(Sorry about the photo size, i tried to get it so that they were 640x480 but the images wouldnt load, youll probably have to zoom out a little)
I found the best location, while a squeeze, was behind the left headlamp where the factory air box was. So I begun making space, moving the wiring and bending and rerouting all the AC pipes (I didn't want to lose AC) its so tight down that side of the motor that I even had to cut off the posts that hold the heat shields onto the manifold to make room for the downpipe. You really have to see it to understand quite how tight of a fit it is.
I then got to making up the collector assembly. The right hand bank twists straight up and over the gearbox and meets a y pipe from the left hand bank and head up to the front of the car and feeds into the top of the turbo. The downpipe runs below this and the wastegate pipe also fits between them. That means on that side I have the manifold, a 3 inch downpipe, a 1.5 inch wastegate pipe and a 2.5 inch feed pipe, super tight. So tight that once heat wrapped I had to hammer the wastegate pipe between the other two.
I used v-bands where ever possible but had to design a slip joint for the wastegate pipe because I didn't have the space to fit any kind of flange to it.
The rest of the exhaust system is a straight 3 inch with a m&h resonator and dual outlet muffler. It look a bit of time but I managed to keep the factory tips.
For the intake again it was a lot of custom fabrication and welding, its really tight where the turbo dumps into the of guard and then through the front mount intercooler. Comes up where the washer bottle/ coolant reservoir used to be and up across the front of the motor and up to the throttle body, again you have to see it to believe it. I am using a modified Cusco catch can as my coolant reservior and it seems to be working well.
Intake manifold is as standard but had to come off many times to sort out the injectors. I ended up buying the DSR turbo Bosch ev14 1000cc injectors and it idled and tuned well.
I'd say its taken me close to 400 hours to build with many late nights and leaving thinking it just wouldn't fit, but its done! 300rwkw and 561nm of torque, over the moon, certified and ready to go!
Shopping List:
*Garret TA3410 Turbo
*DSR Turbo ev14 1000cc injectors
*HKS style 42mm Wastegate
*HKS SSQ BOV
*UPREV MAF GT Mass air flow sensor
*3 inch Intercooler
*K&N Air Filter
*Custom Cusco coolant reservior
*Custom Oil System
*Custom Crankcase Ventilation Re-circulation
*Remsa Ceramic Brakes all round
*Full custom exhaust system
*Full custom intake system
*UPREV software and tune at SpeedTech Motorsport
