Das $build thread$ by dasbeast3.0

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Finished restoring my non abs stuff...well almost, gotta repaint the brake res. it came out chalky.
Ld3x platinum metallic!

1/23/11

Finally got my flywheel in, had to special order it through Eurospec. Tracking down a single mass oem weight steel FW seemed useless.... I emailed every company I could think of inquiring about it. Finally Eurospec came through, and it was priced really good.

I'm gonna send it to a machine shop to shave off a few lbs and balance it with the clutch and PP as one unit. Unfortunately no one produces a 20lb FW for the VR6/02m which is really what I was looking for. Oem is 26lbs.. I think knocking it down to about 20-22lbs should let it rev similar to stock w/ an 02a, yet not allow the gear lash of a standard LWFW at 16.5lbs.

Yes, I am picky

1/24/11

FINALLY: bit the bullet and ordered a clutch/pp. I'm sure most you don't care, but for me its been a relentless pain in the ass deciding wtf clutch to use. I wanted to go with Southbend, but after speaking with the company..their SS pressure plate is basically identical to Clutchnet's 2x.

The SB stg 5 feramic kit is $1050.00. The Clutchnet setup has the same clamp load PP and copper feramic full face disk..totalling out to $524.00 As for power holding capability they are both identical. I know SB is top of the line, but I feel like you pay for the name.. Who knows maybe Im wrong. Clutchnet offers the same exact setup for half the price. I guess I'll see how it holds up, Ive had great luck w/ Clutchnet products so far. With the extra savings I'll pick up a set of cams

2/1/11

Got the clutch/pp in finally should be good for 450-500 fwtq:



Single mass FW: only one of these around biatches!







The 8 foot long ice-sickle, lol coulnt even get it all in one pic. it attaches from my drain to the ground. we've been diligently waiting for it to touch the ground for 2 weeks. Lol

3/3/11

Small update: abs is gone, starting to unwrap all the wiring and get rid of the abs harness.

New turbo is on the way too: Holset HX52. the thing is a monster. Gonna be making my own hotside out of a 11cm t3 divided, weird flanged housing. Im going to make it into an undivided (small) t4 housing. The plan is to cut it open, get rid of the center divider and flange, then start measuring/cutting/ welding. I'll get some pics up soon.

3/5/11

almost done:

3/6/11

Picked up the trans tonight, Hank did a great job like always, very happy with it. I just need to grab a slave cylinder and new FW/PP bolts then I can get working. I have pics of the modded shift forks and some other stuff, just have to figure out how to get them from my phone to the internet lol.

3/7/11

Shift fork mod:

3/8/11

Got the trans almost ready. stripped the paint of the flanges and trans mating surfaces, retapped all holes & got the 30lbs of powercoat/ paint out of the flange bolt threads lol Also made sure my clutch fits the shaft correctly, and straightened the trans spacer. Bolts/slave are on the way here so work will be coming soon.

I stripped and painted the trans mount too, I'll get a pic later.

3/9/11

Ok, T60-1 is on its way to Russia, and the hx52 is on its way to me (not from Russia lol)

Specs:

Brand new, Billet wheel Holset HX52
69mm compressor wheel
70.5mm exhaust wheel
11cm T3 exhaust housing (roughly equates to .81 t3)

Placed an order with 034motorsport for: T4 undivided flange, t4 gasket, 3" V-band for exhaust housing, SS flex pipe and 38mm WG flange for new routing of WG to downpipe, all new silicon boost/vac lines, oil feed / drain gaskets, 1/4" barb to tap into comp. housing n some other stuff.
This should be a pretty cool project

Hx52 is on the left. (not my specific turbo, but just a reference to show size etc.) The other 2 turbos are about the size of a t60-1 or gt35r..yes, the 52 is a monster.

3/11/11

Non abs is done, just need some wrap for the brake lines:

3/14/11

Hmm plans have to change with the Holset. It arrived today, and its not a t3..Sooo I guess that's a good thing, being that I won't have to cut the housing open now. Its a divided t4, the seller was a retard. I'll just knife edge the divider and call it a day.

Fitment however is going to be an issue. the thing is ****ing massive. I still need to cut off the oem Holset flange, and adapt my T4 to it. The flange will have to be on an angle, as the turbo sits about 2" too high, and will hit the hood w/ the atp mani. Basically I gotta lean the turbo back. I'll get pics up of what I mean soon. Other than that, I,m prob going to lower the motor 1/2" and cut a small section of the rain tray out. The atp mani may need some trimming as well.

on to the pics!



























The last pic makes it look deceivingly large, but it actually does fit back there in the space allotted. I wanted to get a pic of the turbo shaft, but I don't want to take it apart and have to re-balance it. Ive heard of them snapping on holsets.. but no way.... the thing looks like 1/2" steel dowel, shts huge.