psu_Crash Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Looking Good Joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLATBROKE313 Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 got the treadstone in last night. not very happy with it. but it will do for nowhttp://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww135/starquestJOE/P4060678.jpghttp://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww135/starquestJOE/P4060679.jpghttp://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww135/starquestJOE/P4060680.jpg Hey just wondering what your not happy about?with the tredstone manifold.I am installing the same manifold on my build!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquestJOE Posted April 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 the placement of the turbo. and mainly the waste gate. i dont know what wastegate or hotside then want you to run. but the bullseye housing and the tial 38 dont clear each other. i had to put a spacer in between the manifold and wastegate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquestJOE Posted April 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww135/starquestJOE/P4080693.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOHO Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 You are going to need some t-bolts for that beast Joe...especially on that small pipe....The setup looks Fantastic man...Should be one hell of a tbi car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLATBROKE313 Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 the placement of the turbo. and mainly the waste gate. i dont know what wastegate or hotside then want you to run. but the bullseye housing and the tial 38 dont clear each other. i had to put a spacer in between the manifold and wastegate I am running tail 38mm and 60-1 with a 68 a/r hot side cleared fine what a/r is yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquestJOE Posted April 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 its a .70ar. what i meant was the wastegate hat hits the downpipe. its a 3" vband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLATBROKE313 Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Wow i haven't even tryed to put up the exhaust,hope i don't have this problem.So what did you do to make it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquestJOE Posted April 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 SHE'S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosengrant826 Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Phil Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 In the end you all are still to slow to wanna bring em to the Shootout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Phil Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 Joe, you should use your car and pull starquestrescue's car down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquestJOE Posted April 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 she runs but not great yet. i have to get some seat time and tune the maf-t. to fix the wastegate problem, i used a flange that came with the wastegate as a spacer. .... it was so nice just to take her up the street. now just to fine tune her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convette Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 thats sick dude. I'll def hafta check that out when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquestJOE Posted April 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww135/starquestJOE/P4110701.jpgand this is the wastegate fixhttp://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww135/starquestJOE/P4120707.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquestJOE Posted April 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 I have to give big thank you's for all the help i had with it. mike my brother in-law(92 TSI AWD). Ryan (rosengrant826) my buddy FRAT. without them i would still be workin on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarquestRescue Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 Joe, you should use your car and pull starquestrescue's car downWish i could make it but do not have the time or the dollars. she runs but not great yet. i have to get some seat time and tune the maf-t. to fix the wastegate problem, i used a flange that came with the wastegate as a spacer. .... it was so nice just to take her up the street. now just to fine tune herTuning Now the real fun begins. Blow through changes things and make the maft harder to tune. You might want to read up at there fourm. http://www.fullthrottletech.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psu_Crash Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 (edited) Congrats! Mine has been ready to drive for a few days now but I just had to rewire some things and now the SOB won't start!! Really hoping it's just my crap battery. BTW I see you will not be able to run a dump on the wastegate either. lol I think I finally came up with a solution for mine Edited April 13, 2010 by psu_Crash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquestJOE Posted April 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 tuning is goin good. i'm at 12psi now and it feels good. comes on hard. still havent got to full throttle yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psu_Crash Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 Just floor it! If something breaks it needed replaced anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosengrant826 Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 Just floor it! If something breaks it needed replaced anyways lmao.....thats funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquestJOE Posted April 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 well it does smoke on start up. but goes away after a min or when you rev it. dont know why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
substock Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 Congrats! Mine has been ready to drive for a few days now but I just had to rewire some things and now the SOB won't start!! Really hoping it's just my crap battery. BTW I see you will not be able to run a dump on the wastegate either. lol I think I finally came up with a solution for mine i think i remember seeing some others use a spacer with what looked to be a 45* bend so there was clearance to run a dump pipe looks good Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquestJOE Posted April 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 i'm up to 15psi now. and it pulls really hard to 6500rpms. i love it. i dont think i need any more then 20psi. goin to work on 18psi next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 In for a ride tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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