wow maybe there was too much tension. the way i put mine was i made it so the wastegate in the backof the turbo is closed when its connected i didnt tighten it any further i ended up with 10psi

 

probably over tighten when installed.

 

I guess so, although it was fine for 2 months...
and it was at 15 psi

 

New wastegate is on. put a manual boost controller on, and have it set at 18psi.
Taking it to get tuned today - Scott Hennessy is tuning my car and putting the Z32 MAF on.

 

Saweetness.

 

dayum 18 psi wow and i get a stubby with my puny 10psi hahaha cant wait till i get tuned.

you must be making over 300whp?

 

Yessir, my goal was 350.
but you have cams and i don't so you still have a one up on me

 

nice thats my goal too around 350whp

and dude cams are easy to install. i got the Tomei Poncams because they are the most agressive cams you can buy w/o having to change the stock valve train it was like $400+ for them cant remember how much exactly.

anyway even if you dont do cams i highly suggest you get rocker arm stoppers they are only like $70-80 and super easy to install and will save your motor.

 

my next investment was going to be cams + ras

 

Got the car back, runs much smoother... only set at 11psi though. If I were to go upto 18 like originally planned, I would need to get colder plugs and regap them.
Still pulls hard.
I have no clue about est. hp. I didn't really get to open her up much tonight... 65 billion cops out. (actual numbers)

 

Ok, well I got the colder plugs, 18psi is a lot of fun

Decided to clean the car and engine block today:
Before: (6 months ago)

After:


Last week:

Today:



Edit: Adam, did you do anything to your tranny before building the engine?

 

Very clean...

 

nice man

and the only thing i did was change the pilot bearing, throw out bearing, clutch, flywheel and change the fluid to Royal Purple 75-90 gear oil.

 

Alright, thanks.
I had already ordered the pilot bearing, figure I'll get a throw out bearing also.
Those and my 10.5lb act flywheel will be going in next week. Clutch has less than 3k miles on it, so I don't want to change it. (plus I'm broke )

 

i hear you i just ordered my AEM 3.5 bar map sensor and now i have to get intercooler pipes made because my ghetto pipes wont hold 20 psi...