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UPDATE: Alright so, I put everything back together and after I started the car a crazy amount of white smoke came out the tailpipe, and the Uppipe was smoking a little. After taking a closer look, I saw that the smoke was coming from the flange were the UP connects to manifold... then I saw some oil drips. Immediately my heart sank. I inspected everything around the turbo and valve cover and it was all dry. My conclusion was that it was the turbo leaking internally. I reached out to a friend who is a good mechanic and has experience with performance cars. Told me to drive it around the block and see if the oil drip increased. To my surprise the oil drip decreased and after I left the car running for a few minutes it stopped smoking and dipping completely....The turbo had no play at all, everything was installed accordingly, no visible leaks...I did notice that the inside of the uppipe was covered in oil( I bought it used). My question is, could it be the oil inside the uppipe that was just burning off and turning into a drip since it got hot when the car started running? I also checked my coolant and oil levels, before and after running the car and levels didn't change. Anyone have this issue? If the smoking stops and no drip is found from here on, is it a good idea to assume that the issue is resolved? Is the scenario that I described even possible? So for the good news, I only have to put in the fuel pump and I'm ready for a tune. (If the turbo is ok that is...)

Wow! And you would think that after paying hundreds of dollars for aftermarket parts they would have corrected the issue by now...

Dude that realization broke my heart lol... I was so excited to put it all together only to find the nuts don't fit. Luckily, I didn't think long enough and just grinded the nut flanges down with a dremel. AND THEN I ran into the angle issue with the modified DP..... So now I gotta take it off put the new DP on and hope the issue is resolved... It should have been tuned and on the road by now. Definitely a learning process.

Yup, I have to redo the downpipe because my welded one gives me a crazy angle and points into the bottom of the car. I just ordered a new Invidia DP specific for my car.

Well, I mean I left a bit more room than the old hot side had but the turbo is already sitting in the car...

Hahaha yeah groceries and fly fishing mobile for me. Yeah man I gotta get my car complete with everything I’m doing and get it tuned first. Don’t want to drop more money right now. Atleast until the spring time. Btw I was reading that the oil separator is not as effective as people say it is and that it’s not even worth getting. I dunno

Here are some photos of what I did today. New VF52 Hotside Ported WG on New Hotside

Thanks man, I just get too into things, I started to work on the car at 9 and stopped at 4 because it got dark. I had my first meal at 5 Crazy I know. So I got the downpipe and the turbo in and let me tell you that oil return hose on the underside of the turbo is a MOFO to get in. Took forever to align everything. I ended up using the screwing clamps instead of the OEM ones. I had to tighten the side closer to the turbo first then slide it onto the tube on the engine and then tightening it from underneath the car with a long ass extension and socket. No idea why the put everything so close. I wrapped my DP (and UpPipe), with the DEI Titanium wrap. Was happy as hell and when I went to tighten the 5 nuts on the DP, the flanged nuts didn't have clearance because of the additional girth from the SS ziptie and wrap......this was an issue on only two nuts so I grinded the flanges down on the nuts to fit them but tomorrow I will redo the wrap a few inches lower to give me proper clearance. I want to torque the everything to suggested specifications. Ugh...if I ever have to do this again I will fly through the entire process.

Damn man your car looks fresh af

Do you have a guide to do that? Also show me some pics of how it looks in the car. Appreciate it.

Wow that is actually pretty dope....only problem is that I have an iPhone....

Man this build has got me going crazy. I can't fall asleep because I keep thinking about what I need to do to the car, and the more I think the more I come up with. Yesterday I read something about wrapping the DP, UP and using a turbo blanket in combination with a heatshield. So my question is wouldn't the turbo get too hot with a blanket on it? I'm putting a new hot side on already and from my understanding the vf52 turbos crack due to heat.....so why use additional wraps and put the turbo in danger? Had anyone wrapped their turbo? I am aware of the heatsoak btw Also should I wrap the uppipe since I have it off right now?

Hmm...I already bought fluid film and the gun...I was gonna apply it after I finish installing all the stuff. I can probably still return it since I got it all at Amazon. Does the CRC stuff spay out the same way as the Fluid Film?

btssm? If that's the adapter for the OBD2 then no. I'm gonna get the Cobb Accessport V3, dunno if those are the same.

I sent my injectors to WitchHunter Performance for clean/test so all the accessories are brand new. I oiled up the rings ( only the rings) so they could slide in better. It was still difficult to pop them in but I got it done. It was nothing like the videos I watched on youtube lol Definitely couldn't pop them in without some effort.