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Old 09-03-2007, 08:33 PM   #41
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Time for an update on the Sludgebox Sleeper. I spent the long weekend installing the ported 16g, Prodrive BCS, Perrin Inlet, modified injectors and Walbro fuel pump.

As of today, everything is in, just have some finalizations to do.

Random thoughts about the install...

The Green Brackets of Death are called that for a reason... I had to mod a 12mm socket for the passenger side bolt thats hidden behind a vent cover. Even with the cover removed the socket was too long. I tried going in from behind with a box wrench to no avail. I ended up cutting about an 1/8th of an inch off of a socket and that gave me the clearance I needed.

Dropping the turbo onto the oil return line wasn't as bad as its made out to be. That was actually easy once the downpipe was out of the way.

The Prodrive solenoid...ugh..you'd think that for as much as you pay for that it could AT LEAST come with the hoses, adapters, much less the nuts you need to mount the damn thing onto the bracket. I had to go to home depot to get the nuts I needed and to Poopboys to get the vacuum hose.

I don't know if my Perrin inlet was a dud, or if my car is just different from everyone elses but this thing fits HORRIBLY. I got it under the manifold no problem. THAT was the easy part. Trying to get all the hoses reconnected was the annoying part. The vent hose from the intercooler had to be modified because the thing stuck straight up into the air and was hitting the hood when I would try to close it. The maf side of the inlet is rubbing a very sharp piece of the manifold, which no doubt over time will saw a nice sized hole in this thing.
Then trying to squeeze the powersteering hardline back overtop of it has proven damn near impossible. Thats where I quit for tonight. I realized theres a reason the stocker and the Samco one have that flat side on the bend right after the Maf connection...its TO CLEAR THE PS HARDLINE!!! Did they even test fit this thing? Has anyone else had that problem?


Other thoughts...

Rubber stoppers are your friends. I used rubber stoppers to plug up coolant lines so I didn't have to dump my coolant. Only one small spill in the beginning when I was caught off guard, otherwise all the coolant is still intact.


Tomorrow will consist of buttoning everything back up, double checking all my hose connections, flashing my "safety map" , turing the key, and hoping nothing leaks.
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Old 09-03-2007, 09:32 PM   #42
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tits john... call me when you get it running, maybe ill swing by tomorrow after work... r u going in or are you off?
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Old 09-03-2007, 09:37 PM   #43
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I'm off tomorrow too... I was actually going to see if you could help me get the downpipe back on. Thats one of the last things I have to do... All I need you to do is guide the downpipe onto the turbo studs, while I push it from underneath.
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Old 09-03-2007, 09:44 PM   #44
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haha inuendo.... yea ill call you when i get done work.
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Old 09-03-2007, 10:17 PM   #45
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Haha.... wow.... i just re-read that. how ghey of me.
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Old 09-04-2007, 07:52 AM   #46
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I dont remember my inlet being that much of a pain. We were drunk when we installed it (no problems yet). One question though? why is your BCS on now? you arent going to be able to drive it yet without tuning.
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Old 09-04-2007, 07:55 AM   #47
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hes got a "safe" map... it will be drivable but will make no boost... and why wait to install something when youve already got it all apart right?
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Old 09-04-2007, 08:01 AM   #48
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yeah, safe map helps too lol.
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Old 09-04-2007, 12:08 PM   #49
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looks good, i used to have a 02 wrx with many many mods. i really miss that car!!
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Old 09-04-2007, 01:00 PM   #50
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cant wait to see some numbers!
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Old 09-04-2007, 09:29 PM   #51
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ITS ALIVE!

Finished up today. Double checked everything again, primed the turbo & injectors, flashed the safe map, pushed it out of the garage, hit the key and it fired right up....and died. Hit it again and smoothed out and idled good! I let it idle for a bit then took it on a slow ride around the neighborhood. Everything seems cool... no leaks, fuel injectors / rails don't seem to be leaking...whew. I feel lucky.

Its running a little lean, but its not too bad and I'll be getting it tuned hopefully very shortly.
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Old 09-04-2007, 09:29 PM   #52
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cant wait to see some numbers!
Me neither!
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Old 09-05-2007, 09:37 PM   #53
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Figured out the leaning out issue at idle or coming to a stop using the 'safe' map. Turns out I gave him bad info on the injectors I had. I gave him what I read from the info sheet I got from Troll when I bought them. KG must be a little generous in the flow testing. I told Andy what I read, which was 900cc...unusually high for a modded stock injector. My ignorance on the subject didn't clue me into this. My bad...so... using his judgement, Andy went with a standard scaling for modded injectors. One updated map later....all is good. I was worried I had a vacuum leak that I was going to have to chase down, turns out to just be misinformation.
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Old 09-11-2007, 07:11 AM   #54
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.... Just picked up a Recaro "young sport" child seat for my daughter.... Actually reasonably priced and not as expensive as the as more commerically known brands, but had better safety reviews!

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Old 09-17-2007, 05:15 PM   #55
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Well.. just got back from my tune session with Andy at Verocious. Results for my Ported 16g upgrade are: (don't forget its an auto!)

256/231 but removed a few degrees of time so its backed off to 253hp/226tq.
This is with 18psi at peak with virtually no tapering at redline.
You figure an extra 25-30hp if I had a manual, and its pretty much right in line.
I'm very happy. The seat of the pants improvement is huge! You can clearly see from the graph there was NO loss of low end spool. Most likely this is attributed to the upgraded boost control solenoid.
Andy said there was a little left on the table and would have ran more boost, but my stock slushbox is holding me back. Someday, either when it blows up or I get the motivation, i'll send it off to IPT for an overhaul. For now.... weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Old 09-17-2007, 05:20 PM   #56
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Here is the graph.

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Wow, that is awesome! Andy comes through yet again.
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the car felt ****ing awesome on the way home john! thanks for letting me tag along!
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Old 03-23-2008, 02:07 PM   #60
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Whats in store for 2008

Been a while since I updated this thing. Heres a 'hope to do' list for 2008.

- Exterior Paint care asap! Clawed cats FTMFL

- Ported, Polished, & Coated exhaust mani's. Most likely Crucial Racing since they not only port the opening, but all the way through.

- Grimmspeed Coated crossover pipe.

- New injectors. I'm not happy with my modded stockers.

- Re-dyno tune

- New suspension appropriate for fun daily driving (Coilovers?, Struts?)

- Front & Rear Sways, with new endlinks

- 06 WRX 4pot / 2 pot brake conversion

- New winter wheels to fit the brake upgrade

- Possibly a tranny rebuild... Things are starting to slip....
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