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| z34-5speed's TURBO 92 Metro (HOLY SHE-ITE!!!); OMGz...z | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 11 2008, 12:53 AM (11,162 Views) | |
| z34-5speed | Nov 11 2008, 12:53 AM Post #1 |
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Ok, here is a short history of the car. I bought it for $550 March of lat year. It is a 92 Metro LSI. Wheni bought it the A/C worked great, and the car ran well, it did however smoke a good bit. Well, after driving it for 3 months it finally went out going up a hill. I wound up destroying a valve. The car sat for a good 4 months, without me touching it.![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well, this March i got motivated to fix it so i pulled the engine and had the head sent off to 3tech. I tried to rebuild the engine myself but ran into a few major problems, so instead of sinking even more money in an engine i wasn't sure would run, i bought a used block for $50. By the time the block go to my house with the head/cam, header, and all the other fun stuff it was early June. So one day after work we began the task of re-assembling the engine and putting it back into the car. The day we pulled the old engine... ![]() ![]() The night/day we put it all back together... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Me in the orange shirt... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() All done with the header and intake on... ![]() ![]() Putting it back together went pretty well, i do have low compression (150) but that is due to the $50 block. After that i didn't do much to the car other then drive it for a few months. Then i got the itch back. I started out small. I got a GTI steering wheel and a hatch spoiler... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I then decided on spending a lot of money on some fun... ![]() ![]() In preparation(Sp?) for the fun i got a custom made throttle body pressure hat, to hold the boost... Don't worry, the ribbed piping is a temp fix only. ![]() ![]() So that is how it sits now. I will update as soon as the "Fun" arrives. |
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| Bon2000 | Nov 11 2008, 08:36 AM Post #2 |
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very cool car,like how you were able to log the changes |
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| Will | Nov 11 2008, 09:02 AM Post #3 |
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Victory is mine!!!!
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Man, great documentation. I was hoping you would post your car here. |
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| bennie442 | Nov 11 2008, 05:05 PM Post #4 |
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Looks like some fun is brewing under the hood.Not to mention the slack jawed look of total surprise as you whiz past the unsuspecting. My question is won't you need a different E.C.M. to support the turbo? |
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| Johnny Mullet | Nov 11 2008, 06:46 PM Post #5 |
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Fear the Mullet
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I am looking forward to the updates
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| greasemonky97 | Nov 21 2008, 01:21 AM Post #6 |
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hmmm gives me some inspiration awesome build you got going on. |
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| Dallas | Nov 21 2008, 05:10 PM Post #7 |
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I still dont agree with you using the n/a stuff for boost |
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| z34-5speed | Nov 22 2008, 01:16 AM Post #8 |
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We can agree to disagree on that. |
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| z34-5speed | Nov 22 2008, 04:24 PM Post #9 |
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Ok, so here is how it sits at the shop. So far the only problem we've run into is that the oil filter hits the compressor housing. This is only 2 nights work so far. I am so excited about this beast!!! :burnout:![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And a bonus pic of his current project...
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| Dallas | Nov 22 2008, 04:50 PM Post #10 |
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what size is your charge piping? |
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| z34-5speed | Nov 22 2008, 04:58 PM Post #11 |
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2.5" I believe. |
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| Will | Nov 23 2008, 12:20 AM Post #12 |
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Victory is mine!!!!
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Man, this is turning out to be a really sweet project. Keep it up.
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| z34-5speed | Nov 25 2008, 02:11 PM Post #13 |
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Here are some more pics of it all welded up.![]() ![]() ![]()
Edited by z34-5speed, Nov 25 2008, 03:55 PM.
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| Johnny Mullet | Nov 25 2008, 07:54 PM Post #14 |
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Fear the Mullet
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Wow! How does is sound? I can't wait for new track times ![]() If you shoot any video, start a new thread and we will main page it
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| metrojoe | Nov 25 2008, 09:18 PM Post #15 |
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smokin'
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you have got to have the best built 1.0 in the states
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you have got to have the best built 1.0 in the states
7:24 PM Jul 10