the road to turbo
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Joined: Mar 2005
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From: honolulu, hawaii
after waiting several months for the machine shop to bore, hone, and linebore my block and race balance the rotating assembly i am starting to built the motor. the block is back from machining and im waiting on bearings so i assembled the rods and pistons and cut the rings. unfortunately i overcut one of the rings so i have to order some more 
hopefully i can just buy 1 set and not all 4
hopefully i can just buy 1 set and not all 4
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Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 5,946
Likes: 7
From: honolulu, hawaii
after much delay i finally started to v-mount my car. turns out this is a very slow project 
the idea behind my v-mount is that i didnt want an intercooler showing in my front bumper, and keeping a/c because hawaii is hot!
the reciever dryer's new home using pat's a/c hose relocation. no hose lengths were changed.
a little angle change of the low side line off the compressor and completely eliminating the hard line that runs along the center "beam" of the car resulted in a more ninja approach of the a/c line. again unchanged length of pat's a/c line.
everything put together and painted flat black for the added stealthness
an aluminum pannel was added to direct air through the condenser and also so that air doesnt enter through the space between the radiator and condensor causing wierd air flow resulting in overheating or a/c not very cold.
kind of a bad pic but you wont notice anything has changed by looking in to the bumper grill. all you see is the deflection plate and condensor.
a greddy bubbler tank was added and the breather valve on the intake manifold was converted in to a hose fitting for continuous bleeding and easy filling of coolant anytime the coolant need filling. i would recomend this mod to everyone just because of the difficulty some people have bleeding the air out of the engine.
an engine bay pic showing the overall setup. sadly its still NA but im getting there. next i will need to mount the intercooler core and make endtanks in the best possible shape for the piping. this pic also showing my severely modified koyo radiator for s2000.
the idea behind my v-mount is that i didnt want an intercooler showing in my front bumper, and keeping a/c because hawaii is hot!the reciever dryer's new home using pat's a/c hose relocation. no hose lengths were changed.
a little angle change of the low side line off the compressor and completely eliminating the hard line that runs along the center "beam" of the car resulted in a more ninja approach of the a/c line. again unchanged length of pat's a/c line.
everything put together and painted flat black for the added stealthness
an aluminum pannel was added to direct air through the condenser and also so that air doesnt enter through the space between the radiator and condensor causing wierd air flow resulting in overheating or a/c not very cold.
kind of a bad pic but you wont notice anything has changed by looking in to the bumper grill. all you see is the deflection plate and condensor.
a greddy bubbler tank was added and the breather valve on the intake manifold was converted in to a hose fitting for continuous bleeding and easy filling of coolant anytime the coolant need filling. i would recomend this mod to everyone just because of the difficulty some people have bleeding the air out of the engine.
an engine bay pic showing the overall setup. sadly its still NA but im getting there. next i will need to mount the intercooler core and make endtanks in the best possible shape for the piping. this pic also showing my severely modified koyo radiator for s2000.
