Otherwise it went well. The direct inection toyota engines (1HDT, f, e) have different pistons etc.
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yup, the plan is to run very conservative boost/fuel levels initially, especially while I break in the new BEBs i'll be installing. I was delayed getting back into town (got back sunday) and I'm headed out again next week to SC, so it'll be installed between mid may and june. The kit looks great though!
Hey VT, I'll be up your way in July and would love to see this rig in person. How far from Montpelier are you?
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sent ya a pm
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Turbo kit pics!
The Kit:
OE Boost Compensator:
Wheee!
The Kit:
OE Boost Compensator:
Wheee!
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technerd
Something that I found with the Shelby-Spearco kit on my Rabbit 1.6l diesel was that moving the waste-gate's boost reference from the compressor scroll to the far end of the intake manifold yielded a more accurate and consistent boost level.
Under high load, high boost conditions (driving it HARD!) the waste gate actually was opening pre-maturely because of the excessive heat generated in the compressor. My boost gauge was ported to the far end of the intake and under those conditions boost was lower than when not leaning on the engine quite as hard. After the re-routing of the hose I gained 1-1.5 psi (up to 7 psi from 5.5-6 psi) which wasn't hugely significant, but the power delivery consistency made the engine a little easier to drive.
If you're going to be after-cooled then just moving the ref port to downstream of the after-cooler would be good enough. In the second iteration of my VW turbo-diesel I plan on after-cooling and the waste-gate reference hose will be plumbed to the intake manifold plenum because it is close & easy.
Under high load, high boost conditions (driving it HARD!) the waste gate actually was opening pre-maturely because of the excessive heat generated in the compressor. My boost gauge was ported to the far end of the intake and under those conditions boost was lower than when not leaning on the engine quite as hard. After the re-routing of the hose I gained 1-1.5 psi (up to 7 psi from 5.5-6 psi) which wasn't hugely significant, but the power delivery consistency made the engine a little easier to drive.
If you're going to be after-cooled then just moving the ref port to downstream of the after-cooler would be good enough. In the second iteration of my VW turbo-diesel I plan on after-cooling and the waste-gate reference hose will be plumbed to the intake manifold plenum because it is close & easy.
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Thanks for the tip! I think for the initial install I'll keep it "stock" but if I notice a drop in pressure under heavy load, I'll keep this in mind.
I saw the Toyota Trails article, really cool! Keep up the good work!
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thanks Matt!
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I had a little free time this afternoon so I mocked up the split bench to see what it will take to install them. Here are some pics as requested...
The seat bottom hinges require four bolts. No holes exist but they will be easy to drill. The pair of bolts was for the solid bench hinge.
With the seat flipped forward, you can see the other two bottom hinge brackets, and the latch catch.
I will be able to utilize one of the seat belt holes (the split bench has integrated belts) but I will need to drill for the other.
I also got my summer tires/wheels mounted this week - 255/85-16 BFG MT's on 16x6 steelies.
The seat bottom hinges require four bolts. No holes exist but they will be easy to drill. The pair of bolts was for the solid bench hinge.
With the seat flipped forward, you can see the other two bottom hinge brackets, and the latch catch.
I will be able to utilize one of the seat belt holes (the split bench has integrated belts) but I will need to drill for the other.
I also got my summer tires/wheels mounted this week - 255/85-16 BFG MT's on 16x6 steelies.
Looks awesome!
Sweet! I thought those split benches were awesome, but I didn't want to plunk down the money on them.
For what purpose did you buy them? Just for bling factor or are you going to build a storage system around them?
For what purpose did you buy them? Just for bling factor or are you going to build a storage system around them?
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Yes, I wanted to be able to have three seats instead of just two or four. I will be building a modular cargo setup that can be dropped in instead of one or both of the seats.
Excellent. I was thinking of the same thing when I saw those seats.
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yup, i'm thinking about mounting a fridge in place of one of the seats so I can access it from the front seats. We'll see, I haven't gotten that far in my planning...
