Its Turbo Time's 2009 build

[Its Turbo Time]

Hey guys, here are some updates I did for this season.:

My goals coming into this build were to Clean up the engine bay, do some heat protection, and get the drive train ready for the added power. Being that I race the car I wasn't going for the completely stripped show car engine bay, I was just trying to make the bay less cluttered and easier to work in while still looking good.

Im sure I missed some stuff, but heres my list:

Painted the engine bay black
Thermotech Heat barriers on front and rear firewalls
Wiring harness was tucked along with the brake booster line and engine lid latch cable.
Relocated fusebox to the trunk
Shortened coolant hard lines on the side the block, got rid of throttle body heater
AN fittings were silver soldered onto the hardlines for the turbo coolant feed and return.
Engine harness was relocated behind the intake manifold runners to make working with the fuel rail and injectors easier
Custom Coolant filler was welded to coolant neck, Outlet for throttle body heater was welded closed
Coolant neck and Thermostat housing was powder coated silver vein metallic.
Coolant line to radiator was shortened (hard line loop by gas filler pipes was removed)
Red silicone coolant hoses.
Thermotech Turbo-bag on turbocharger hot side and adapter.
Downpipe was coated with DEI high temp silicone spray and wrapped with DEI Titanium Heat Wrap.
Stainless Steel Heat Shield was fabricated to deflect the heat from the turbocharger and exhaust manifold away from the IC cold pipe and throttle body.
Turbo was clocked slightly and new aluminum to -10AN oil return line was fabricated.
Transmission was painted with silver Dupicolor engine paint.
Hux Racing Scatter shield.
South Bend 6 puck clutch (High torque alltrack version)
ARP flywheel bolts
CRW upgraded CV joints.
XVRacing Super light Motor mount inserts.
Fuel injector clinic top feed fuel rail and 900cc injectors (Stock rail and injectors are back on while breaking in the clutch)
All new stainless hardware
New freeze-out plugs
New hose from hell and hose from hell on earth.
New timing belt and tensioner.
Resurfaced flywheel.
Lots of other parts repainted.
Trailer wiring converter was used to make the outer brake lights also work as turn signals (OEM amber was blacked out and bulbs were removed.

Pictures of the build will be in my next posts

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Paiting the bay:

I wanted a paint that would be more durable then a typical automotive paint so I could work in the bay without the fear of chips and scratches. I decided to go with gloss black Rustoleum.

All scuffed up and ready for paint:

Fresh Black Rustoleum:

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Heat protection:

The stock firewall heat mat was old and ugly, so I decided to go with something that would look nicer, work better, and brighten up the bay a bit. I got a huge roll of the Thermo-Tech Thermo-guard heat shielding from summit racing, its a polyester fiber felt with a foil facing. It was very easy to work with and glues to the firewalls using the DEI high temp spray adhesive, which worked great.



I am running a trunk-mount IC so I decided to do the rear firewall also to keep the engine bay heat out of the trunk.

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Next I did some more heat protection using the DEI high temp silicone coating and, Thermo-Tech Turbo-Bag and DEI Titanium Exhaust wrap.

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Modified coolant filler neck:

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Southbend 6 puck clutch with ARP hardware:

Nasty trans:

All cleaned up and painted

Installing the Hux Racing scatter shield

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Engine Harness off:

Engine Harness re-routed behind Intake manifold runners:

Lots of room to work with the injectors and rail now:

Body Harness off:

Body harness tucked:

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I re-clocked the turbo which gave me enough room to fabricate a new aluminum turbo oil drain outlet with a -10 fitting:



I also machined a prototype set of light weight Motor mount inserts:

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Motor goin in, you can see the sweet cover my grandma made for me lol

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Final stages:

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Well here it is, just about done, still have to organize the hoses and stuff alittle more (gonna get rid of the Sh#$# silicone vacuum lines and go back to black rubber):

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I went to Mark's last night, got the car up on the lift and took a few more pics


Here are some shots of my modified coolant to rad line:




Its a pretty simple modification it shortens the coolant system, reduces heat by the intake, and cleans up the firewall. All that you need to do it put a 90* bend right off of the hardline thats under the car (You can use a small piece of hose as a coupler like I did.) The stock upper hose will work perfect to connect the 90* bend to the coolant neck just trim to size.

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Here is a shot of the other end of the oil drain, I just welded a -10 bung to the stock piece:


I dont think Iv ever posted pics of my exhaust up so while I was under the car I took some shots. Its 3" to dual 2.5" with a flex-section and high flow cat, just mild steel piping with summit satin black header coating. Its been on the car for more then 3 years, and it sounds great.


We told Mark not to drink and drive

[SW21T]

Dang, Lot of work done. It's all coming out great man, Good Job!

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Screamer pipes!

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Here are some more pics of the true twinscroll top-mount turbo kit:


In this pic you can see the old smaller oil drain:
Dual Tial 38mm wastegates:


Here is a shot with just the adapter on, you can also see the modified coolant hardlines:



You can also see the modified coolant hardlines in this shot:

[mr2magic]

Pure sex!

How much power are you putting down?

[MR2noobiii]

dam thats hella nice i am hoping to get mine done

[Its Turbo Time]

Its not tuned yet, just running on wastegate (10psi), Im still trying to figure out wat management Im going to go with, any input?

[valtersboze]

great thread! any updates?