Joff and MrsJoff's Chaste White BorgWarner FD build

[joff]

Originally Posted by speedjunkie

As for fitting the strut bar on, how much higher is all that sitting? I put washers under my strut bar mounts but I'm about to get some spacers made by waterjet to put on each side. Let me know how thick you need them and I'll have some made for you too. I personally wouldn't go so thick that you can't fit the nut fully onto the threads, but that's just my preference. I want at least 1 thread to show on the top side of the nut.

Wow, thanks! But I don't think spacers will be enough here. I think I'm going to have a different mount built:



Getting a good wrinkle black seems very much dependent on the prep work and process. A friend did his engine bay in the same wrinkle black powder and it turned out with a lot different texture. I used a local powder coater, Glendale Powder Coating and they did some sort of industrial chemical wash that just turned out awesome.

Originally Posted by RCCAZ 1

Jesse... are you planning to shroud that filter and the other open areas around the IC to force more air through the IC and radiator?

Yes, definitely. I don't want any gaps. Here's a couple shots of the airbox in CAD to explain a bit more re: my previous post. I'd like to make a small duct to direct a bit of air from the V right to the turbo CHRA, but I'm not sure it would do enough to make wortwhile yet.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by joff

Heh, I never thought of that, but I hope so! That means it would also be reducing the extra aero drag I'm incurring by running the vmount. I'd prefer then to think about it as the turbo inlet sucking the car forward!

Thinking about the math though, I think its unrealistic. I think I remember reading once it takes around 2CFM of air at sealevel to make 1HP. If I go for 400HP, I need 800CFM of air. My bumper duct is probably (conservatively) about 3ft^2 area so at 30mph I'm "scooping up" up to about 8000 CFM of air.

Soooo like I said, No

Originally Posted by joff

Wow, thanks! But I don't think spacers will be enough here. I think I'm going to have a different mount built:

With a plasma cutter, a welder, and a some steel stock you could mod that mount to work just great. Had to do that with my greedy strut brace.... before I said eff it and built my own

Originally Posted by joff

Getting a good wrinkle black seems very much dependent on the prep work and process. A friend did his engine bay in the same wrinkle black powder and it turned out with a lot different texture. I used a local powder coater, Glendale Powder Coating and they did some sort of industrial chemical wash that just turned out awesome.

Aint that the truth. For the do-it-yourself guys, clean it, bake it, sand it, clean it, and that usually does it for me.

Originally Posted by joff

Yes, definitely. I don't want any gaps. Here's a couple shots of the airbox in CAD to explain a bit more re: my previous post. I'd like to make a small duct to direct a bit of air from the V right to the turbo CHRA, but I'm not sure it would do enough to make wortwhile yet.

Bad ass man, really bad ass. I wish I was passing through Phoenix not at 6am and had some time to swing by and check this bad ride out. Epic trip ver 2.0

[RCCAZ 1]

Originally Posted by joff

Wow, thanks! But I don't think spacers will be enough here. I think I'm going to have a different mount built:

You'll also want to watch your hood clearance closely. That strut bar comes pretty close to the underside of the hood. Not sure how much wiggle room there is for modifying the height significantly. If it were me I'd consider increasing the downward bend angle just out of the TB elbow (if possible). Just an FYI.