BrandonspecB

Been getting some miles on the Link.  So far not a single trigger related issue.  

Got some new fuel system components.  

If I can get some time on the car without any issues then I'll rent a dyno and put a solid tune in it.  I think hardware wise there isn't anything that needs to be changed.  I'm pretty happy with how it's setup.  Only thing I might do is install bigger injectors.  

Eventually it will get on a dyno. 

Thanks!

Update time I guess.

Exhaust is coated and installed.  Link ECU is wired.  Car runs great with it, but we've had snow almost everyday since I got it installed.  The only time I've driven it is from the shop to home.  

My friend will finish welding it tomorrow. Then I'll have it all ceramic coated. 

And here's some pics a friend took of the car.

Almost done.

Yes.  Can't decide between ceramic coating or header shield. 

Well hello there equal length headers.

New turbo is on.  64mm compressor and 64mm turbine down from 68 and 67.  Also has their UHF turbine that's supposed to decrease spool and increase flow.  Spools 500 RPM sooner and still pulls hard to 7500 RPM.  Just what I wanted.  Have a few other things I want to do and then I want to get it on the dyno.

And some pics, of course.

A great project! I love its wheels! What tires are you using for your Subaru?

Thanks! Tires are Federal 595RS-RRs.

Car looks great!

Thanks! Been a lot of work.

Update: New turbo is ordered. It's on a 6-8 week lead time. Should be a better fit for 600-700 whp. Also got it with a speed sensor. The Haltech still has a few inputs I need to use up .

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Thanks, but don't look too close. The pics hide the 130,000 miles of daily driving this car did . Body and paint is the next big project.

Very nice mate. What smaller turbo would you be looking into you reckon?

Looking at a Xona Rotor 8264S. Smaller compressor and turbine than what I have now plus the new UHF turbine. Should pick up quite a bit of spool and keep the same top end I have now.

Bit of a pic dump. A friend took some pics of my car with her nice camera. Looks a lot better than my cell phone pics.

I'm thinking of dropping down a turbo size. I think 600 whp is a really good number for this engine and the turbo I have is pretty big for 600.

Alright for now haha. This stock motor is lifting the heads under full power, but I've built a ghetto yet genius pump setup to pump the overflowed coolant from the bottle back into the bottom radiator hose It's been foolproof the last 6 months.

I reckon my EZ build may still be ~3 to 5 months off running just due to money. But we're still making progress little by little.

My block should be all closed-decked and o-ringed and ready for 12mm head studs in a couple weeks.

The heads I don't have the funds to go for Kelford's cam setup but I'm still going to do a little porting and chamber modification, and some 0.5mm OS exhaust valves

 

All i need partswise still is the whole Haltech setup and possibly another box of main bearings pending measurement.

 

Your youtube vids are getting me more and more excited for it!

You should market and sell that coolant overflow pump. You've solved one of Subaru's biggest problem!

Yeah, those cams are sooo expensive. Plus you have to buy their DLC buckets.

Not sure if you've seen this or not, but Andre at HP Academy had a couple interviews with big Subaru builders. One was from Vermont Sports Car and the other Deshele Performance. They both said main bearing clearance is very important in keeping big power Subaru engines alive. They both run them pretty tight because of the alloy block expanding as it warms up and because the main clearance grows under power from the block halves pulling apart. Of course it's for EJs, but I'd imagine it carries over to the EZ. Really good info from them.

Look forward to seeing your build come together. The EZ builds are neat because there really aren't any bolt on solutions. It's fun seeing the stuff everyone comes up with. Every build is sooo different. EJ stuff is so very cookie cutter (and cheaper), but I wish at times the EZ had that kind of aftermarket support.

Car looks phenomenal Brandon.

 

Hey I saw the Easter Jeep Safari as I was passing through Moab on my road trip down to TX a couple months ago. I've never seen so many Jeeps in my life. Every car on the road was or contained a Jeep. A cool sight to see! Moab was memorable on the way down too, so seeing this event on the way back up, just solidified this being a place I'd like to stop and look around next time I pass through.

Moab is beautiful and definitely a worthwhile trip. There's a reason this bumper sticker exists. All of southern Utah is beautiful. So much to go see.

See? You can't help it

 

I have not touched mine that much lately, cause I bought a 98 XJ on 35s modified to rock crawl . Learning about Jeep stuff now..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Man, she looks good. On point.

Thanks! Lots of good Jeeping spots where you're at. I have a friend with an XJ and he goes to Moab for the Jeep Safari every year.

In the mean time we (my mechanic Mike van Velden) are working on a super charged Legacy IV 3.0 R.

 

Will start a thread of my own.

Looks good! Love the red manifold.

Very cool intercooler core placement mate. The 'raptor superchargers' kits from Australia use one size down from that right off the throttle body. But this design to use the slightly larger core is better by a long way, appears to be a very neat fit!

How's your car running?

Man, you can't leave that engine bay alone for more than a month!

Here I go again.

Currently have an ACT Prolite flywheel. I really like how responsive it is, but normal upshifts, or really anything other than a flat shift, end up being really clunky. The revs drop faster than I can change gears.

So I'm going to put a Streetlite flywheel in.

Car is currently at 20 psi boost. Slowly putting some timing in it. It was very under timed running pump gas. 10:1 compression just doesn't like 91 octane and boost.

Injector duty cycle is at 75% at .83 lambda with E60. Should have enough injector for 25 psi boost. Once I get there and if there aren't any problems I'll probably rent an AWD dyno for a couple hours to get timing where it needs to be.

Cool he started a thread here.

We've talked on Instagram and even over the phone.

Great fabricator and welder. I look forward to seeing it come together.

Good stuff.

Got rid of my t-bolt clamps and old silicone couplers for some new couplers and Turbosmart turbo seal clamps. Made for a fun little project.

Also wrapped the charge pipe right off the turbo. That air gets hot and I don't want it radiating into the manifold. Posted a pic showing a 2nd-4th gear pull at 17 psi of boost and the air temps. Turbo outlet gets to damn near 300F, but the intercooler pulls pretty much all that heat out. Turbo inlet temp is around 20F higher than ambient.

I have 3 iat sensors, so I can definitely give you a good answer. I have one at the compressor inlet and outlet and one in the usual spot in front of the throttle body.

At the inlet it gets warm. Not too bad if the car is moving. Outlet temps get very hot under boost. Can't remember off hand what I see at 16 psi but I want to say 250F. Then at the throttle body I usually see a little more than ambient temps.