I'm crossing my fingers for ya man.

Like you said, once it is done I'm sure you'll be happy with it.

 

Hey Parish, I am not sure what this is plugging into or if it is tapped but here is where the oil line for my STS kit will go. Do you recognize what this is going into? Maybe it would be easier than tapping the pan?

 

ok, just talked to Seth again, he sure knows how to make me feel better.

i listed off my concerns and he had an answer for every one of them, a few parts were missed and he will get them out tomorrow, he said he will make me a new BOV pipe with longer ends, the uncoated top pipe was just sent so i could get it on the road and the actual coated one got left at the coaters somehow, he knew about it and was working on it.

he told me about a way to get another bolt in the colant tank but said i shouldn't need it, he only has one and says the tank sits there nicely.

for drilling the hole in the oil pan he gave me some ideas there, we will see if it works.

he always tells me about what he has been doing with his truck, this just seems crazy to me but he said on 91 octane he turned it up to 14psi and gets 0 KR , he says it is all in the cam and he has a big *** cam. i think he said a 234/230 in a 5.3

 

14psi. I figured you would need at least forged pistons for that kind of boost, if its going to last any kind of time.

What kind of boost are you planning?

 

Thanks for the info.

 

I've installed turbos on vehicles from scratch before, so if you guys need some help, feel free to ask and i'll try to fill in any gaps that I can. I havn't done a 5.3 yet obviously, but it all transfers pretty much straight across.

Parish, if you're not already, you may want to consider running a good synthetic like mobil 1 and installing a turbo timer when you get a chance to help reduce any coking problems in the turbo as much as possible.

 

Im full of questions.
1. With the exhaust housing being water cooled, do you think my radiator will have any probs cooling?
2. For oil, i was thinking about Honda Racing oil i use in my ATV. Its for very high temp, high stress aplications. Would this be OK?
3. With my LPE cam, will i have to redard timing much if any? I plan to run @ 6-8 psi to start, till i get used to it and learn more.

Thanks for any info you can give LOW2000.

 

that fitting is the oil supply, the cmotor sports kit is exactly the same.

got some more pic's added to that folder, here is one of my favorite

 

1. If you are running the e-fans and lower coolant temps already then you shouldnt have to worry about your cooling system keeping up. Actually even an oil-only cooled turbo would be fine if you had an oil cooler with good airflow hooked up to it, I just prefer to be better safe than sorry.

2. What weight is the oil? I'd still use mobil1 synthetic if it were me.

3. That cam should still be fine, i don't think it will have too much effect on the dynamic compression.

Even with 6-8psi which is going to be a lot of power if you have a big turbo, you'll need a boost dependant FPR and some sort of tuning to keep the fuel curve a little bit ahead of the boost curve.

 

Is that the blown 6 parish?