installing T3

[V3N0M951]

well i finally got a manifold with a t3 flange welded up by a local forum member and well my car has been sittin around for a while so ive been working on little things on it here n there like installing pillar pod with the wideband and boost gauges cleaning up the engine bay doing a battery relocation and vaf relocation as ivealreadymade the extension for it but heres some pics of my manifold n turbo http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-08_193505.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-08_193621.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t..._picture_2.jpg

[1989probe]

Looks sick

[mac1]

Ya so I heard about this and hope your able to keep the tires under control. Lol

[V3N0M951]

haha yea adam asked me about that as well. and he keeps insisting megasquirt

[93probeanator]

Bad idea modding a first gen, slow tanks..

Looks good the welding came out pretty damn good I might add.

[mac1]

haha yea adam asked me about that as well. and he keeps insisting megasquirt

yes sir, if you want to take full advantage of the f2t's low compression and strong bottom end you need to take control of your timing and fuel curve. All you need is a spare turbo distributor and a ECU for me to cut out the connector and make a PNP harness. Or maybe one of these days i'll just pick one up at the yards and have it ready for ya.

The disty needs to be modded which is why it's good to do it to a spare. The connector inside the ecu needs to cut out to make the PNP harness so you can go back to stock for "smog" and stuff.

You put in any injectors you want, get a fuel pump and a rising rate adjustable fuel pressure regulator would be nice also but some people get away without the adjuable FPR. Adam told me you allready have a strong clutch so we can find it's weak point and stop there. You need a wideband otherwise if I tune it with mine, you'll be able to drive it "tuned" but just wont know if something changes which it shouldn't anyways.

[V3N0M951]

Bad idea modding a first gen, slow tanks..
.

arent you modding one as well?



and im pretty excited for the megasquirt now, and on the t3 i got everything hooked up yesterday started it but oil came out through the exhaust, im pretty sure it was my return line, so like usual Adam helped me out lol and made me a pipe return with a bend so this should work, i think ima wait till monday to do tho, planning on taking a break from it this weekend to relax n see my son.

[93probeanator]

Yup been driving for a week. 10psi it runs lean at boost 13.2 in wide band

[V3N0M951]

well mike i got the disty at the junkyard today half off too! and have an extra ecu connetor i got from a GL so i wouldnt have to use up a GT ecu, i got everything for my megasquirt just i need the clutch, my brothers gt has a stage 2 mines a stock oem >.<

[mac1]

http://www.mx6.com/forums/1g-mx6-eng...ml#post2149573

that entire link is how to modify the disty to set it up for MS, basically grind off 2 teeth, the jumper mods to the MS board are a different story.

[concealer404]

Holy hell! Is that wastegate going to clear the hood?

[mac1]

yeah it had to be shortened.

[V3N0M951]

aha it was shortened and yea ill probably do it later on this week or next cant wait for it

[V3N0M951]

im having problems with my turbo, turns out my cartridge has a crack so it was squirting oil out of it so im waiting to get one now.

heres wat it looks like overall all set up http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t...6-15173250.jpg


my oil pan, i had to tap into it because stock wasnt working out
http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t...6-27090942.jpg

and then my oil return view from the bottom
http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t...6-28101349.jpg

[TRWeiss1]

Holy hell! Is that wastegate going to clear the hood?

I was wondering the same thing.