GD Toomes DD PTE6262 07 Hawkeye. What a long, long adventure this has been.

[toomes]

Aggressive Inlet Ports

Had a request for some aggressive porting....kind of scared at how this came out, but really proud of it at the same time. The goal was to get closer to V6 heads where the mouth of the inlet is rather wide and the wall that slices the air is razor thin, but not so thin it will crack...

Things I need to work on:

• Tape off/use old gaskets or a set of phenolic spacers as a safety to the top of the inlet ports.
• Spend some time cleaning up the surface more with some different bits after the cutting
• Learn what I can do better/be cautious of/beyond the basics I already know.
• Read more on proven techniques and drill bits?

Feel free to critique, hopefully when I go back on Wednesday I can clean them up some more. The exhaust was just mildly ported and polished on these heads as it is only going to be running a Element GT52 in the end on the motor.

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Oh I have some experience here The best thing by far to clean up the surface is a dremel with small drum sanders first and then to polish and finish it off I use medium cross buffs like this...



Check out the results...

And a little Bowl Blending...

 

[toomes]

Well, good news....found the drain on my battery - keyless entry module is the confirmed suspect. Now on to charging.

 

[toomes]

Super fun story time!

Story:

The modifications that were made to the alternator bracket worked like a champ! Had the car up and idling for about 20 minutes and let the ECU recalibrate its settings. I was making 14.5 volts finally!! I ended up...now get this...cleaning the fuse, the post on the alternator and the end of the 12V feed. Magically it started working again?? :rofl:

As you can imagine I am happy as a pig in shit at this point. I start off down the street shift into second, yay!! shift into third....Boom. No power!! :tdown::evil::?

I am at a busy intersection and get my car off to the side of the road. It's 7:30 and its pitch black out, I have the Droid LED's craking and wouldn't you know it... I blew my main fuse this time. The alternator must have tapped the block again.

P and L...I despise your kit. I really do. I won't give up, because that is not me, but I need to verbally smash your product. I never do this, but this is the last time I will fit with your half ass product and shitty customer service when I needed it months ago. Your kit is SO CLOSE to being amazing. SO CLOSE!


Modifications:

If you buy this kit, modify the alternator bracket as I have and take off the tabs that the A/C screws into and you can change the angle of the alternator to properly fit. My next modification is to the size of the belt they send you - go buy one that is an inch to and inch and a half longer and raise your alternator up another few degrees (roughly 10-15). This will prevent your 12V post from arcing against your coolant line that runs from the water pump and/or your engine block. They also send you a screw to install at the bottom of the bracket with a spacer so that the new tensioner they have fashioned fits properly...well, buy a new one that is at least .5-1 inch longer becuase it's to weak with the few threads that grab. Lastly, you may want to swap the pulley that they send you for an idler pulley (the small long one) - as this is a second option to changing the belt size, the belt is just a cheaper solution.




Okay, I am done with my rant, I know what needs to be done. Time to get to it later on this week.

 

[toomes]

Yay. Car is running again.

 

[Paul.c]

glad you got it fixed. permanently hopefully.

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Wow this has really been a trial for you! I am very happy that it is working now. I pray it stays that way and now you can finally enjoy your car. :tup:

 

[toomes]

I used an extra kartboy exhaust hanger and put it locked down under the alternator and also changed the bottom bracket screw to an M10 75 and the extra half and inch made the bite PERFECT. no longer wiggling loose.

 

[toomes]

Flex Innovations Grounding Kit

Here is the Flex Innovations grounding kit I installed yesterday also:

First Impressions:
The quality of the wire sleeving and heat wrap was excellent. The kit was nice and basic which is what I was looking for, all of the ground wires were the perfect length for my application. Install took literally 15 minutes and that is with taking pictures!:rofl:


The kit itself

Intake manifold ground cluster

Alternator ground

Throttle body ground

Passenger side intake manifold ground

Strut tower ground, they suggest using the ABS, I prefer the tower for now

Ground...ground

Engine bay, after install.

Overall Impressions:
Happy with the outcome of the install, the looks and the fact that my injectors are happier now. I would highly recommend this kit as it was only about ~$35, check them out at http://www.flex-innovations.com/WRX.htm
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[toomes]

Doing a lot of reading and I am getting worried about my stock radiator, so I will be looking for most likely a Koyo radiator for myself and my buddy Matt. Even though I have the 160* thermostat, the winter is over now and it is time to protect my investment properly with a radiator that can flow up to my needs.

 

[toomes]

New Grillz

Let us see how well these hold up. This was my alternative to the grill craft kit and only cost $9..lol

Stripped, cut, sanded,

Primed and painted.

Mock up

Final product.

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

This is interesting. I would like to see how it look two months from now though. Mine is the regular grill mesh and it's beat up pretty bad.

 

[toomes]

I absolutely think it is going to explode , just wanted to mock it up for now and see if i like the look of it on the car for a while. http://www.mnpctech.com/moddersmesh.html

 

[joey.lisano]

Happy with the outcome of the install, the looks and the fact that my injectors are happier now. I would highly recommend this kit as it was only about ~$35, check them out at http://www.flex-innovations.com/WRX.htm

Interesting, I've seen enough people saying the same things over and over about how a grounding kit makes the car smoother... I checked them out and decided that's the highest quality and cheapest grounding kit I've ever seen. I just ordered mine. :tup:

 

[toomes]

Interesting, I've seen enough people saying the same things over and over about how a grounding kit makes the car smoother... I checked them out and decided that's the highest quality and cheapest grounding kit I've ever seen. I just ordered mine. :tup:

:tup::tup::tup::tup::tup:

 

[toomes]

A new safety toy arrived today! Primed up and ready for paint.

 

[IGOTASTi]

Wow I hope you know what to do with that, lol.

 

[toomes]

I don't know what to do with that pole....but my wife does. :tard:

 

[IGOTASTi]

Hey retard it's :tard: LOL! Ride that pole baby! LOL

 

[Paul.c]

This thread just went way downhill. I like it! JJ you seem to have that effect on people.........