First want to say thanks to Realstreet for the turbo, wastegates and clutch and to all the other members who I bought and sold stuff to make this possible.

Started off with a Greddy kit and grew bored with it like most of us do.


Last fall I sold the Greddy hotside and began gathering parts for the new build. I got a really good deal on a PLM turbo manifold so I'm going to try it out and see what happens. I know most of members here dislike fake or replica parts but for the price I got it for I'm not losing much if it dosen't work out. Goal for my build is to have a reliable 400-450 whp on pump gas and 500-600 whp on E85 later next year or so after I get the rest of the drivetrain sorted out.

The PLM manifold is basically a copy of the AFI twinscroll except it uses a T3 flange instead of a T4. Really had no problems fitting the manifold at all. I did run into a problem when I mounted the turbo however. The compressor housing only had about 1mm of clerance from the crossmember so I broke out the dremel and got to work. Another problem I ran into was with the down pipe. All T3 Precision turbos only come with a 2.5inch vband and the PLM downpipe is 3inch; so I will have to get a new flange welded onto the downpipe. Waiting on a few more parts for the oil feed and drain and I still have to get the hotside intercooler piping made along with the dump tubes but it should all be finished by the end of March. (hopefully)

Car
-2005 AP2 stock motor w/ 49,000 miles

Parts list
-PLM Turbo manifold and downpipe
-Precision JB 6262 .82 AR open housing
-PTP turbo blanket
-Dual Tial MVS wastegates
-AEM series 2, serial gauge, inline wideband, boost solenoid
-SOS 3 bar map
-ID1000cc injectors
-Walbro fuel pump
-ACT PP w/ OEM friction disk and bearings
-AP1 Flywheel
-Greddy intercooler painted black
-HKS BOV w/ custom wrinkle black finish
-SS vacuum lines
-FBM block off plate and vtec pressure sensor block off
-Ghettocrxsi AC Relocation kit and Alloycraft heater hose bracket
-DEI Exhaust wrap and wire/hose wrap

All I have is an iphone for taking pictures so deal with it LOL

Wire tuck




Intercooler pic


PLM manifold pics/ wastegate pics





Wasn't expecting to find so many springs in the wastegate and the top almost took me out when it flew off!


Turbo mounted and crossmember notched pics





Will update this when I get more parts in. Thanks for looking.

 

 

looks good.... is there gonna be any issues with the oil return. looks like cross memeber is right underneath where it would be routed

 

Looks good

 

Definitely going to be a tight fit. I'll have all my fittings next week sometime and I'll post what I come up with.

 

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any updates

 

do you knwo what that combo of springs sets wastegate at? I need to know the combo for 1 bar..

 

http://www.tialmedia.com/documents/MVRspc.png

 

Those are the MV-R springs, we are both on MV-S wastegates.. DO NOT USE THAT CHART FOR MVS..