aLmk's 400whp budget build

New build thread: http://boostedk20.com/forums/showthr...ed=1#post10248
I bought a used greddy kit last fall and I'm shooting for 400whp with upgraded turbo and accessories.

Comments, suggestions, and criticisms welcome!

Turbo Stuff

• Garrett GT 3076-iwg
• TSI manifold ceramic coated
• Fast-turbo oil return kit
• Greddy intercooler piping
• Greddy type rz bov
• SRT v.1 intercooler
• 3'' downpipe
• 3'' intake
• Omni Power 4 bar map
• MAC boost control solenoid
• AEM boost and wideband
• All new couplers and t-bolt clamps

Fuel System

• ID 1000cc injectors
• Walbro 255
• Crushed FPR
• Flashpro - Vit Tuned

Suspension

• Buddy Club N+ Coils
• Hasport Mounts - 62a
• Energy Suspension LCA bushings
• Ingalls camber plates and bolts
• Stock rims with 235/40/17 star specs

Misc.

• NGK iridium plugs - 9
• Omni Power CMC
• Hybrid Racing Cable Bushings
• TWM Short Shifter with bushings
• SS clutch line
• Exedy Stage 1 clutch
• Full-Race 3'' exhaust

All parts are on the car except for the turbo stuff, ID 1000ccs, and spark plugs. I will post pics over the next few days when I have time.

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/...k/77589218.jpg
These should help...
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/...k/IMAG0024.jpg
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http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1340846657
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First track night:
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/...k/IMAG0057.jpg
First pass:
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/...k/IMAG0060.jpg
Second pass:
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/...k/IMAG0059.jpg
Pump gas 93 e-dyno (no quick spool):
http://edyno.mycarisslow.com/graph/v...ef9d5.88629030
C16 race fuel e-dyno:
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Dyno sheet from IMW dyno day 9/22/12. Pump gas 93 in 87* temps according to dyno:
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1348403555

:welcome: to :boostedk20: Looks good, I would personally go with the GT3076-iwg between the two. Better performance. I assume it's gonna be a GTX because you wrote GT 307X?

No it will not be GTX series. The X in Gt307X was because I didn't know if I was gonna get the 71 or 76. However, I bought the 3076 earlier today from evans-tuning.

Good stuff, evans has the best prices on Garrett turbos. :thumb: Congrats!

Yeah I would have loved to use a GTX3071-iwg, but it was too much for me.... $1600 is a lot for a turbo. I wanted a good bit of money left over in case the worst happens.... :pray: it doesn't

I would say get rid of that TSI manifold. But It looks like you got everything. What about that clutch?

Why get rid of it? I don't need a $1400 full race manifold. I don't plan on building the motor, and I will still make 400whp with this. As for clutch I have an exedy stage 1 and I'll see how long that lasts.

Btw I bought a gt3076 from Evans. Shooting to have installed week of June 13th.

First post updated.

First post updated with a few install pics. Hoping to pick the car up tomorrow morning.

Awesome update, love the tires! I plan on running them when I need to re-up on tires. What's left on the build?

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Why get rid of it? I don't need a $1400 full race manifold. I don't plan on building the motor, and I will still make 400whp with this. As for clutch I have an exedy stage 1 and I'll see how long that lasts.

Btw I bought a gt3076 from Evans. Shooting to have installed week of June 13th.

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This is why:http://www.boostedk20.com/forums/sho...bular-Manifold

Nothing is left. Its all at the shop. Still not finished though he ran into issues with the last pipe that goes to the throttle body because my SRT intercooler puts the piping in a different location and it causes it to hit the battery. Also, I understand the point of using a tubular manifold, but for my goals I'd rather save $1000.

There are always last minute issues, I hate them but it's a part of life. And as long as you know, that's what counts. Who is doing your tuning? E-Tunez?

Yeah I was expecting issues to come up, and delays to happen because the shop I am working with is quite busy and its pretty much just a one man show. For tuning Vit will be taking care of me. I've had him tune my car in the past with just bolt ons and his track record is too good to beat! Especially for the price!

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Yeah I was expecting issues to come up, and delays to happen because the shop I am working with is quite busy and its pretty much just a one man show. For tuning Vit will be taking care of me. I've had him tune my car in the past with just bolt ons and his track record is too good to beat! Especially for the price!

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Vit is the man, E-Tunez has their stuff down pat. He's my tuner, and I can definitely say I'm extremely happy. He sent me a new cal at 4:30am a day or two ago, he works his ass off! And yes, he definitely has a great track record, and the price is amazing too.

Or, as most say, just rolls his face across the keyboard and sends you the new cal. :rotfl:

Haha yea he is always awake really late! Even accounting for the 3 hour time difference since he is west coast.

got my map at 330am lol. I wanna see vids of this car!

He really is up late, and doing work! Business never sleeps :shrug: I wanna see vids too! First boost run, post it! And the next, and the next, and the next! Don't forget the one after that too.

I will if I ever get this damn car back!!! Hoping tomorrow afternoon is the day. Had issue with IAT sensor (one that came with used kit was bad), and he has been looking for a sensor that is a screw in like mine and trying all kinds of old honda IATs. My dumbass didn't realize it was an AEM sensor till today :facepalm: so he should be able to get one tomorrow and finisher her up!

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I will if I ever get this damn car back!!! Hoping tomorrow afternoon is the day. Had issue with IAT sensor (one that came with used kit was bad), and he has been looking for a sensor that is a screw in like mine and trying all kinds of old honda IATs. My dumbass didn't realize it was an AEM sensor till today :facepalm: so he should be able to get one tomorrow and finisher her up!

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I know the feeling. But from my experiences, as much as you want the car back just make sure not to rush him/them. I did and it tuned out they didn't gap my spark plugs, they didn't install the coolant lines/fittings for my turbo, they put the gas tank cap (under the seat) on crooked and gas spewed everywhere when I went to fill up, my custom testpipe was bouncing off my H brace, the whole thing was a nightmare. That was a long time ago though.

Long story short - it'll be worth the wait! :heart:

Yeah I understand. I actually am a little concerned about the plugs, because when I told him about gapping the plugs he said he had never really heard of anyone gapping iridium plugs because of there really small tip. I know you can use a traditional tool to do it, but I'm not sure how you're supposed to. He is also not the first person that has mentioned to me they haven't ever gapped iridium plugs. Any insight?

Not true at all, I gap mine all the time. You need to, small tip doesn't necessarily matter if the gap is incorrect. You'll be misfiring for sure. Mine are BKR9EIX gapped to .018 as per Vit. I highly suggest to follow that. ~.020 would be good.

Yea I talked to my mechanic he said they were all right at ~.020 out of the box.

They're ~.030 out of the box. No way BKR9EIX are .020 out the box. He's wrong, I would double check them ASAP to be safe

Ok I will. Is it a micrometer that I need to measure the distance?

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Ok I will. Is it a micrometer that I need to measure the distance?

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Feeler gauges bro.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/z...x/0e3c288d.jpg

Ok cool thanks!

Don't get the round ones from Autozone, get the actual straight feeler gauges. They work best. I can't see the pic Adam posted, but this is what they look like:
http://www.fine-tools.com/s309613a.jpg

Ok thanks. I looked around and a place local to me, harbor freight tools, has them. Gonna pick some up tonight or tomorrow.

On another note supposed to get the car back today at the end of the day. My mechanic started the car last night with the new iat sensor and said it was running much better (the broken one was reading -40*).

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Don't get the round ones from Autozone, get the actual straight feeler gauges. They work best. I can't see the pic Adam posted, but this is what they look like:
http://www.fine-tools.com/s309613a.jpg

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Our pics were almost identical. Lol. Great minds think alike.

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Ok thanks. I looked around and a place local to me, harbor freight tools, has them. Gonna pick some up tonight or tomorrow.

On another note supposed to get the car back today at the end of the day. My mechanic started the car last night with the new iat sensor and said it was running much better (the broken one was reading -40*).

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Idk, that's a great reading. If only it would be safe to do that... :rotfl: On a serious note, glad to hear all is well. TRIPLE check the gap on those plugs before ever boostingm and keep us updated! I've been waiting for this build to be 'finished' for a while!! Best of luck!

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Our pics were almost identical. Lol. Great minds think alike.

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Now that I'm on my desktop I can see the pic :facepalm: At least we passed on the knowledge!

Yea still no car today. Not sure what happened today. Didn't hear from him. O well always tomorrow. I will def check the plugs I have a new type r valve cover to put on so I'll do it then.

Let's see this engine bay.

Will post up as soon as I get it! Will get the car as late as Saturday morning.

Alright guys so we are having some issues with the car, and we think it may have to do with the calibration, but I'm not really sure (maybe a corrupt cal? IDK if that's possible..) I've tried several times to re download the calibration onto the flashpro and then on the car and it is making the sensors go really wacky like the iat sensor reads -40* and the coolant tempt is 90* off yet if we unplug the IAT sensor it reads accurately. Also the map sensor is reading like 74 in/hg(or w/e the unit is). I've double checked each time and changed the cal to use the stock map sensor since that's what I'm using. And we replaced the iat sensor with a brand new one because we thought initially that it was just a bad iat sensor. 2 days ago when the new iat sensor was put in it was reading correctly, my mechanic told me at that time he didn't check all the other sensors because he was not su****ious of anything as the car ran and drove perfectly fine. Now today is when all of these issues are happening. I did notice tonight when I got home from work that the cal I was using had the 'enable VSA' check box uncheck which should be check since I have an 07, so MAYBE that's causing all these problems, but I really don't think it would change things that badly... If anyone has any input I'd be greatly appreciated we are not really sure what's causing all the problems.

^Solution: unplug battery for ~1hr, reupload map, everything works!

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^Solution: unplug battery for ~1hr, reupload map, everything works!

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I sent Steve from E-Tunez an email this morning so he can get back to you on the issue. Glad you got it fixed though! For future reference, disconnect your battery and hold the brake pedal for a bit. Saves you an hour wait time :) So now we can expect massive amounts of videos?

I've had to reupload tunes before myself. It was a strange problem so we ended up reseting and reuploading and it cured issues

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Yea i think it def was an issue with the cal not fully uploading. And I don't have the car yet, he was waiting to cut the vac lines for the boost control solenoid and boost gauge till once this problem was fixed since he was doing diagnostic work with the sensors he had things apart. Now that he can put everything back on like the cowl, he will know where he wants to mount the solenoid and thus the lengths of the vac lines, he really likes to have stuff hidden. But other than that everything is done, the gauges are wired up and work fine. He went into the shop at 4am just to try to fix my car this morning, and he is probably going to finish it tomorrow (even though he has family in visiting for the weekend).

That's awesome! I love when shops pull through. Very uncommon though, and usually happens when they've noticed they're slacking. Can't wait to see how your car performs when done!

Yeah it is nice... I wouldn't say they've been slacking, I've received texts from him like 3 days in a row around 5-6am... They are just super busy with regular repair work, and also have contracts with companies which makes him have to get their work done fast.