UHEV Legacy Version 2.0

206er · Post by **206er** » Fri May 29, 2009 12:21 am

93forestpearl wrote:Thank you. That vent dropped my intake temps (measured right before the TB) by over 35 degrees.

no kidding, that is impressive.
is the fmic plumbing going to be a bit of a tight fit under the headlights?

93forestpearl · Post by **93forestpearl** » Fri May 29, 2009 8:23 pm

206er wrote:is the fmic plumbing going to be a bit of a tight fit under the headlights?

It is a bit cozy under the headlight, but 2.5" piping makes it. I have a little interference on the corner of the headlight, but there is enough room between the housing and the reflector to notch the headlight housing a little bit and reseal it up with some windsheild urethane.

Here's a better picture of how the elbows come off the couplers. I might have to weld a bit of pipe to the elbows to clear the bolt heads for hte bumper beam. A coupler and a clamp might not fit right there.

93forestpearl · Post by **93forestpearl** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:54 am

I like my firewalls megahellafrush, yo.

Also, a true AC delete isn't complete unless you remove the evaporator core.

Post by **Legacy777** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:01 am

Hard core man....hard core!

Next project is to get a welder...

93forestpearl · Post by **93forestpearl** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:08 am

^ You won't regret it! Just get one with infinite voltage and wirefeed adjustments. It is soooooo worth it.

Post by **Legacy777** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:32 pm

Cool. Yeah I know I won't regret it.....Was going to do it last year....but I had too many projects going on to mess with it. Hopefully I can get the tune worked out, and can move onto other stuff.

AWD_addict · Post by **AWD_addict** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:23 am

Planning to test out the firewall? That's more work than I would have done, but good attention to detail!

SLODRIVE · Post by **SLODRIVE** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:45 am

LOVING the fabricaton so far, looks awesome. Every time I see this thread my Legacy looks just a little worse, haha!

93forestpearl · Post by **93forestpearl** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 5:01 am

^ Nah, just two different cars with two different goals. I've been plotting this for a couple years, but the wreck made me go for it with a new shell.

I just need my own TIG welder. I don't have $2500 laying around though. Nice clear coat will run about $500

93forestpearl · Post by **93forestpearl** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:17 am

Since this shell was so lucky to be assembled in the US, I think, I did not get holes for a clutch master cylinder. Jolly good time.

I circled where it is supposed to go, and all cars with a J for a VIN first digit seem to have this, even if it was not a turbo car. My '93 L AWD 5MT sedan had the holes with a plug, but my '92 AWD 5MT wagon does not, and neither did this FWD car. Both the FWD car and the wagon have a 4 for a VIN first digit.

Here is where the holes go.

Since Josh went through this a couple years ago, he happened to have a scale drawing of the layout, which came in very handy. It was a little tough to line it up right, but I got close enough.

And there you go. Pain in the ass and all....

Post by **Legacy777** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:59 pm

Glad that worked out for you Dan. Once you get the clutch MC on there, nobody can tell it didn't come from the factory like that

93forestpearl · Post by **93forestpearl** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:45 am

I'm into motor stuff now. Started getting the EJ25D heads prepped for assembly. All the turbo lines are tapped and set, and I'm ready for cleaning. After that I'll check the valve lash, adjust if neccessary, and assemble.

All the spots for coolant and oil, just have to drill and tap for coolant and the oil drain.

A rough idea of how the lines will play out. I need a couple fittings, as always.

I buzzed the exhaust side with a small rotary tool and a worn red scotch roll-lock.

Measured and marked all the buckets/shims.

Decided where the brake proportioning valve is going.

And started messing with the new(ish) hood. All the studs in the scoop are spinning freely

93forestpearl · Post by **93forestpearl** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:54 am

This drill is older than my dad (54) and still rocks. 415 rpm of serious business.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQxthgObDTI

Post by **Legacy777** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:15 pm

That drill is crazy

93forestpearl · Post by **93forestpearl** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:46 am

I was going to do a full clean on the heads tonight so I could get the motor mostly together this weekend, but I found that the heads need to be decked. There is a nasty groove around most of the combustion chambers. Bummer. Somehow the factory headgaskets dug in as they were torqued down. That's hotrodden baby.

Before I cleaned the combustion chambers.

Five minutes later (I'm not joking)...

Here you can see the nastiness. Hopefully it won't take more than .001-.0015" to get it out.

AWD_addict · Post by **AWD_addict** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:40 am

What did you use to get those clean in 5 minutes?

93forestpearl · Post by **93forestpearl** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:30 am

Easy Off oven cleaner. Just don't let it sit for a long time, and be thorough with spraying it off with water.

I sprayed them, hit them with a plastic brush one minute later, and sprayed them off after another minute.

I've spent days doing that with carb cleaner and the like.

93forestpearl · Post by **93forestpearl** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:37 am

It's starting to look like a motor. I set the intake and oil filler neck on just to look at a little bling blang.

My buddy and I also stripped the hood today.

93forestpearl · Post by **93forestpearl** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:57 am

Uppipes 101

Cut apart a subaru uppipe.

Weld a bracket to the other flange and bend to fit the turbo where you want.

Connect the dots, and violla, you have an uppipe.

I need to add the wastegate plumbing, and make my downpipe fit.

It is a lot more time consuming than it looks. In and out, in and out, in and out comes the piping. Kind of like the wheels on the bus..........

AWD_addict · Post by **AWD_addict** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:59 am

The engine going in is a good step too.

Looks like the downpipe will be close to all that wiring. Are you going to coat, wrap, or heat shield it?

93forestpearl · Post by **93forestpearl** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:57 am

The picture doesn't really do it justice, but there is about 1.5" more clearance than before, since hte turbo is forward a bit. Its enough that I have to rework my wastegate's dump back to the DP since it is touching the CV boot.

I will probably be wrapping the wiring near there. The wiring is all apart at the moment since I am amidst removing all the auto tranny wires, which is a lot of wires, lol.

The uppipe is actually really close to the power steering lines, so I for sure need to wrap the uppipe and those lines. Melting those would spoil my day.

Hopefully I can finish the hot piping this weekend and the cold piping next week. I wish my buddy with a TIG welder wasn't 45 min away.

asc_up · Post by **asc_up** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:19 am

Holy monster turbo!

93forestpearl · Post by **93forestpearl** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:32 am

^ Really? It looks bigger than it is, I promise. Thats only a 3" inlet. Cameras do funny things.

It honestly only has 75-100hp on a VF39. If I set it next to a 40R that would be laughable.

If you really want to get picky, its a GT2871R 56 trim with a T04E compressor housing (I think, on the housing). Essentially a GT3071R with a 2.7mm smaller exhaust wheel.

asc_up · Post by **asc_up** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:35 am

Hmmm, well my VF39 looks laughable next to that. Haha.

93forestpearl · Post by **93forestpearl** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:37 am

Here's a GT3782 for comparison, with a 4" inlet. Garrett's seem to have large compressor housings compared to IHI or Mitsu turbos.

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