SMALL single turbo project, thoughts welcome!

[ZephTheChef]

Originally Posted by Nevin

Wait, I'm confused. It's turbocharged now, or not? Cause why is the stock airbox in place?

Sorry, I am sure I missed something.

It is NOT turbocharged at this point. I'm still waiting on parts (including the turbo), but most of it should be here this week. It is put together to the point I can drive it in and out of the shop, and I've got the idle worked out. The pre-turbo exhaust is all tacked up, the hard part of the post-turbo exhaust is tacked up, I'm just waiting on a cutout I ordered to continue running it on back. Hopefully the exhaust will be together and finish-welded by this weekend. From that point I will just need to fit the turbo, make the oil lines for it, run the intercooler piping, wire in the new MAF and plug in my ECU chip, and misc other odds and ends. I don't foresee any huge challenges left but I am sure I'll hit an unexpected delay somewhere along the way.

It is currently running on the stock ECU, no fuel correction apart from the adjustable FPR. I can't wait to get the exhaust finished up so I can take it for a spin. I'd like to be able to hammer out a decent tune and make sure I get it running perfect on the "E85" (E70 this time of year) before I throw the turbo on there.

Originally Posted by Nevin

Cause why is the stock airbox in place?

Funny you should mention it, but I'll actually be leaving the stock airbox and intake. I plan on routing my intercooler piping, hidden, through it. The underhood appearance will be completely stock at first glance. My fuel rails will be the big giveaway that something special is going on...however I intend to paint them flat black to keep them a bit low-profile.