My turbo build

Musturd · Mar 9, 2013

Nice parts collection you have on this sexy car . I remember the Craigslist add when this car was for sale as a roller years back . What a clean car to start with

alex302 · Mar 9, 2013

Cool! keep me in mined when you sell the hood. I don't come a cross nice hoods that are already yellow.

MustangChris · Mar 9, 2013

any progress? :-D

SMOKEDYA · Mar 10, 2013

Sorry no progress, went to my buddies and helped him install his pro charger on his 2012 GT. Plan on doing some tomorrow. Need to get the mach ready for next weekend races....

alex302 said:
Cool! keep me in mined when you sell the hood. I don't come a cross nice hoods that are already yellow.

I'm willing to sell now. Where do you live?

alex302 · Mar 10, 2013

I'm willing to sell now. Where do you live?[/QUOTE]

Florida.

SMOKEDYA · Mar 12, 2013

Dang, shipping would be a grip!

Musturd · Mar 12, 2013

Yea damn that's far to ship a hood

alex302 · Mar 12, 2013

Where are you at?

SMOKEDYA · Mar 13, 2013

alex302 said:
Where are you at?

3000+ miles away in washington. I will be glad to ship it....

alex302 · Mar 13, 2013

LSX LOL said:
3000+ miles away in washington. I will be glad to ship it....

Hahahaha...... No I'm good.

SMOKEDYA · Mar 15, 2013

Not much progress wiped the bay down and did some bondo. Realized I'm out of sand paperso i called our a day, plus its my bday weekend and going to the drags to see what the mach1 will do. Hope i can beat my buddies 2008 335i.

SMOKEDYA · Apr 7, 2013

Been sanding,working with the machine shop with the block,drag racing the mach 1 and expecting our little girl any day now. So with that said and besides the fact im lazy....almost have the bay done. Need to sand a few more spots then prime and paint, then i will re-mock up the motor and get the wireing done.

NERD · Apr 7, 2013

Sick build. Great job.

wash · Apr 7, 2013

I like the job you did cleaning up the aprons (?), if you have a link to instructions for that and the wiring cleanup, please share.

I want to do a similar job on my car. Maybe I haven't looked enough but I haven't found good DIY instructions.

I'm guessing your elbow didn't fit under your hood, that's a bummer.

Really tall cowls make it hard to sneak up on anyone.

I'm partial to big power under a flat hood, its too bad that's not an option for you.

SMOKEDYA · Apr 8, 2013

Here is a link to the aprons http://scottrodfab.com/products.html. I just welded them in with little .020 mig wire. Really dont feel there is any instructions,mostly stright forward.. The TB is what is hitting on the hood, just might end up with using drop mounts.

SMOKEDYA · Apr 22, 2013

Another small update. I picked up a few more parts.
got this for $120

and this for $20

started on polishing the turbo,started with this

then got it to this

then this. Had to stop to get more paper and some rouge for my wheel

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I have about 90% of the sanding done,and hope to get some primer on it this week and hopefully paint this weekend..... checking in with the machine shop tomorrow and see how progress is going there..

bumblebee · Apr 22, 2013

Nice build!
Have you checked my build? We are basicly doing the same to our cars

SMOKEDYA · Apr 22, 2013

i will go look now.

SMOKEDYA · Apr 24, 2013

Going back a page to the motor pic. I'm polishing the turbo,do you guys think it will look good if i also polish the elbow but the everything else like it is? So like pictured,but the turbo and elbow will be polished....

SMOKEDYA · Apr 29, 2013

Have about an hour of sanding left,and then its prime and paint time! Did manage to pull the spoiler off. Not sure if i'm going to leave it off or what yet,so untill then i'm going to temporarly plug the holes.