Con.Harr91 Posted October 11, 2013 Author Share Posted October 11, 2013 Brought out the strobes for the first time in a long while, 3/4 shot needs more work. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7326/10199633384_3e16bbd600_b.jpg http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3692/10199624794_b84ae9ab71_b.jpg '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted March 15, 2014 Author Share Posted March 15, 2014 Intake manifold is off. I kept reading about people complaining about "that one bolt", and now I understand. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3798/13177094653_ef255d5ae5_h.jpg AVO inlet, GS phenolic spacers, and new TGV/IM gaskets coming on Monday. Going to remove the TGVs tomorrow. EDIT: For 140k miles I was very pleased to find no shaft play in the turbo. '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Glad to see you are still enjoying the car. Keep the updates coming, I love to see what is happening with my old ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 Have no fear, it's in good hands! I have some more mods in the works that I think you'll approve of... '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 Girlfriend's Focus had a dead alternator that took out a weak battery, so I spent today getting her car sorted out instead of working on the TGVs. Had a little time to remove the rods and valve plate s, smooth out the divider wall, and tap the holes. Need to get different hardware tomorrow to seal up the holes from the motors/sensors. '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 Also, looking for a spare set of side mirror caps, if anybody has some that they would like to part with, let me know! '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 TGVs removed, but I left the divider wall in place because I don't have the patience to cut it out with a dremel. Although I did smooth out the lip that the butterfly plate sits on, and sharpened the leading edge of the divider wall. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3804/13254618063_df07c54c04_b.jpg Got most of it all back together today. GS phenolic spacers are in, TGVs are in, AVO inlet is in, and I bypassed the throttle body heater while I was in there. The only thing stopping me is to get a new T fitting and some vacuum line so I can attach the 3-port EBCS to the inlet. I should have some time to wrap it up on Friday. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7134/13254472665_24c6756b00_b.jpg All in all, I think putting it all back together was easier than removal. Although I did forget the bracket for the upper coolant reservoir, but at that point I didn't really care. '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac88 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Wow your AVO Inlet fits better then mine, I couldnt bolt MAP sensor bracket back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 It was a snug fit, if I had trimmed any off the inlet it probably wouldn't have fit at all. '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac88 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Ahh the big hose ontop, IIRC its for the PCV? Did you use the one supplied or did you use a different one? I had to go underneath the manifold with it to fit. http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l524/lonely_driver1/Projects/20131228_104308_zpseacd599a.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 I used the supplied hose, but couldn't get it to fit over the PCV fitting, so I used the OEM hose off the PCV fitting then bridged it together with the AVO hose using a section of coolant hose I removed with the TB bypass. Its a bit janky, but it works. '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac88 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Ahh ok, Regardless I'm jealous that you have your bracket on! But overall great work I'll be following this build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Wrapped up the last few things today. Triple checked all the vacuum lines and bled the coolant, made for some nice smoke. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3778/13297905644_20c3462339_b.jpg Updated the tune to ignore the TGV CELs. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3807/13299030003_fc5cb5a9ef_b.jpg Then took it for a spin! Feels (maybe) a little quicker, but is definitely a bit smoother without the leaky TGV gaskets. There is a local dyno day in about 5 weeks, I'll see if the numbers changed much. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/13297520235_ee4e46ee39_b.jpg And then back into the storage unit it went. I'm dying to switch back to summer mode, but its going to be below freezing again for the next week or so... http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3792/13297675013_c27b096c1d_b.jpg '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charrison1019 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 What about this carbon wrapping stuff??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 Hey, shut up about it and make your own thread. '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Last week I got an update on my phone that a few packages were delivered, so I wrapped up work and split early so I could go play. My new KS Tech 73mm CAI showed up! Along with new plugs, Innovate LC-2, and a new hotside TMIC gasket. Old intake... (Perrin afta-MAF hose and K&N filter) New intake! At the suggestion of Franz I picked up this SBC coolant housing gasket. Its nice and thick with a rubber seal, and should help contain the boost better than the stock little rubber o-ring. Fits perfectly! Edited March 31, 2014 by Con.Harr91 '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 Went out last night for a nice long drive last night to work on the MAF scaling. Going to do that again today in between installing the LC-2, and putting on summer wheels/front lip. '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 Went on a 90 minute drive to work on the MAF scaling yesterday, when I got back I accidentally clicked on "clear data" and not "update MAF", so that was a waste of time. Then I thought I would put my summer wheels on, but when I got to the last wheel I snapped the shank off one of the lug nuts, only the seat of the nut is left on there. Tried to fit up my WRX lip, but didn't realize it was supposed to be significantly wider than the bumper so I scrapped that idea. Today is about 40 degrees colder than yesterday, so I don't think I'll be doing too much today... '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 Still need to find time to install my front lip and Innovate LC-2. I picked up a spare shortblock from Franz that I'll be rebuilding, and I got a set of 04 STi Brembos today that are getting stripped and powder coated silver with blue Brembo logos. Progress is slow but steady. '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on99 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 nice wagon:rolleyes: i also like the gold enkei,thats pretty match the regal blue body paint:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Thanks on99 I don't suppose my 17" '08 WRX wheels will work for winter duty anymore once I get these Brembos on? '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 Working on my new grill inserts, 20140622_215252_Richtone(HDR) by Connor Harrison, on Flickr Got my lip put on finally, 20140615_173253_Richtone(HDR) by Connor Harrison, on Flickr And prepping my Brembos for powder coating, 20140620_144832_Richtone(HDR) by Connor Harrison, on Flickr 20140602_155740 by Connor Harrison, on Flickr '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 Grill "winglets" are done. Had my roommate clear coat them yesterday, couldn't be happier with how they turned out. 20140625_203927 by Connor Harrison, on Flickr I was able to sand blast the brembos after work yesterday to get them ready for powder coating. I just need to wait for my new brembo logos to get here and coordinate a time to use my neighbor's powder gun and oven. 10499682_10202355924275454_769941327_o by Connor Harrison, on Flickr I should be getting a relay and fuse in the mail today so I can finish up my install on the LC-2 wideband. '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leoh88 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Subscribed to see how the calipers and specially grill inserts come out. Nice build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con.Harr91 Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 Well you gave me the idea to give carbon skinning a try when I asked you about your side mirrors! Once I get more resin I think I'll be doing those. '03 Forester X 5mt - Engine Seized at 262k miles. '05 LGT Wagon 6mt -MotoIQ.com Project Vehicle '13 VW Touareg TDI - Daily Torque Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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