2004 Lancer Sportback Ralliart AT Build
May 25, 2013, 06:57 AM
#616
There's still room between the turbo and the fan cover. The actuator bracket is still being clocked to the bottom of the compressor housing, and modified/bent so that the arm diagonals up to the WG lever, and I've already drilled out the welds that held the WG lever together so I can reverse the direction in which it is oriented, towards the turbo vs. away from it, and that it is clocked 90° with the actuator arm. This buys me that much room for everything to clear the engine block which, with the 3/8" spacer in place, the turbo hangs freely! I'm not sure yet, but I might be able to use the OEM starter heat shield still...probably in a modified fashion.
What DID come into view, while waiting for the spacer, was clearance for the compressor intake flange and the front engine mount bracket. But now with the spacer, it clears that too! I've got a jumbled nest of radiator and AT hoses to get through but I can already see the light through that tunnel...a longer bottom radiator hose IF I need it.
I'm leaving right now to try to get the turbo pieces welded up...bbl.
What DID come into view, while waiting for the spacer, was clearance for the compressor intake flange and the front engine mount bracket. But now with the spacer, it clears that too! I've got a jumbled nest of radiator and AT hoses to get through but I can already see the light through that tunnel...a longer bottom radiator hose IF I need it.
I'm leaving right now to try to get the turbo pieces welded up...bbl.
Last edited by truthdweller; May 25, 2013 at 08:01 AM.
May 25, 2013, 04:17 PM
#618
Okay, I just spent the better part of two hours standing over, and on my back again thinking of where else to mount the WG actuator and EUREKA! There are two empty 10mm bungs, one below the other on the block, behind the manifold, and starboard of the starter. I mocked up a flimsy bracket that holds the actuator arm and diaphragm vertically on the block, and there is clearance to drop in the manifold and turbo as well. I think I'm going to have to go elsewhere to have this bracket made/welded for ProFab is backed up another week or two. I just can't sit around doing nothing for that long. More pictures later...
Last edited by truthdweller; May 25, 2013 at 04:19 PM.
May 25, 2013, 07:28 PM
#619
A very crude bracket mock up, but really flexible so I could bend and twist until I got it in the right position. This is how it'll sit against the block. The bottom will pull up against the WG lever, keeping it closed with 7.5 psi.
May 29, 2013, 10:40 AM
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yes u can. that's where I have mine going to I made my own vacuum block but that's because Im using a piggyback that requires a vacuum source.. but u should be good to hook up the boost gauge to that..
May 29, 2013, 11:16 AM
#628
are you sure those are vacuum lines? those are part of the fuel system for emissions, the thing those two lines are connected to is the purge solenoid valve, you want to be connected to the manifold side of that, which would be the one that goes to the manifold behind the throttle body...check the BOV, when you rev the motor it will close, when you let off it will open.
Last edited by CrAnSwIcK; May 29, 2013 at 11:20 AM.
May 29, 2013, 12:22 PM
#629
are you sure those are vacuum lines? those are part of the fuel system for emissions, the thing those two lines are connected to is the purge solenoid valve, you want to be connected to the manifold side of that, which would be the one that goes to the manifold behind the throttle body...check the BOV, when you rev the motor it will close, when you let off it will open.