McCloud's 5.3L Turbo 2v build

[97stanger]

Nice! Always a good feeling seeing progress

 

[McCloud]

She fired up for the first time Friday. Just lacking everything in the interior bolted back up and she's ready to come home. Shifter and new dash setup looks great.

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[98snakehorse]

How did I miss this build thread. Sweet setup man. That thing will be fun.

 

[McCloud]

How did I miss this build thread. Sweet setup man. That thing will be fun.

It's easy to miss. I rarely update it. It's also a pretty vanilla build as is.

 

[evilcw311]

I like vanilla!!!!


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[McCloud]

Picked the car up on Saturday. Tried to put a few break in miles on the car but I noticed the car was burning oil worse and worse as I went. Got home and found that oil is leaking from somewhere on the passenger side onto the header collector and merge pipe.

Other than the leak, car ran great for only running 1-2# boost. I'm really happy with this turbo as it spools very quickly and the car is rarely under vacuum under load.

Hope to investigate the oil leak further this weekend.

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[97stanger]

Nice! Congrats man, should be a quick fixer on the oil leak. When will it hit the track/rollers?

 

[McCloud]

Nice! Congrats man, should be a quick fixer on the oil leak. When will it hit the track/rollers?

I think it is coming from the very front of the valve cover on that side. If so, it will be a quick fix.

I'm gonna stay at 2# boost for 500 miles then go back for the final tune. Probably be late spring when that happens.

On a side note, I've also got to calibrate the speedometer. Right now, it registers about 50% of my actual speed.

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