Good to hear it running again Telion :thumbsup:

 

The exhaust sits a little low toward the center of the car because it is not hung yet but the muffler does not look as bad as I am sure many of you thought that it would and as for the sound well she is still in very rough form but grab a nice set of head phones and tell me what you think?

Still alot of work to do but to be able to actually drive it for a second and pull it out of the garage sure is relieving (sigh)

 

it still idle high when warmed up. what gives?

 

Still working on that, there are a few things that actually need to be worked out, that being one of them. I am just happy that it idles. My gauge is also off for some reason had been for a while

 

Looks Good, Just trial and error from here.

 

Good to see her running again, keep it up..:thumbsup:

 

Telion need to ask you, how did you go from round to oval for the headers flanges port match? I am about to start the headers but I do not know if I need to take it to a muffler shop for this. tks.

 

I didn't because the round part was large enough to cover the outer oval area (filled a little with weld) so my exhaust plates are oval and the runners are round. However my steel was too thick to bend. What you can do though is take the part where the runner connects to the oval part of the exhaust plate and stick it in a vise and slowly tighten it till it takes on an oval shape. I would practice on scrap a few times to see how the tubing reacts based on where the seem is and if it has a seem make the seem the center of where the bend will be on the vise. This is how I did my Y-pipe and it was either 14 or 16g steel.

 

All right thanks Telion and I'm glad you got it running again hope you get to tune it fine.

 

Ok I got my first feel for Legend boost and oh boy was it addicting. Unfortunately she is still untuned so I cannot do it whenever off the jump because unless the AFR is just right (Yes the first time I watched the wideband in addition to the road ) and the rpm transition is smooth. but oh boy it truly is a pleasurable experience to feel the potential of my car. I will try to post a little vid tomorrow after I go through everything. I think it got to 5 psi a few times maybe a hair more but the EBC is not hooked up yet.

 

:yes:

:thumbsup:

 

Man just knowing that you and Tubadude have your cars runnig makes me want to get mine running... just that running to feel some success to the work accomplished.

 

I couldn't agree more, I can't wait for yours. And it truly re-fires the desire to keep going! You'll be there. You have come a long way on a much more difficult build.

 

Damnmit man I want to take a ride in this twin boosted Legend. Congrats and this huge victory.

 

Thanks , right now she is not too impressive in comparison to the work but hope fully tomorrow I can get a shot of what she can do if she cooperates. I will try to give Vic or 91TypII a call for some test runs (not racing just for gauging her performance because the VSS isn't plumbed)

 

After thinking about it last night I know that I hit the spring rate of the 5.2lbs of boost because the did open. I am sure because one side tore the tape I was using to cover a little leak in the wastegate return pipe. So now knowing this 5 or even 7lbs is not going to be nearly enough to satisfy my new thirst. Unfortunately till the FIC is tuned (because it will bypass stock map sensor in boost) 6.5 to 7 will be all she can see.

Today I think I am going to put a check valve on my vacuum line to the AFR as a temp fix. I will keep the check valve going the correct direction so the adjustable FPR still sees vacuum but it has some airflow resistance so it should decrease the amount of vacuum in hopes that it will no longer dip into the 9's in AFR at WOT. I will also be watching this very closely with the wideband. I know I need to get it tuned but this is a good time to check functionality before pushing her. On a side note she really doesn't get to hot in teh engine bay. I was surprised by this, and think it ran hotter with the OBX headers.

 

After thinking about it last night I know that I hit the spring rate of the 5.2lbs of boost because the did open. I am sure because one side tore the tape I was using to cover a little leak in the wastegate return pipe. So now knowing this 5 or even 7lbs is not going to be nearly enough to satisfy my new thirst. Unfortunately till the FIC is tuned (because it will bypass stock map sensor in boost) 6.5 to 7 will be all she can see.

Today I think I am going to put a check valve on my vacuum line to the AFR as a temp fix. I will keep the check valve going the correct direction so the adjustable FPR still sees vacuum but it has some airflow resistance so it should decrease the amount of vacuum in hopes that it will no longer dip into the 9's in AFR at WOT. I will also be watching this very closely with the wideband. I know I need to get it tuned but this is a good time to check functionality before pushing her. On a side note she really doesn't get to hot in teh engine bay. I was surprised by this, and think it ran hotter with the OBX headers.

A tuned 5-7lbs of boost is a night and day difference to an untuned 5-7lbs of boost. Don't jump the gun before you even have the bullets .

-Matt

 

YOU RE SO CLOSE! congratulations!

 

Close indeed, yet still a ways away but to feel it refuels the fire to finish. This has been a frustrating, fascinating, and fun process for me from day 1.

 

I will never understand your taste in muffler..

 

lol It's all good, but it was more a matter of performance than taste

 

True, I just get this feeling I am going to want to double the 7lbs. within a years time.

 

You will!

FIA-
The first step of overcoming your addiction IS admitting you have a problem.

Me: Hello, My name is Kyle.

All: Hi Kyyyllee.

Me: I have been addicted to boost since I first turboed my Legend. Today I have brought a guest. His name is Telion.

All: Hi Teellioonnnn.....

And the rest is history!!!!!
Good luck with the 14psi!!!

Kyle:thumbsup:

 

Very nice T i'm so glad you got it running man! Cant wait to take a ride in the beast!

 

More minor details

Since I could not get my dual core oil cooler to fit I cut it in half for the tranny cooler

Got the power steering back in, but still having issues cause I can't remember how it was plumbed I will figure it out though, at least it fit.

And I cut the cover down on the map sensor box so it would fit

 

Damn I didn't think you can just cut a oil cooler like that, Its almost done, nice job man.

 

lol me neither but it was either try it or let it sit with the other items I bought that don't fit lol. I did find my Innovate RPM converter and confirm that the AFR is still spiking at 16.00 which is waaaaay too lean under boost with the RL (or any car's) compression ratio. This is likley the cause of the knock CEL it throws. To be sure I am going to throw a SRI on it so it doesn't see boost and see if it throws a CEL.

 

Looks like it might be a little more than 5psi
http://s300.photobucket.com/flash/player.swf?file=http://vid300.photobucket.com/albums/nn20/Telion007/Legend Twin Turbo/DSCF3333.flv
And a pic I took on accident, that I liked

As for the knock sensor it does it even when the turbos are bypassed so good news is they are not causing the issue, bad news is I am not sure what is. Stock ECUand everything bypassed. I am leaning toward a loose sensor or wiring.

 

Getting there..Great work :thumbsup: