92AWDHX40
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Looking good bro, it’s crazy our builds are very similar. Keep up the good workAnd just like that, it’s time for another episode.
I finished the prep for the valve cover and compressor housing by blasting them again and polishing the letters. For the valve cover, I made a baffle out of aluminum using the stock baffle as a template. I only made it to cover the openings for the PCV and Catch Can and had it tacked into the valve cover.
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After that, I coated the two part with the same two coat process used on the brake calipers. The only exception is that I used a wet finger to wipe the powder off of the polished letters. This is the result.
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I was super excited about the outcome and couldn’t be happier. There are some imperfections but not bad for my second try at the 2 coat process using hobbies equipment.
I installed them on the motor. The valve cover received stainless steel bolts to really accent the color.
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With the compressor installed, I loosely installed all the intercooler pipes to finish fit the radiator and intercooler.
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To install the radiator, I drilled new holes and installed rivnuts to utilize the lower brackets that came installed on the radiator.
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I then drilled holes and installed rubber grommets to prevent metal on metal contact. I did this on the lower mounts and the upper tabs that we had installed.
I had upper tabs welded on to utilize the AC condenser mounting points to securely mount the new radiator.
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This is the radiator bolted up and installed.
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Next we tightened the clamps on the intercooler and began to make our straps to hang the core from. I also threw the slim fan in there to make sure that we had clearance. After a short time, this is what we came up with.
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During all this, I had to trim a bracket and I burned up some of the paint. In an attempt at a quick fix, I used some spray can white to try and hide my mistake...... lets just say that didn’t work.
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I ended up going back to the folks at single source and having them mix up 6 ounces of the polar white in a single stage paint for touch up purposes. They also sell this neat aerosol kit that is perfect for touch up work so I pick up one of those as well.
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After preping and spraying the spot, this was the outcome. I was pretty happy with it.
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With the intercooler mounted, I final installed the exhaust manifold. I used metal free anti seize on all of my exhaust parts because I have had awesome success with this stuff on the hot side.
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I have to order a T3 gasket but with the bolts snug, I was able to redo the turbo oil drain using the drain from the HX35 that we made in a previous video. All I had to do was cut off the existing hose and replace it with a slightly longer piece.
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Another part that I coated along with the Valve cover was the Slave cylinder. It was rebuilt a short time ago so we coated it and rebuilt it using the existing parts which where in great shape.
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I applied some grease to the shift fork and installed it.
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The CAS couldn’t be coated so I painted it using the same paint as the transmission and installed it. When installing it, I replaced the O-ring and insured that the alignment marks where correct when installing the CAS.
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That pretty much wraps it up. Here is a shot of where we are ending.
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And one Glamor shot of the Compressor Cover just cause......
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Thats it for this one.
Happy Boosting
What Fmic size did you go with.
Is it weird that read everything in your accent as if I were watching your YouTube channel? L O L
hey Robert where are you mounting your afpr and are you running stock lines or an from the tank to the filter.