A year in the life of di-devol

[di-devol]

Originally Posted by bmaddock

Looks great! Can't wait to hear how PARC goes. I was looking at that same turbo, I think it will pair well with 1J

I looked really big when I got it, looks more decent sized once mounted.

I grabbed it from AGP turbo, they have the weld on elbow option for like $40

[di-devol]

Well, as usual I am blessed by the fortunes of bad luck. After getting it all together i drove it to work. Everything was great and was a blast to drive. On the way home, i lost all oil pressure.

Seems the oil pump or a seal failed. Out came the engine. Inspected everything and it all looked fine. I replaced the oil pump, all the seals and gaskets on my way out.

Seems I got lucky and the drop in oil pressure didn't trash the engine.

Full boost(8psi atm) seems to be 3700rpm, this turbo is awesome

(Use headphones)

[di-devol]

Been driving around breaking stuff in. Boost is about 10 psi currently, afr's still in the 10's. Gonna take a few to get used to this trans, gears are super close together. Needs an alignment bad.

[di-devol]

Went and got an alignment, turns out the drivers side strut tower was pushed in. This made the alignment wonky. Had a odd knocking in the rear, i ripped a subframe stud from the body.

Parted out.
/build.

[greenwood]

darn shoulda fixed it !!!!

[di-devol]

Originally Posted by greenwood

darn shoulda fixed it !!!!

Fuck all that shit. I'm so done with that.

So after a quick 5 day part out. I was able to get a new chassis to play with.

Picked up a 1993 jzx90 Chaser Avante. It's all original, never modified, has 16k miles on it(after converting from km). It's a stock na 1jz, with auto. I'm so stoked to to get it.