Andrewhans
Turbo LS ****poster
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2013
- Location
- NJ near Philly
So it's been a while since I've updated this thread. Mainly been beating on the car, fixing what I break and improving on what I feel is lacking.
Had some friends take rolling pics of the car when they saw it out in the wild.
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Went to a local meet and got a photo taken while parking lol
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Even had the wife take some photos as practice.
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Had a cold day and when I backed the car out it looked cool.
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Was tired of running wastegate pressure so I purchased a 3port MAC solenoid, wired it into the MS3 Gold box and plumbed it like this. Using this method I am able to run anywhere from wasategate(5psi) to whatever the hell I feel like honestly. Already had it up to 19psi at 35% duty cycle. 10% DC is around 9psi. The more DC I add the more boost pressure pushing the wastegate valve shut, increaseing boost. There is a limit... but it's far higher than I will ever see or be able to use. If the solenoid loses power it fails towards wastegate pressure and not infinity boost.
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So during all of this I noticed my oil pressure slow decreasing. After every big pull it would be a psi less or so. I finally called it quits when I had 15psi hot idle and 28psi at 3k during cruise. Tore the motor down to find a cam bearing had spund. It fell out as I was removing the cam shaft.
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Had some friends take rolling pics of the car when they saw it out in the wild.
<a href="https://andrewwurdinger.smugmug.com/Volvo-Project/i-xWjxkhR/A"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Volvo-Project/i-xWjxkhR/0/ce909d86/L/20180411_194054-L.jpg" alt=""></a>
Went to a local meet and got a photo taken while parking lol
<a href="https://andrewwurdinger.smugmug.com/Volvo-Project/i-HHch3r2/A"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Volvo-Project/i-HHch3r2/0/bc6e1c99/M/FB_IMG_1523767460172-M.jpg" alt=""></a>
Even had the wife take some photos as practice.
<a href="https://andrewwurdinger.smugmug.com/Volvo-Project/i-NVgMMHX/A"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Volvo-Project/i-NVgMMHX/0/77a4e995/M/20180421_145610-M.jpg" alt=""></a>
Had a cold day and when I backed the car out it looked cool.
<iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="960" height="540" src="https://api.smugmug.com/services/embed/7002697922_NpHZ8qj?width=960&height=540&albumId=145943700&albumKey=LpLKGM"></iframe>
Was tired of running wastegate pressure so I purchased a 3port MAC solenoid, wired it into the MS3 Gold box and plumbed it like this. Using this method I am able to run anywhere from wasategate(5psi) to whatever the hell I feel like honestly. Already had it up to 19psi at 35% duty cycle. 10% DC is around 9psi. The more DC I add the more boost pressure pushing the wastegate valve shut, increaseing boost. There is a limit... but it's far higher than I will ever see or be able to use. If the solenoid loses power it fails towards wastegate pressure and not infinity boost.
<a href="https://andrewwurdinger.smugmug.com/Volvo-Project/i-R6FzRhp/A"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Volvo-Project/i-R6FzRhp/0/4c2f45aa/M/9f4c928c-M.jpg" alt=""></a>
So during all of this I noticed my oil pressure slow decreasing. After every big pull it would be a psi less or so. I finally called it quits when I had 15psi hot idle and 28psi at 3k during cruise. Tore the motor down to find a cam bearing had spund. It fell out as I was removing the cam shaft.
<a href="https://andrewwurdinger.smugmug.com/Volvo-Project/i-ZDK24FQ/A"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Volvo-Project/i-ZDK24FQ/0/fd365e2b/L/20180506_221457-L.jpg" alt=""></a>
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