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TurboneticsT04E-61 ceramic ball bearing, water cooled, CT-26 replacement.

Claimed to support 500 to 550hp at the wheels. Goal?...Break 500hp at the wheels.

Turbo on spare motor

2^nd shot of turbo

Boost controller

Intake and BOV

Turbonetics were a major PITA to deal with...didn't return calls...ever. Nice turbo though...hope it works...stay tuned. Made me go through Summit.  Summit was great.

I'm from the "old school"...it's all about service!

Spare JDM engine.

Explain this, Street Imports

Turbo on JDM engine

Oh yeah, bought the spare motor from "Street Imports" in Ottawa. Bought it on e-Bay......Street Imports claimed they run all their used motors before selling them. Bullshit...the oil filter housing was busted off...as in the side of the block was broken. Tried to make a claim through e-Bay but couldn't because I waited too long before noticing it. Called Street Imports directly and they said that I had to speak to a "manager" and would call me back. Never heard from them. Service, service, service.....

Walbro installed.

 Stock pump at right.

Original wiring

Very easy installation. I deviated from the Walbro directions in that I drilled out the rivets holding the original wiring (black and turquoise) in place. That avoided 4 crimps in place of 2 and made for a much neater job. I also shrink wrapped the terminals (after soaking the shrink wrap in gas for a few days to make sure it would be OK)

Siemens next to stock

Ready to install in fuel rail

Siemens 680cc next to stock 440cc injectors. Originally bought RC Engineering 550cc injectors but after further research upgraded to 680cc.

With goal of 500hp at the wheels would likely easily exceed 80% duty cycle for the 550's.

Specifically recommended by Aaron at Driftmotion as a direct replacement for the stock injectors

JE pistons, .040 over

Eagle rods

Wanted .020 over but engine already had .020 over...see history.

You can see the "dimples" drilled into the underside of the pistons to bring them down to the same weight as the further- most right piston in the first picture

Block

Doesn't look like it in the picture, but the block surface is well within the Ra values for the HKS Stopper Head Gasket. Also the cylinders look  a lot smoother than the picture indicates.

See history but the engine re-builder pointed out multiple locations where the replacement head gasket was leaking...like 4 or 5 locations.

Fidanza Aluminum Flywheel

Crank and flywheel on the balancer

Crank on the balancer

Getting ready to mate to transmission.

The Fidanza flywheel is a work of art!!...and considerably lighter than the stock 'wheel.

Clevite 77 bearings

ARP Studs etc

Head studs torqued to 80 ft-lbs with ARP moly lubricant. Far cry from the @ 55 ft-lbs from the factory (assume without a decent lubricant) i.e. from the factory, they should have been torqued to 120lbs which is the ARP recommended torque using 30w engine oil.

Make sure the block is decked with the aluminum cover in place or else the head won't fit!!

ACT Clutch

ACT 6-Puck Disc

Aeromotive FPR

FPR

UEGO Sensor location. 15 degrees up @ 3' from turbo

Biggest challenge is going to be getting a "start-up" fuel map as I'm changing from the stock Karman Vortex AFM to a speed density, manifold absolute pressure, set-up. Any fuel maps out there??

AEM Gauges

      -UEGO

      -Serial Gauge

      -MAP

      -Boost

      -IAT

AFR / Serial / Boost

MAP and Boost Sensors

IAT Sensor

EGT Sensor

Changed to speed-density set-up thus requiring Manifold Absolute Pressure and Intake Air Temperature sensors. Serial guage is multifunctional but primarily installed for EGT.

Cool-Eze intercooler piping

Turbo to intercooler

Intercooler to intake

Turbo to intercooler

Initially struggled quite a bit with the Cool-Eze IC piping. It actually fit very nicely once I figured it out. There was quite a miss-match from the IC to intake but this was largely due to the 5/8" spacer for the EGT sensor and the turbo plumbing. Easily remedied with some fabrication. Update February12, 2010: Going with an ETS, 31x10x3, Bar and Plate intercooler.

ETS Intercooler and Piping, Oil Cooler and Power Steering Cooler

ETS Intercooler

ETS IC and piping and SSQ

IC mocked in

The ETS IC and piping is very nice...much nicer than Cool-Eze. It relocates the blow-off valve and makes for a much cleaner set-up. I did retain the Cool-Eze "3000" pipe as it already had a bung for the IAT sensor.

Power steering reservoir

IC, oil cooler and rad

Stock oil cooler

Relocated power steering reservoir but it's not low enough....interferes with hood. Power steering now uses the stock oil cooler in it's original location. Original power steering "cooler" was removed when ETS IC installed.

Oil temperature thermostat

Can't remember, but it bothered me at the time.

Piece cut off crash bar.

Had to gut the area where the IC goes and cut about an 1/8' off the crash bar...even though it's claimed you don't have to with the 3" ETS intercooler. That was not a nice job....under the car with an angle grinder.

IC Piping

Relocated rad over-flow

Turbo and IC piping

I had to mix and match IC piping. The ETS kit doesn't come with the last piece that goes to the from the IC to the turbo. I still had the Cool-Eze piece so used that.

Relocated rad over-flow to where battery used to be (now behind passenger seat). I wanted to be able to continue to store roof in trunk in existing clips.

Mandrel bent piping

Overview

Martin Crawler R154 Upgrades

Thrust washer and bearing retainer

Martin Crawler Chrome-Moly thrust washer and bearing retainer.

Oil Filter Compare

A comparison of Motocraft FL-1A (NAPA equivalent), a PFL400A (which I was originally going to use) and an artist's rendition of a Toyota filter.

The Toyota filter has about 160in²  of filtering area and the FL-1A is about 400in²  .

Oil pump and filter

Oil filter relocation

Stock Toyota oil pump with custom Driftmotion oil pump pipe...gets rid of the restrictive stock "banjo" and crimp bent-pipe stock set-up. I'd hoped for the upgraded Driftmotion oil pump but my time-line was too short. Gonna shim the stock pump 5mm. Oil filter relocated to "towing bracket".

Oil Cooler

Earls 19 Row Oil Cooler #81910

Compare against stock cooler

Another compare

Canton adapter, Earls oil thermostat (501ERL), Earls 19 row oil cooler.

Wheels and Tires