Das $build thread$ by dasbeast3.0

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It has begun.

11/20/10

Basically the connections on the slave have to be reversed so the bleeder valve can seal correctly in the slave, then the fitting that the USP line plugs into needs to be modified.

The fitting plugs in and seals fine, but it is made of solid metal. The oem part is plastic with 4 relief cuts in it, allowing it to compress to fit the retaining clip in. The clip does not fit over the metal USP fitting once plugged in, and there will be nothing to hold it in w/o it. Sooo, All you have to do is take a dremel with a really small/thin diamond bit and channel out the slots on both the top and bottom of the oem black female fitting, to allow the clip room to expand over the USP male fitting. I circled in red where the clip sits. I tried everything before the dremel, even making my own clip, bending the oem one etc.. the slots are just too small to work with.

11/22/10

started test fitting the piping:

Ok finally I got this clutch line figured out lol. There was a rubber bushing/seal stuck in there that I didn't see. My T is the same part # so I knew I had to be doing something wrong. She plugs right in now.

11/24/10

Slow progress: Today I smoothed the I/C and got it in primer, and cut/ welded the diverter valve flange on the charge pipe to face the correct way. Kind of a tossup on I/C color. Black, urban gray met. or bright silver met. I was thinking of maybe a camo between the 3 plus some white. IDK....camo is a little out there for my taste tho.

11/25/10

11/29/10

Test fitted the heat exchanger today. She sits perfect in there with plenty of room for 2 fans.







I see next week as a "good progress" week. Trans will be here, Shawn so kindly has shipped out the Jig for me, and the a/w stuff is just about ready to go in. I think Im gonna be pulling, cleaning and painting a lot of stuff this time around. Subframe, misc brackets, rad shroud etc. I didn't care what it looked like before, but now I want everything looking fresh n clean.

12/3/10

Didnt get to weld the cup on, it got too damn cold out.

12/8/10

Got the cup welded on tonight The infamous Jig fit perfectly I welded 2 small reinforcement plates where the gap was a little large, rather than just glopping a ton of weld in there. Im sure its overkill but it will never break. I got about 85% of the circumference welded which is plenty strong. There is a small section in back I couldn't get to, but I'm not worried about it. It would require dropping the k frame and taking a bunch of sht apart, which I really didn't feel like doing for such a small piece.





plates (hard to see after welding since they were pretty small.)

1/6/11

Got the Pro-M setup and installed the clutch line form USP to the 02a Master. I'll have some pics and progress up soon hopefully. Been working on the 93 Beast while I wait for my trans

1/9/11





No turbulence issues, the Maf is designed to have the filter mounted right on it, there are 3 bolts holding it on.. (you cannot modify it to work any different) Its got a big bell mouth as wide as the filter that tapers down to 80mm. Most turbulence comes from having the maf too close to the turbo anyhow.

The Pro Maf works differently than oem, It has nothing sticking into the air path, so even if it was close to the turbo it uses 360deg. sampling, which wouldn't really be affected much by turbulence. Its a pretty bad ass part. Basically, as good as it gets without going standalone. Its tunable by fuel pressure and Maf calibration, which is pretty cool. I should be able to get the most out of my setup..prob picking up a good bit of power with less boost..I can finally lower f/p effectively to work with meth. The 42# software responds like sht to f/p changes.

More parts: Ordered up the non-abs stuff finally.

Also, after speaking with my trans guy the 02m should be done in 1.5 weeks. *crossing fingers*