Alright everyone, as some of you know my car has unwent a sizeable amount of modification recently. so heres the deal, i took my 1995 Impreza LX w/ its 2.2l AWD 4eat, and gave it some more power, by the means of Forced Induction . read photo captions for infoz THANKS: Mike (LegacyPGT) Nathan (WRXBoy2003) Dave Kev (Spevinator) Chux (Chux) and everyone else who helped me out!
more pics. these ones actualyl go before the installation pictures that are in the previous post lol.
w00t! I can finally post these pics!! The final product, and yes, this rubber hose was about the same size as the plastic one we slipped over....at least it won't leak! parts: This has good idea written all over it! and the final product! little video clip of him starting it up for the first time, this was at about 4am... http://media.putfile.com/PICT0627
Looks like martin too the oil pan off then stood around taking pictures. Just kidding martin. Looks good!!!
^^^hehe... the oil pan stuff took place on a different day. the oil pan stuff happened on a thursday, and the actual install happened the next day (friday). oddly enough both thurs and fri i did not get home until 5 am lol.
Congrats!!! That looked like a lot of work but totally worth it in the end. Tell me if that excel dyno sheet thing is working for ya and what kind of power it's putting down
I'm so proud of our new moderator! The new power will make you happy for a week or two. Then you'll want more power.
^^^^: I just signed up for the DB Perf. dyno day. ^^^: I havent even tried data logging yet, but i will try soon ^^: i am very happy with the new power. there is alot more that can be unleased too w/ proper tuning. anyway i am bery happy today cause it seems to be eating less gas. yesterday i went to a buddys house about 10 miles away and used 1/4 tank of gas lol. today i am gettign roughly the same mileage i got before the kit. i dont know why but i am happy ^: it is faster. its hard to say how much faster it really is. forinstace today it feels 7x faster. while yesteday it felt on 1.5x faster. it need alot of tuning to get it dailed in. however it is faster. as for now the only things that are dissapointing me are the PP6 for not wanting to cooperate with timing (its behaving much better at idle though), and my gas mileage has been around 16-18MPG, but today it seems to have picked up to 23+. i cant wait till the dyno day to see what i can put down.
I didn't ride in your car pre-turbo....I would sure venture to guess that its faster now tho. Thanks for the ride, man! Get it tuned and you'll have quite a skreet machine
nice :lol: glad it's finally all completed, well except for tuning :lol: can't wait to check it out. :lol:
congrats marti. I can;t believe you kept that from me so for that I hate you. Jk. Nice job, i still need to see it in person and a ride in the beast is a must. lata
dont worry fuji if you want we can duct tape my sister's hair blower onto your intake this weekend...jk... Nicely done Martin...now you will feel the power of turbo and im sure you'll want more of it....btw i was hoping for the sound of your bov going off on your vid...
me too!! but it was the middle of the night, in a rather dense neighborhood. so we thought we'd better not rev it up much. Martin, how is it now? leaking/burning anything? there a part of me that can't beleive that all those 'custom' lines and hoses are holding also...how about that PCV hose, the plastic 'Y' adapter, it was at a funny angle, so I wouldn't be suprised if it pulled out. you may want to put a hose clamp on there somewhere.
well..... rides for all on friday. its not super fast, but it is fat enogh to be a hella lot more fun. i will try and get another vid taken, perhaps a drive by one so you get he ehxuast and the BOV. the BOV isnt as loud as i thought it would be for an RFL but then again i am only runing 4 psi. so its pretty loud for 4, it sounds like 10+ lol. as for the leaks i havent noticed any yet. i gotta check my oil levels, and make sure. i might be leaking alittle oil but not too bad. chux are you crazy! if i take that TMIC off there is no way i will be able to get it back in there, atleast w/ out your help.
oohhh yeah i have been giving it a rough time. it runs great once its warmed up. moves really good on teh highway. such an improvement. effortless passing / merging is GREAT! and on the plus side my gas mileage is starting to improve i am getting around 20 mpg maybe alittle over. it needs alot of tuning. i gotta lean it out at some parts. i am getting 9-1 AFRs and thats too rich even for my tastes. you gotta smell this thing when its idling bad!
^hehe it spols pretty quick. its hard to tell with the auto though, since its always downshifting. when i was driing w/ no exhuast and just a DP you could hear that thing spooling. it sounded great (after you got over the deafning loudness of the boxorz engine)
that was a nice thing after i got it ported it almost sounded like a ball bearing turbo, but i'll take the real thing instead of that one :twisted: glad it all is working out for you so far.
