I thought id start this thread and get peoples input whilst im still only at the start of my build so if I get stuck maybe someone here has a solution
(so far this forum has been very helpful)
I wanted to start racing so I started looking for a car.(I mention this so you know this car will not be going on the road)
So what i started with is a Mitsubishi lancer ca, which had a 4g61t put in when i bought it.
Picked the car up for $1200 AUD of an older guy that didnt know much about it wanted it for rallying but had something wrong with his hands....
it came with
a vr4 ecu,
monroe gt shocks on some seriously high springs...(lift kit?)
standard rims and tyres.
2.5 inch exhaust all the way to a big side mounted muffler and 2.5 inch out but the out pipe was snapped off... (im taking the muffler out altogether and getting a straight pipe welded up)
it has a different dash i think (white background)
it had a half cut of bumper attached to it. (dont know why it was cut, i think he wanted more clearance?)
standard everything else (i think not sure about injectors)
ran pretty good except it had a check engine light. which turned out to be a faulty knock sensor (found out after i bought it)
Anyways so far here is what ive done.
Ripped out most of the interior
replaced knock sensor and wiring.
fixed a whole bunch of dodgy wiring.
mounted a boost gauge, oil pressure gauge (wiring goes through the digital clock)
boost controller
made a proper cold air intake with the standard airbox. (just used some 3 inch piping and ran it behind the indicator)
I started mounting the new front mount intercooler (in mm 730x200x90 one side in out) the other day which is on hold at the moment as some things havent arrived yet.
got most of the piping allready just waiting on my sqv bov and some elbow joins.
I upgraded to a 2g throttle body elbow (in the mail ) to fit the 2.5 inch ic piping (thanks to slowdsm for the advice)
I cut the bumper support bar and made up a custom bracket so the ic fits in with aircon etc.
bought a lancer gsr front bumper and cut it to fit the new front mount.
went to the muffler shop today to try and expand the outlet pipe size of the td04 turbo from 1 3/4 to 2 or as close as possible
and for $10 aud they managed to stretch it to 1.95 inches without cracking it or weakening it, and polished it
now the hose fits on nice and snug (2 - 2.5 inch 90 degree reducer)
I think thats it so far, i have a bunch of parts still waiting to be installed like a ngk 9634 plug leads,bosch platinum plugs, wideband, shift light, bonnet pins etc and am waiting on a bunch more like springs etc.
so as i build ill update but here are some picture of what im working with so far
(intercooler is not installed in these pics but the bumper support is cut and the bracket is all welded up at the bottom)
front of car with original side mount intercooler, bumper support bar is all cut and new support made up, bottom support welded up for ic