Hey guys, thought I'd throw a little build thread on my Liberty ( Yes, Aus spec.)
It's an '08 gen 4 2.5i which I believe is the facelift model with projectors and the sweeping dash, 4at at the moment.
I have had maaaany modified jap imports ranging from an RVR, to S13 silvias, I left jap cars and went to 4wding for a bit, but sick of having to repair or clean the car everytime i went out
Anyway, It is a completely stock gen 4 when I purchased it, atm I am half way through turbo'ing it. I have a spare EJ20 from an '05 wrx that I am going to build up in due course when I manage to blow this up. I am only chasing 5-6psi on the stock ej253, nothing too fancy, just miss the noises and fun. Plus, getting to spend shed time has been great to get my mind off things that have happened over the last couple of months.
anyways, here's a few photos.
china headers into an up pipe I fabbed. I autocad'd all the flanges I needed and got the local laser cutters to get them cut and sent back. All wrapped in HPP wrap. I have a gt crossmember which all fits so snuggly against the single cam head with only a couple of mm spare. Can also see the hardline that goes to the sump for oil return.
rather basic dump pipe, with a 200 cell cat at the end. all the piping is 2.5" for this setup, as I said, I'm not looking for massive power or anything. It's only a td04l.
Intercooler side done. Hoping by going into a 2.5" I create a little lag and not hit on the rods so hard with the pressure.
got the coils mounted up, wiring harness extended on that side for them. Extended the harness for the rear 02 sensor, and got the main harness that comes through the firewall rerouted so it's away from the turbo.
Reconbobulated the air intake pipe, i'm still toying with it, I wasn't entirely liking it, so still messing around with that.
Ordered some new tie rod ends, replaced the seal on the p/s pump, replaced the passengers cv boot as that had split.
click link to see first start up and idling.
So today I had my first start up, as per video. Excuse all the smoke coming off, painted pipes, stainless headers and greasy fingers etc.
I let it idle to temp, and then shut it down. I have a oil leak from the oil drain somewhere, so that's future Petes problem at this stage.
Will update few more bits and pieces as i get it done. Sorry if it seems some of doesn't make sense, i've chopped it from other posts
Pete.