Turbo/EFI on a budget **NOVEMBER UPDATE!!!!**

miniman82 · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject: UPDATED: OCT 15TH!!!!

Got some long overdue updates for you guys who are following the story. EFI/Turbo on a budget rolls onwards at a slow pace, due to having to work overtime constantly, but despite this, I have managed to get the turbo manifold to the point where it's almost done. All it needs is some touch up work on some of the welds, and some high temp paint (maybe ceramic). Very Happy

Also, I went ahead and started fabbing some of the fuel lines. -6AN lines and all the fittings to put it together cost almost $300 Shocked

, so if you're on a budget, stay away! If you can't afford the nice stainless stuff, just get the rubber stuff, and make sure it's rated for fuel injection systems (~100psi range).

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You can also see the intake; I fabbed it from a single 180*, 1-5/8" OD U-bend, a sheet of 22 guage mild steel, and a piece of 1/4" plate to mount the TB onto. Basically, I just cut the U-bend in half, sectioned it, and welded the 2 pieces together. Then, I measured the circumference of the intake, and the circumference of the TB, and cut a piece of the sheet steel that when wrapped into a tube, came out to the right size at both ends. After welding the tube to the intake, I cut a piece of the 1/4" stuff, and made the plate for the TB. This was the hardest part, as I only have a scroll saw (anyone got a cheap plasma cutter for sale? Razz

).
Now all it needs is paint (possibly powder coating, if I have any money left over...)

Pretty soon, I'll be able to hack up the floor, and put the engine in, till then, I'm moving on to wiring, and getting a good harness made up.

Cheers till next update! Wink

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vwdmc16 · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject:

Nice, now i can really see how it will come together.

id rather keep the doghouse cooler in its place but that works too.
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Filipe · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject:

Only a question...
You will have to cut the "wall" behind the engine, right?!
The turbo header will be inside the car!!! Between the engine and the back seat...is it?!
And about the intercooler and oil cooler?! Any pic?!

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Dan10 · Samba Member Joined: October 07, 2003 Posts: 89

I have a AJ SIMMS turbo kit and im looking into fuel injection. I was wondering if you have to be a blow thru system or can i just make it work with my draw thru. Just bolt a throttle body right on to the turbo and ad the CB's end castings and the megasquirt.

miniman82 · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:37 pm Post subject:

miniman82 · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:45 pm Post subject:

bpritchert87 · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:12 am Post subject:

might be a stupid question but can a person just use the end castings for the only Fuel injection point????
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miniman82 · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:21 am Post subject:

66 Käfer · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:32 am Post subject:

Just an observation/question, why don't you keep the intake on the front side of the shroud, like factory, that way you can still run a dog-house cooler.
Having it in the back of the shroud is neat because ll the clutter is out of the way but I'm just wondering what your reasons are.
Nice work!

grimace007 · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:45 am Post subject:

66 Käfer · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:31 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I forgot about that...

vwdmc16 · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:09 pm Post subject:

miniman82 · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:34 am Post subject:

Filipe · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:48 am Post subject:

Listens, miniman...
Is it the type of combustion chamber that u will use?!

A.J. said to me that it's so nice for turbo aplications... for about 75cc Shocked

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Migit · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:13 am Post subject:

Why don't you just cut out the package tray completely and reverse it? We had to do that for a 911 conversion a few years back. I'll look for some pics.
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MSG · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:59 am Post subject:

If that Chrysler turbo had the T/B in front of the turbo kinda a draw-thru set up and has a 3 bolt flange that bolts on to the compressor housing then it does have a carbon seal in it.

It came from the early turbo1 models I think. Same style I run on mine.

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koolkarmakombi · Samba Member Joined: June 26, 2007 Posts: 238

My God! That is a bathtub!

Who made those up?

miniman82 · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:52 pm Post subject:

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Filipe · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:47 am Post subject:


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