Those three wires are your master wires, if you sit in the car and unlock the car from the inside it will unlock the other doors. Because you used slave actuators you won't have that feature anymore. I think that's it though.

Nice work though I almost did this with the corolla but it has cable not the rods so it would have needed some extra parts and was more work than it was worth.

That is what i expected to happen but that seems to be not the case. All of the power lock features work as before, at least all combinations i could come up with. And yes, while in the car pressing the door unlock on the driver door unlocks both sides.
Seems like the other 3 wires not really powering the actuators, they most likely used for something else i'm not exactly sure what it is. Could be part of factory alarm system or more. Anyone else that knows feel free to chime in.

Oh that's interesting, I would be curious to know what that is for too.

Upgraded from EVO III 16g to FP 68HTA v2....













I am also doing 2G TB to 1G TB upgrade but I ran out of time to get it done today. Once 1G TB is in i will be doing pulls to compare top end performance to good old evo III 16g.



Once everything is ready to go i will be using this oil:


Going from 10w30 synthetic to 20w50 conventional.

Swap over the ISC from the 2g tb to the 1g, the black ones are not likely to blow isc drivers if they fail, like the brown ones do.

Can't wait to see some numbers!

Also there is a free mod to close the water port so you don't need to run lines anymore if you like.

How come you went thicker with the conventional, I would assume you would do the opposite?

Make sure to set aside time to port the throttlebody opening on 2g intake manifold, if you haven't planned on it already.

The car looks great btw, and you opted with some tasteful modifications

^ Sounds good. I will most likely need to upgrade my RTM 95lb injectors and Walbro 255HP before i can max out this turbo.
On E85 i was nearing 85% duty cycles on 24psi near red line.



^Forced Performance and few of us here are using this oil without issues. I do worry about oil pressure because i deleted BS so i'll be keeping close eye on that. BTW thicker oil should help in 30-40 degree summer weather in LA.






Thanks. Jason D. ported and powdercoated my IM so it's all ready to go for 1G TB

Ah ok, thanks Alex. Some good info and good point on the heat there.

Are you still running water lines to the TB?

Most certainly, a lot of tuners don't advise running above 80-85%.

I can lower duty cycles by mixing more gasoline. E40 or 40% ethanol seems like a good spot for zero knock but slightly less timing of course.



I know you guys delete water lines but i plan on keeping them. Are they really that much big of a deal?

My issue was that the wax in the TB was messed up and so was the seal. If even a drop of water get's on your ISC it's toast and I had to learn that the hard way, so I didn't want to have to worry about that anymore. It's really only for until the car warms up and I didn't notice a difference after closing mine anyways.

Looks Gorgeous as usual Alex!

Showroom quality!

Nice upgrades!

Thanks Stephen!


Thanks



Check!






Also finished the following after work today:
- Rear engine mount swap to Torque Solution (front already done)
- 1G TB swap
- Emissions cleanup








Cleanup after project is done


Looks like GTA is warming up...just in time for Spring DSM barbecue party

Wow Alex just as the numerous members have noted before...pristine work!

Beautiful attention to detail Alex!! Top marks for "classy" :-).

If you think she's clean you should check out Jason D, Terry S, and Reza's DSMs

Mine is only that clean on pics. Up close she does show her age.
Here's how she looked at me when i adopted her 11 years ago.

well she didn't like 20w50. Oil pressure on freeway spiked higher compared to 10w30. At 4000 RPM i saw it almost exceeding the norms according to stock oil pressure gauge. On 10w30 the highest it went was about 3 quarters within norm space. My OFH is ported but spring pressure is stock. I will be going back to 10w30 later tonight or tomorrow.

Ah ok, well interesting experiment. You should add a oil filter gauge so you can get some perspective.

Having proper oil pressure gauge is the way to go but i really don't want another gauge just for oil pressure. If oil system works correctly than i don't think it needs other than factory gauge. I would consider fuel pressure over oil pressure gauge because that proven to cause more headaches to me in the past than oil.

Ah fair enough, 1g oil pressure gauge is notoriously incorrect so it would be a toss up for me, preferably just want to set it up so I am logging both, don't really need gauges for either.

Also are you planning to stay conventional or back to synthetic too?

You could just add a sensor and log it in link instead of an actual gauge. That autometer #2246 is good for both fuel and oil pressure too.

Synthetic because they had same day shipping/arrival on amazon and i need my DSM ready by tonight. VR1 10w30 synthetic


Thats probably best way to go. I have EVO III OFH plus oil cooler as my next project. I will look into autometer sensors

Here is oil pressure comparison to 10w30 vr1 synthetic.

Had to break my old habit...this guy from my friend's BD party called me out to do this: fresh tune on FP 68HTA

[video:youtube]https://youtu.be/RHhg47mj05c[/video]

https://youtu.be/RHhg47mj05c



That proved it...

Nicely done!

Wonder if Mexico knows about their street racing problem?

It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile...

..but winning by a mile is still funny.

Well my weekend ended with a blown FP 68HTA. It's not such a bad news after i feared that I blown my engine. The car start blowing a lot of blue smoke.

I really enjoy driving my DSMs on cool California nights and do occasional 25-27psi pulls on freeway. Last night it was one of those drives but ended with a smell of burned oil in cabin and cloud of blue smoke out of exhaust. This morning i took her apparts and here is what i found:










^ notice the scratches on housing ? Lots of shaft play in all directions.


I installed this turbo in May and put about 3-4k miles so far. Email was sent to FP support with pics from above. I will keep everyone posted with the progress.

We're you using the FP in-line oil filter?

Restrictor?

Shouldn't be one on these.

Yeah was going to say, should be find for stock setup as it's stock size.

Does FP require filter for warranty?

Keep us updated Alex, hopefully you can get a new one or this one repaired with new housing.

I couldn't remember whether or not journal bb turbos needed one.

Negative, i use exact same feed/return that i had on my EVO3 16g that i was running from Sept 2015 until May 2016 without any probs.



I will find out once they respond to me.

I suspect they'll have you ship them CHRA for an inspection and confirm the issue that way. What sort of warranty does it come with?

I got email back from the sales guy at FP (the one who sold me turbo). He said i need to ship it back with hot side attached and also include oil feed line. I emailed back asking for confirmation on why hot side needs to be included. (I really don't want to remove hot side and replace gaskets and run into risks of breaking turbo/o2 housing bolts. I could be wrong, but including hot side should be optional. I understand about possibility of more damages during shipping but that can be addressed with proper packaging.

Good question. Whatever damage the hot side would have received, would be reflected on the wheel. I had a similar issue with my 35r, dealt with Garrett, ended up buying a new CHRA for roughly $600 CDN after shipping.

Small update, hot side removed and bolted back to cold side. Complete turbo shipped to FP and should arrive this Friday

I recall we had discussions earlier if hot side on 68HTA any different than EVO 3 16g

Here are few pics:




They are not interchangeable

The DSM journey continue and enters new chapter in the book, the cabin carpet

The stocker 20+ years old carpet had to go. I first considered getting it cleaned but was not making any progress in that direction. So i did what Terry S did and ordered carpet replacement from stock interiors dot com.

The installation was in plain words PITA but with time and patience i managed to get it done.
If you need your carpet replaced, you can order yours and do what i did.
Here are few pics:






Few rusted bolts replaced with Cali bolts