RUZN Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 SO last night I was messing around with Ideas to mount a smaller FMIC that the huge one I bought. I went to wrecker and found a Audi Turbo 1989 and noticed the FMIC was of decent size and very thick and had Same Side Exit Soooo... Heres after about an Hour of messing around using stock Jpipe ont he 280zxt and now Im back to work this morning finishing the last couple pieces.. should work fairly good. I am using the front Air Dam for the Lean and going to use a piece of 2" Wide x 1/4" thick steel bar as the Mount on the right side of FMIC to the front lower part of the Rad Support beam. Pics of what is so far the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleaf Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Test it for leaks. Is that the one with plastic end tanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUZN Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 Yeah plastic Ends. Filled with water then plugged one end and put a pump on other end pressured to 15PSI and it held all water with no leaks so should be good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUZN Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 First J pipe done and Some of the front end cut out to make room for the intake and turbo plumbing to go in. Also cross over pipe from turbo to intercooler IN--> link to drag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUZN Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 So... just about done.. about 4 hours to go.. then misc stuff to wire up since I chopped into a 6 wire harness for the blinkers and marker lights... Ooops!!! haha no worries easy fix and now it give me reason to relocate them LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Is the bungee chord going to be your permanent solution to secure that intercooler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUZN Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 No its for fitment purpose right now as I havent made up the mount that goes ont he pass Side. LOL just to hold it there while I mock up pieces HAHAHA god thats good! I should leave it there.... LOL sorta like a Flex Pipe mount HAHA:mrgreen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUZN Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 Fallout Style Mean looking but effective 2" Intercooler piping for my 280zx Turbo.. Time to crank up dem BOOST PRESSURES! Auto Tranny prepare to Die! I'll call her... "WAR PIG" Sleeper of the North LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurePontiacKid Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 lol I'm pretty sure the stock auto tranny's are stronger than the manual trans's... (at least that's what I heard) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woldson Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I like your style RUZN. Your learning the cheap way and having fun! I suspect alot of high end HybridZ guys have a few memories like this;) BTW, BRAAP, that is the up sizing coupler for the larger tb LOLOLOL, ZX style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUZN Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 Yes good old 2" to 3" expanded pipe to 60MM 240sx Throttle body! Muhahaha So on student budget here we go Price breakdown: Weld stick $14 Large cut off wheel $5 10' Exhaust Pipe 2" $26 Clamps $10 Rubber hose Reinforced $ 30 FMIC Wrecker $20 Titanium coated drill bits $24.99 (on sale) Electrical tape $3 Total Build: $132.99 and the knowlegde at least I'll be running a bit cooler =-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUZN Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 So since I have had this sputter problem before.. I am now going to pretty much cleanup all wiring... ughhhh!!! But hey at least it will look nice and clean and be a bit better to work on.! Hopefully with the different O2 Sensor installed. The intercooler installed. The wiring cleaned up Everything will run smooth! Now dose anyone know which pins to wire in the 3Pin O2 sensor to on the ECU with the 300zxT ECU swap.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockerstar Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Why would you orient a same-side intercooler so the entrance and exits were on the passenger's side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUZN Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 For one. Because when I get back to work after schooling I have the exit tube going out the one side I want. Two When I tried to do it that way of course... It would not fit and trying to make 2 90o Bends that close to the frame was possible but would be very restricted. This way the bends are more gradual, ease of flow man. thats all. its tight in that biatch Also as I said I have a FMIC with opposite side exits that is like $500 and is friggin huge. Which I will mount when I am able to buy a bigger turbo Better injectors and such. This was mainly to be able to mount a cheap but effective intercooling system so that I dont blow my car up LOL as the intake temps were getting fairly hot. I just want to see the difference mainly and I had some time to spare and I wanted to tinker and check the systems I did before out to see if anythign was breaking, malfunctioning ect ect.. Had a mouse eat into wiring so had to get in there anyway so made a short project out of it.. Boredom, Sputtering on red lights..... thought i'd try and fix some stuff. haha Oh and yes I still have the bungee on the other side now Slownrusty LOL just for you!!! =-) (I have mount made just thought Id see if you could see it.. kinda like wheres waldo... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUZN Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 So I went for a good rip all varieties of roads lots of hills and pushed her hard. No Failures! Good thing lol So now she gets an oil change tomorrow and Ill run this setup till schools over in 3 months! Then I will actually put time and effort into a Good build for my MASSIVE FMIC!! Intake plenum temp down 15oC !!! so not to shabby. And I noticed only about 1psi Drop in boost over all but she held hard and boosted to infinity and beyond! lol So Budget Getto Build Victorious! Oh and btw! a VG30DE motor o2 sensor works in our bungs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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