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karl · 10-06-2008, 03:43 PM

Ok so i got thousands of pictures of my car from stock to its current project stage..

karl · 10-06-2008, 04:07 PM

alright so thats been the past 4.5 years.. ill come back to edit that out and add other pics.

Currently the car is undergoing a reverse manifold project. I have all the pipes just waiting for some couplers and intake manifold spacers and then the manifold comes off and put back on. After its complete im gonna get the pipes coated flat black.

graffkid732 · 10-06-2008, 04:17 PM

Looks good so far, keep up the good work.

RayArroyo · 10-06-2008, 04:47 PM

man dem pictures and dat car be stuntin like my daddy. forizzle yo

keep up the good work karl, as allways car looks good it ranks up there with one of my favorite subs

xEJ20x · 10-06-2008, 05:12 PM

Damn Karl....you've been busy recently.

karl · 10-06-2008, 06:41 PM

thanks guys. hopefully have it up and running within the next 2 weeks. just gotta wait for paycheck and then i can order phenolic intake manifold spacers and some new couplers. then who wants to help remove/reinstall intake manifold.. hopefully after i get everything up and running ill one day send out the turbo to blouch and have them install a 18g wheel and clock the housing so i can eliminate that 90 degree coupler and the big loop coming off the turbo. maybe then ill sink into the 11s with the help of some meth..

LevittownMonster · 10-06-2008, 08:30 PM

Man that thing looks so good. U fix her up nice

Silverfc88 · 10-06-2008, 11:57 PM

Nice man, good luck with the new setup. The hybrid should be fun along with the front mount.

EvlEgl · 10-07-2008, 12:56 AM

Two Things, I like it Better with the Fog Lights,

And I remember Getting you Wingless again...That was a Fun Trip

karl · 10-11-2008, 11:35 AM

YAY! Mail has arrived and with it came some phenolic spacers and gaskets.. couplers and clamps come fedex on tuesday.. its so nice out today so the manifold will be flipped today and all ready for some couplers and might i say that this time next week i might be driving and cleaning the car!!! will take pics today of the progress

S4toSTI · 10-11-2008, 11:37 AM

How many miles do you have now?

karl · 10-11-2008, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S4toSTI

How many miles do you have now?

um 66k..

wow so boy did i open a can of worms... this damn spec c intake manifold is killing me with setting up the fuel lines. didnt realize how many freaking vac lines come off of a manifold, since now they are all facing the wrong direction. and i gotta find some wire to extend the tps wires.

greek bandit · 10-11-2008, 04:43 PM

to be real im a vw nut but damn ur sh*t is nice bro, much respect for the fact it looks like youve doen it all on ur own instead of payin soomeone and im lovin the intercooler

**TROLL** · 10-11-2008, 05:45 PM

ha yeah you can talk to jimtweet if you get hung up on anything, he reversed his mani and ran into some of the same things. i think he went with an aftermarket fuel rail though, not sure how you would go about doing it with the stock one.
also i remember something about him changing the brake booster hose which was a bad move... it has a check valve integrated so it doesnt see any positive pressure which either leads to damaging the booster and/or no brakes.
looks good though... if you run into any snags i dont know if i'd be able to help but feel free to give me a call.

karl · 10-11-2008, 07:05 PM

**TROLL** · 10-11-2008, 07:09 PM

so do you know if you can use the stock fuel rails? if so you're going to need to take the mani off again to install them, unless thats just a test fit.

karl · 10-11-2008, 07:14 PM

well i made some progress today, definitely a lot of work left. i forgot that i needed to drill and tap the manifold for the brake booster line. so i gotta take it back out tomorrow and drill it out and tap. i am also in the market of some fuel rails now too, seeing how i cant make my spec c rails work.i also have to get some adapters from gruppe-s for aftermarket fuel rails to be used with the spec c manfiold.. so ill be selling both sets of fuel lines/rails, stock and spec c manifold. other then rails im doing good i think, just a few vac and coolant lines to redo and ill be set.. O and i also need to get rid of the hood prop that thing is always in the way..well headed to lowes to get a tap, tomorrow i should be done except for fuel rails, fuel rail adapters, couplers, and shorter alt belt.

karl · 10-11-2008, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greek bandit

to be real im a vw nut but damn ur sh*t is nice bro, much respect for the fact it looks like youve doen it all on ur own instead of payin soomeone and im lovin the intercooler

thanks man. yea ive done all of the work on my car, only thing i cant do is alignment..lol. dont have the money to pay someone to work on my car, plus where is the satisfaction of just paying someone to do all the work..

**TROLL** · 10-11-2008, 08:45 PM

are you completely opposed to getting rid of the spec c intake manifold? sure its got the wow factor, but i cant see it really performing any better than a stock manifold with tgv deletes.
the reason i say this is if you had a stock manifold then you'd be able to keep the tgv housings and fuel rail in their original position, then just flip the manifold itself... i think it would work out to be easier and cheaper in the long run...

karl · 10-11-2008, 11:08 PM

well, ive read it flows more then a stock manifold. plus i love the sleek 1pc look. i was gonna upgrade to some aftermarket rails eventually so this just pushed the moment to now. ill just fab up some adapters out of aluminum bar stock.

does anybody have a 3/8-28 tap??? thats whats needed to tap the manifold to screw in the bung for the brake booster.

10-06-2008, 03:43 PM	#1
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10-06-2008, 04:07 PM	#2
karl Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Medford, nj Member #28 My Ride: 04 WRX/ 10 STI SE WRBs iTrader: (1)	alright so thats been the past 4.5 years.. ill come back to edit that out and add other pics. Currently the car is undergoing a reverse manifold project. I have all the pipes just waiting for some couplers and intake manifold spacers and then the manifold comes off and put back on. After its complete im gonna get the pipes coated flat black. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. Nikon D80, 18-70, 70-300

10-06-2008, 04:47 PM	#4
RayArroyo Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: ALBANY/PHILLY Member #205 My Ride: GTR/RSTI/MDX Sport iTrader: (3)	man dem pictures and dat car be stuntin like my daddy. forizzle yo keep up the good work karl, as allways car looks good it ranks up there with one of my favorite subs __________________ formerly ray@turbotek

10-06-2008, 05:12 PM	#5
xEJ20x Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: South Jersey Member #72 My Ride: 13 STI iTrader: (3)	Damn Karl....you've been busy recently. __________________ Nothing to see here.

10-06-2008, 06:41 PM	#6
karl Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Medford, nj Member #28 My Ride: 04 WRX/ 10 STI SE WRBs iTrader: (1)	thanks guys. hopefully have it up and running within the next 2 weeks. just gotta wait for paycheck and then i can order phenolic intake manifold spacers and some new couplers. then who wants to help remove/reinstall intake manifold.. hopefully after i get everything up and running ill one day send out the turbo to blouch and have them install a 18g wheel and clock the housing so i can eliminate that 90 degree coupler and the big loop coming off the turbo. maybe then ill sink into the 11s with the help of some meth.. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. Nikon D80, 18-70, 70-300

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10-11-2008, 11:35 AM	#10
karl Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Medford, nj Member #28 My Ride: 04 WRX/ 10 STI SE WRBs iTrader: (1)	YAY! Mail has arrived and with it came some phenolic spacers and gaskets.. couplers and clamps come fedex on tuesday.. its so nice out today so the manifold will be flipped today and all ready for some couplers and might i say that this time next week i might be driving and cleaning the car!!! will take pics today of the progress __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. Nikon D80, 18-70, 70-300

10-11-2008, 04:43 PM	#13
greek bandit Tri-State Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Member #4219 My Ride: 03 VW GLI 24V VR6 iTrader: (0)	to be real im a vw nut but damn ur sh*t is nice bro, much respect for the fact it looks like youve doen it all on ur own instead of payin soomeone and im lovin the intercooler __________________ BY WRXD:There was a really nice Jetta in front of me and somehow we got way in front of everyone on rt.100 and he flipped on his strobes and rear light bar-- my GF had never seen anything like that before and thought it was the coolest thing ever-- I have to admit it was pretty awesome.

10-11-2008, 07:05 PM	#15
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10-11-2008, 07:14 PM	#17
karl Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Medford, nj Member #28 My Ride: 04 WRX/ 10 STI SE WRBs iTrader: (1)	well i made some progress today, definitely a lot of work left. i forgot that i needed to drill and tap the manifold for the brake booster line. so i gotta take it back out tomorrow and drill it out and tap. i am also in the market of some fuel rails now too, seeing how i cant make my spec c rails work.i also have to get some adapters from gruppe-s for aftermarket fuel rails to be used with the spec c manfiold.. so ill be selling both sets of fuel lines/rails, stock and spec c manifold. other then rails im doing good i think, just a few vac and coolant lines to redo and ill be set.. O and i also need to get rid of the hood prop that thing is always in the way..well headed to lowes to get a tap, tomorrow i should be done except for fuel rails, fuel rail adapters, couplers, and shorter alt belt. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. Nikon D80, 18-70, 70-300 Last edited by karl; 10-11-2008 at 07:18 PM.

10-11-2008, 11:08 PM	#20
karl Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Medford, nj Member #28 My Ride: 04 WRX/ 10 STI SE WRBs iTrader: (1)	well, ive read it flows more then a stock manifold. plus i love the sleek 1pc look. i was gonna upgrade to some aftermarket rails eventually so this just pushed the moment to now. ill just fab up some adapters out of aluminum bar stock. does anybody have a 3/8-28 tap??? thats whats needed to tap the manifold to screw in the bung for the brake booster. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. Nikon D80, 18-70, 70-300

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