Turbo 1992 Es300 Is Finished!

[mcelligott]

enjoy the pic -- videos to come soon!

[SKperformance]

so what are the details of the install?

[steviej]

enjoy the pic -- videos to come soon!

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Now we're talkin'!!!!! :snoooorrrtttt:

you gonna put the strut bar back or will it not fit now?

steviej

[JPI]

enjoy the pic -- videos to come soon!

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Now we're talkin'!!!!! :snoooorrrtttt:

you gonna put the strut bar back or will it not fit now?

steviej

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How many PSI are you running? I hope you have the bottem end beef up!

JPI

[mcelligott]

6psi, yes strut bar is going back on -- just wanted to take a quick pic after i had started it once. I'll have way more details and pictures when it's not 9 degrees out here!

[Lexus_Racer]

So what kind of turbo you got there? A T1? T2 or T3? How much horse are you boosting now?

[mcelligott]

So what kind of turbo you got there? A T1? T2 or T3? How much horse are you boosting now? 

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Have not dyno'ed it yet. turbo is a borgwarner gm-8 found on 98 silverado turbodiesels

[jahon]

looks *BLEEP*ing awesome, wanna trade engines? Clean it up a bit and make it look pretty... what would look sweet is if you chrome dipped the valve cover and throttle body...... mmm

[mcelligott]

looks *BLEEP*ing awesome, wanna trade engines? Clean it up a bit and make it look pretty... what would look sweet is if you chrome dipped the valve cover and throttle body...... mmm

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Yes, the motor could def be much "prettier." I still need to have those 2 pipes in front that have green spots on them ceramic coated with a nice chrome look. Next photo I post will look much different, as i need to heat wrap the majority of the electronics in the bay.

[dcfish]

looks *BLEEP*ing awesome, wanna trade engines? Clean it up a bit and make it look pretty... what would look sweet is if you chrome dipped the valve cover and throttle body...... mmm

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Yes, the motor could def be much "prettier." I still need to have those 2 pipes in front that have green spots on them ceramic coated with a nice chrome look. Next photo I post will look much different, as i need to heat wrap the majority of the electronics in the bay.

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Any updates on the turbo?

[Toysrme]

Since this particular thread has been updated?

It's been:

powder coated

intercooler's been swapped along with new charger piping

used 7m-ge 315cc injctors were swapped for rebuilt R/C 315cc injectors

Walbro 190 was re-swapped for a Walbro 255.

A few oil leaks cropped up (Not related to the turbo) & were fixed

E-manage was finally instaled

Some of the gauges were swapped out

N2o kit was unmounted to bes old

The complete interior was ripped out for a week, then replaced

(The 315's are still on the block to be ditched in favor of 550's again)

Currently, trying to sell the convertable DSM to buy a v8 BMW 5XX

[Lexusfreak]

What fuel is required now with the turbo? Regular or premium? Looks nice! B)

[Toysrme]

Lots of premium with 4-5* of ignition retarding (from base timing, or 2-3* from where sean use to have to run it with n2o anyway).

I've been trying to talk him into getting an h2o kit for months so he can go back to regular! :P

[juan01]

Wasn't he supposed to take it to the track recently?

[Lexusfreak]

So how much (ballpark figure now) was all the turbo upgrades? a couple grand total? B)

[Toysrme]

He'll put one on yours for $2500 so. I'm guesing roughly $1500-2000. Na he hasn't been to the track yet. He's waiting for some goodies, and needs to swap his wastegate spring for something with more boost first. ;)