My 6g74 tt build

[futurevr4man]

ah - i see. reading comprehension > me

[n2nsanity]

all good, lol

Think I have a work around in place for the front motor mount. Other people have said they ground down the na bracket without any issues. I have tt bracket (hopefully on the way shortly) but this should work for now.
My thinking on this is that 4 bolts are holding the entire engine up on a stand all from one side. Surely 1/4 of the engine's weight can be supported by a bracket that's not quite so beefy. Also if that engine brace plate (1 piece mounting front to rear that eliminates need for front, rear and possibly trans mount) works for high power builds, I don't see a problem. I will probably switch to the tt bracket later, but don't think there is really a need.

I have to redo the resistors for the injectors. I had them wrong. Reading through a bunch of threads in various places and asking many questions, I think I understand now. I'll document this stuff pretty well. There's a lot of misinformation out there. I hope to put together some documentation that covers everything and explains why. I'm one of those people who don't just want to know what to do, but why and exactly how to do it.

[n2nsanity]

Front motor mount bracket took me a few tries. I thought it was good the 1st time.
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Had it smoothed out and painted and everything.
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But after installing it was still a little too tight. Shaved it a little more. This time turbo fit much better and I thought it was good until I tried to install the oil return.
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*Argh! Think I may have forgot to scrape that old return gasket off.

Had to take it off AGAIN and shave much more off. After all said and done, I practically cut the thing in half, lol.
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[n2nsanity]

Oil pan off
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Weld-on return fittings. Pan is aluminum on the top part and steel on the lower section, so my stainless steel fittings were no good. After a few hours of running all over town I found a place that had the aluminum fittings and were able to weld them on for me. $25 for both fittings and $40 for the welding. Not too bad.
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Only problem was they only had -8AN. I was impatient because I was hoping I could somehow miraculously finish the car in time for the track meet so went ahead and got these welded on, but my lines were -10AN, so I had to do some more running around to figure out what to do about the lines. Ended up finding some adapters that are pretty ridiculous lol. Patience can save you a lot of time and money and headaches in the end.

Took the bottom tray out and washed everything out with warm soapy water followed by some mean green and scrubbing. Installed pan back on the motor. Mounted both returns.
Here's the front.
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*I should have mounted the returns a little lower and probably should have used a straight and 45 instead of two 45's on each hose. Also, the AC compressor sits scary close once mounted. Some minor adjusting or some different adapters should take care of that.

[n2nsanity]

Oh and my new downpipe wasn't fitting so well. I blame the 3sx rear precat delete. That thing was way off. Hopefully I can find a used rear precat and gut it.
Thought I'd try spacers. No one had any, so I made my own from the old ebay n/a downpipe.
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[n2nsanity]

That will never fit!!

I keed I keed.

Actually you were right. All kinds of hell trying to get the pipes to line up. That rear precat delete is angled way off. More than 2" gap between the two sections of the downpipe

[Blackmount]

go to harbor freight and pick up a Flux welder!! won't be pretty but it'll get your job done lol.

[n2nsanity]

I had a wire fed welder a while back. I tried to use it, but failed horribly. Ended up with nothing but a pile of little metal balls that didn't stick to anything lol

[Blackmount]

lol were you welding aluminum?

[futurevr4man]

im not the biggest fan of 3sx's stuff, but i was legitimately kidding. sucks that its not fitting correctly.

before anyone else says it, and im sure you are already aware, but that oil return being angled down like that is concerning. you dont want the oil to back up into the turbo, thats bad news bears.