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Old 07-16-2011, 06:31 PM   #181
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12 page thread and your just starting now, you're worse than Jess

awesome to hear this is finally underway, should be pretty awesome when it's all done
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Old 07-16-2011, 07:06 PM   #182
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Meeting with Luis today at my house to check out his car. Looks like the project will start soon
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Old 07-16-2011, 09:57 PM   #183
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Great news. His motor is in exellent condition with leak-down around 3% or less on 2,3,4 and 1 at 5% but number 1 might be a off reading due to a valve cover oil leak and possible leak on the tester. I'm confident his motor is ready for the turbo. The engine bay is clean and car is too which I like.

I rode in his TI and it drives good. Luis seems like a good guy also and I know we will work well together on this project. All parts are at my house so i can ensure we have everything and are ready to do a quick install over a 4 day period.

I'm thinking I will take the security camera that has full view of the work area and live link it so you all can check in and watch the install if you want.
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Old 07-16-2011, 10:14 PM   #184
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I'm thinking I will take the security camera that has full view of the work area and live link it so you all can check in and watch the install if you want.
DO THIS!!!!

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For bonus points, make a time lapse video of the whole thing! And video clips of any tricky parts of the install!
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Old 07-16-2011, 10:56 PM   #185
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DO THIS!!!!

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For bonus points, make a time lapse video of the whole thing! And video clips of any tricky parts of the install!
We will do this with live video but I have a question without a search...

Can we pull the oil pan off a 1996 TI without removing the motor. This is important to ensure we can get this done in 4 days since we need a way to return oil from the turbo. Drilling the oil pan if it is not off is unacceptable for me so I want to know if we can get it off from under the car to save time. again I did no search on this...

I'm asking the forum with no search so please work with me.

This one item would delay our install by days since we would need to remove the motor

Thanks, john S
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Old 07-16-2011, 11:34 PM   #186
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My hat is off to John for doing this!... We met and got to the leak down test and the car was good to go!
I hope there's a way of getting that oil pan off without taking the engine out, I know that for sure there's a bunch of the front end that would have to come out...

I also saw some of John's runs on video with wheel spin all the way through the gears...crazy
Can't wait to get this project started!

John, thanks again for this!
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Old 07-17-2011, 06:33 PM   #187
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Hey l think I will need you to drive over here one more time. The reason is for exhaust fitment. If we get it up in the air i can measure everything and then get all sweg and reducing welding done on the stainless down pipe but the final MIG welds which we can do here so we don't need to take it too a muffer shop during the 4 day install. This will ensure we don't have issues with exhaust over a weekend during the install since all exahust pieces will match and can be welded at my house.

Let me know if this is ok and if so when you want to make the trip again. also we could take all intercooler pipe and place it so we know we have enough pipe and all the cuts plus check to ensure we have all boots for the install. I know we need a 2" to 2.5" (turbo to intercooler pipe) and a 2.5" to 3" (Intercooler to MAF) for this install which we don't currently have. I need a reducer pipe for my boost leak so i will pick these up when I go get my boot that is leaking

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Old 07-17-2011, 07:48 PM   #188
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Not sure I'll be able to do it this weekend before I head to the academy, but I have to see if I have to work all week, cause if i have friday off I can head down then.
I'll let you know.
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Can we pull the oil pan off a 1996 TI without removing the motor.
Front of the ti is the same as your coupe, I'm pretty sure you'll need to at least lift the motor to get the oil pan off. I've also read that it's possible to slide the oil pan out if the transmission is off.
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Old 07-17-2011, 09:53 PM   #190
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pan will come off if you unbolt the motor mounts and lift it up, pull it out towards the front and your gonna have to wiggle around/maneuver it alot, when your going to put the pan back the easiest way to get the gasket up there is to take some really thin mechanics wire and tie it through the corner bolt holes, start a few bolts loose then just pull the wire out
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Use 3m trim adhesive put a small bead around 1 side of the gasket. Its like a slow dry contact cement as long as you dont let it pre-dry too long. YOu can place the gasket then the oil pan. Use permatex on the bottom side, WARNING once this is all dry its a MF to remove.

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Quick question:

Can the center frame be removed, steering rack un-bolted and lowered then we would have total access to the pan?

On my car the center cross member is bolted in and looks like it can be removed easy and the rack is easy to un-bolt too.

Just a question?

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Old 07-18-2011, 05:05 PM   #193
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Not sure I'll be able to do it this weekend before I head to the academy, but I have to see if I have to work all week, cause if i have friday off I can head down then.
I'll let you know.

No problem I have more boats coming in for work so I will be busy anyways
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Quick question:

Can the center frame be removed, steering rack un-bolted and lowered then we would have total access to the pan?

On my car the center cross member is bolted in and looks like it can be removed easy and the rack is easy to un-bolt too.

Just a question?

Thanks, John S

not sure, never tried it this way but it might cause alignment issues
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not sure, never tried it this way but it might cause alignment issues
Man if it would work I would pay for the allignmant just to keep from having to pull the motor or have a hard time installing the pan...

Anyone else know if this is a good way to pull the pan?

Thanks everyone, John S
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