o man i think i broke my thumb....well it does look sexy i can tell u that and it was a super pina. o did i mention atp sux nutz. seriously guys who writes ur instructions? 2 yr olds? geez! well after workin from 10 am to 6 pm everything got bolted up. still needs the fmic installed and all the vac lines as atp didnt supply proper hardware. even had to run to the store to get new bolts for the high flow manifold bc they were um 1" short. well im goin to soak my pain in some good ole' jim beam. good luck man was good times!

 

o ya u need to buy a vr6 maf HOUSING and keep the stock 1.8t maf and put that in the housing for it to run properly. also on those vac lines u need to contact me bc i messed up on tellin u something. later

 

What other problems did you have?

 

arif, let's hear the results!

 

Thanks a lot goldenchild and onepoint8tee. I could not do it without you guys!

No result for now "yet". After goldenchild left I was also so tired and went home and slept. I think I'll start to work on the car early in the morning to done everthing. I need to take care the lines, fmic, rotors/pads. Still need lots of thing. damn. I cannot believe that turbo take too much time [:@] At least we took the turbo and manifold twise to do it right. It was sucks and sent wrong bolds... I cannot belive these guys in the bussiness and make money...

I hope I'll give you guys a "Good" news tomorrow...

Keep Praying...

 

hahahahaaha nice man

christ i thought he got in a crash or somethin when i read the title!

 

nice. i got the same turbo and ill be getting it installed within the next 2 to 3 weeks. what psi are you going to be running at?

 

Man i cant wait to hear how it is i really want what you got so if you like it maybe that will finaly be enough reason for me to go out and spend the money

 

Holy crap! First of all.. Thank god goldenchild was there. Even though the install took forever, he pretty much saved our asses as far as time and logic goes. I mean we all did our part I think, but he has done this a few times before, so he knew what he was doing for sure. The main problem was that the new turbo mounts in the same orientation as the stock one. I think most other BT's mount more to the side of the exhaust manifold, and there was just limited space under the turbo and housing to get it to line up under the manifold-If that makes sense? The bolts that ATP sent, which connects the manifold to turbo were too short, so Arif made a trip to the hardware store and they had long enough bolts. We were surprised that his old K03, with over 130k miles on it, had absolutely NO shaft play and spun freely. So here is what was accopmplished today/so far (again, with A LOT of help from Goldenchild:

Fuel injectors
Spark Plugs
Turbo/Manifold swap
ECU installation
Air Intake

I dont know how that FMIC is ever going to fit, but apparently threre is a way. The brakes will be easy, and there are some vacuum lines that need to be taken care of, and Arif is still waiting on the Evo DV. Once all that is done, an oil/coolant change and it should be good to go. Oh and that damned exhaust manifold is BIG, getting the bolts on there is a pita. Obviously no video yet, but here are a few pics:


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Have fun, make sure they sent you the correct length 3 bolts for the manifold to turbo. Oh and make sure you have the whole day open and maybe then some.