Twin Snail Build...
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I miss driving my car..... Nice way to rub it in there buddy!!
What BOV is that, and was that before or after the motor build???
one eyed willy
Pizzle fo shizzle
that was from just a few weeks ago,its a HKS BOV
NastyStang113
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Edit: What size cowl is that?
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RetroGT2006
06 S197 Member
Sweet progress on the build man, i have been looking into this route! Yeah i won't have cash to do it right away, but i want to start saving and planning out parts and prices.
My goal is keep the stock motor until money is there to build the bottom end. I originally wanted to buy a Vortech V3 SI trim headunit and bracket and piece the kit together but i can't find the head unit alone anywhere. I take that back, i did find it and it was like $2700 for just the unit alone, no point in trying to piece it together if Brenspeed sells a Non I/C kit for $3800.
Anyhow, i would not mind a turbo myself. My boy can do all the pipe work for me, he has done many of our friends cars and he does amazing work and since he is a close friend he would charge me very little.
Who makes good turbos? I know Hellion/Turbonetics is a pretty good turbo, haven't read much into Garrett yet, Precision has some nice ones. My buddy has a SC61 on his fully built Honda and it makes damn good power.
Where did you find your intercooler and what are its dimensions to fit on a 06 GT?
My goal is keep the stock motor until money is there to build the bottom end. I originally wanted to buy a Vortech V3 SI trim headunit and bracket and piece the kit together but i can't find the head unit alone anywhere. I take that back, i did find it and it was like $2700 for just the unit alone, no point in trying to piece it together if Brenspeed sells a Non I/C kit for $3800.
Anyhow, i would not mind a turbo myself. My boy can do all the pipe work for me, he has done many of our friends cars and he does amazing work and since he is a close friend he would charge me very little.
Who makes good turbos? I know Hellion/Turbonetics is a pretty good turbo, haven't read much into Garrett yet, Precision has some nice ones. My buddy has a SC61 on his fully built Honda and it makes damn good power.
Where did you find your intercooler and what are its dimensions to fit on a 06 GT?
RetroGT2006
06 S197 Member
Garrett has been making turbos forever... I really don't know about any others... That looks like a little bit bigger then my snails, they make many different sizes for the kit...
I am going a much different route with the intercooler piping compared to that.. Mine are gt2860rs's...
Yesterday we worked ont the car from 1pm - 5am and got quite a bit done...
I had made a relocation box a couple days ago:
so we mounted that in the trunk:
Once we got that in we were able to test around and get all the gauges hooked up:
not nearly as hard as what booshey did...
we got all my aem and 2 of my ford racing gauges hooked up:
we then tapped my block for water temp:
tapped the hole:
After we got everything inthe car and all the electronics hooked up we turned the ignition on and got 55psi of fuel reading on the gauge...
Exhaust is done wiring is done all we now is the intercooler piping...
I had made a relocation box a couple days ago:
so we mounted that in the trunk:
Once we got that in we were able to test around and get all the gauges hooked up:
not nearly as hard as what booshey did...
we got all my aem and 2 of my ford racing gauges hooked up:
we then tapped my block for water temp:
tapped the hole:
After we got everything inthe car and all the electronics hooked up we turned the ignition on and got 55psi of fuel reading on the gauge...
Exhaust is done wiring is done all we now is the intercooler piping...
one eyed willy
Pizzle fo shizzle
awesome..geting close!
Home stretch... My buddy goes back down to Florida for testing this week so I will resume the build when he returns... So so so close...
one eyed willy
Pizzle fo shizzle
only ones i would use unless you go ultra high end and do v-band clamps on all your pipes.
http://siliconeintakes.com/
cheap and good quality,i bought all my clamps and couplers from them
HA those are the ones I have! I was just asking some people were saying they dont hold up great!
Silicone intakes is great!!! their 4ply is really great stuff!
Just got the Boost Controller today! Looks and feels LEGIT!!!
But...
NY got hit with a huge snow storm.... I am shit out of luck because we have had no power for a couple days now...
No Power = NO TIG = NO Intercooler piping...
Have basically no light in the garage so I have nothing done...
Very Frustrating...
Figured I would update...
RetroGT2006
06 S197 Member
Looks badass man, God i am jealous =)
It has to get filled and polished some but thats it coming together!
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