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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 02:27 PM
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If anything they would need to go together. The angle is a little decieving - the coil packs line up right under each spark plug. The outlet for the lower rad hose is angled back towards the firewall on the ZX but on the 240s it come out almost straight from the block which gives you a little more room.
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 07:54 PM
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Oh I meant a tad away from the block so that heater hose goes behind the coil pack plate
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 10:28 PM
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Oh pretty ^_^. Just found this and am in the middle of MSing mine. Great read and so love the updates, can't wait for more ^_^. Out of curiosity, on your MS setup, are you just running your harness from a relay board or just straight into the engine bay from MS?

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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 10:46 PM
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...and we have spark on all the coil packs! Going to build a modified harness for the coil packs now that everything seems to be working fine. No RPM signal though when I went to start it... strange. Didn't have the cap on but that shouldn't make a difference..... hmmm....
Old Feb 22, 2012 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by GypZ_Rose
Oh pretty ^_^. Just found this and am in the middle of MSing mine. Great read and so love the updates, can't wait for more ^_^. Out of curiosity, on your MS setup, are you just running your harness from a relay board or just straight into the engine bay from MS?
Missed your question. I think I read your post before you edited it

I was running through an adapter I built to the stock harness originally. Now I'm running through version 3 of my own custom harness built from scratch that integrates into the stock body harness. Version 4 should be in the car shortly...
Old Mar 18, 2012 | 09:21 PM
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T3 or Holset?



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Old Mar 18, 2012 | 09:24 PM
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0h my!

Good luck getting that to fit on the stock intake / exhaust manifold setup.
Old Mar 18, 2012 | 09:39 PM
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0h my!

Good luck getting that to fit on the stock intake / exhaust manifold setup.
That sounds like a challenge.... brb...
Old Mar 18, 2012 | 09:51 PM
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I figure a 1/2" spacer should do the trick with some longer studs.... hmmm only one way to find out. I'll need an external wastegate though....





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Old Mar 18, 2012 | 09:55 PM
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Clocked like that you'll have to make a sharp 90* coming off the turbo though. My T3/T4 hybrid is clocked like stock and there's about 1/8" between the housing and bottom of the intake. Are you going to cut into the manifold for a wastegate port?
Old Mar 18, 2012 | 09:57 PM
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Yea it's the stock clocking from the Dodge it came off of. It would obviously need to be clocked so the oil inlet/outlet is verticle for starters. The first issue is finding a flange that will mate up to the exhaust because it's not a normal 3" outlet.... sigh....
Old Mar 20, 2012 | 01:44 PM
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The Big, The Bad and the Itty Bitty....

"Cleaning" the garage (aka moving stuff around so you can get at something then piling it up somewhere else).

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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 11:47 AM
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Taking a break from Studying to see what's new online and Kapow..Wow..looking great bro! Delishhh Turbo
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 11:42 AM
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Super Rad!

Dual 12" fans that will be controlled by Mega Squirt. I also have a relay circuit set up that will run them in series for low current draw/low speed or in parallel for hurricane force winds....

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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 07:15 PM
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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by FricFrac
Trying to figure out how to mount this. I think I'm going to have to re-route the heater hoses a bit.... Just mocking up on a spare engine in the garage....

Did you end up mounting this good? If not, I have see lots on the valve cover itself! Looks clean as well, and not in the way of anything.
Old Apr 15, 2012 | 08:47 AM
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Did you end up mounting this good? If not, I have see lots on the valve cover itself! Looks clean as well, and not in the way of anything.
I think I've got it figured out but I removed it until I've got the new diyautotune optical wheel to run distributorless. I just got Slownrusty's wheel but I haven't had a chance to install it yet. I've got a 3.1l stroker turbo in a car I'm planing parting out that I want to swap into my NA. I also have three rebuild kits in the mail for my triple Mikuni's in the 240Z waiting on a rebuild. It may possibly be time to switch over to an electric fuel pump and regulator on the 240Z. I'm also rebuilding an engine bay harness for a friend's 510 and of course the Mega Squirt 3 wiring harness/kit for Slownrusty's car so squeezing in these projects is a bit of a challenge
Old Apr 15, 2012 | 09:01 AM
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+1 on the valve cover mount!
Old Apr 15, 2012 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by FricFrac
I think I've got it figured out but I removed it until I've got the new diyautotune optical wheel to run distributorless. I just got Slownrusty's wheel but I haven't had a chance to install it yet. I've got a 3.1l stroker turbo in a car I'm planing parting out that I want to swap into my NA. I also have three rebuild kits in the mail for my triple Mikuni's in the 240Z waiting on a rebuild. It may possibly be time to switch over to an electric fuel pump and regulator on the 240Z. I'm also rebuilding an engine bay harness for a friend's 510 and of course the Mega Squirt 3 wiring harness/kit for Slownrusty's car so squeezing in these projects is a bit of a challenge
Busy man!!! hah!
Old Apr 15, 2012 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Skully
Busy man!!! hah!
... and my buddy just called to install his HID kit in his car and software mod his stereo/GPS for new maps... looks like the rad is going to live on the garage floor for a little while longer lol
Old Apr 19, 2012 | 11:44 PM
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440cc "green top" Bosch injectors awaiting a fuel rail. The moron in charge of this project ordered in an 11mm rail before he ordered in the injectors then ordered 14mm injectors.




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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 01:10 PM
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Rail mounted with fuel pressure gauge on the side. I think in the future I'll just run a fuel pressure sender instead.

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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 01:47 PM
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Did you change the pintle caps? Or how did you get those short hat pintle caps to seal properly?
Old Apr 28, 2012 | 01:52 PM
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Did you change the pintle caps? Or how did you get those short hat pintle caps to seal properly?
Hmmm I assumed it was the o-ring that made the seal?
Old Apr 28, 2012 | 01:56 PM
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Ah, They did seat all the way down?

I had a set of those style short pintle cap injectors and that top lip of the pintle was too big for the manifold injector port. Looking at your pics again, it does look like they seated all the way down. Are those 440's for the Mercedes?



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