My swedish galant projekt (turbo + styling)

**Henke_hinken** · 08-06-2008, 01:40 PM

Hello.

My name is Henrik and im from sweden, so excuse my english. I hope you understand what I write :)
I have been dropping in on this forum several times, and you guys have helped me alot. But I havent made a user, so now is the time.

I thought I could share what Ive been doing in the garage for ~ 6 months.

The link is to swedens largest carsite, and my project thread. I dont have the time to translate the project to english, but if you have questions you are welcome to ask. And it has many pictures so even if you dont understand the text you will understand by looking at the pictures. Its 17 pages at this time.

The link: http://www.garaget.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=73151&p=1

**4-G-rim** · 08-06-2008, 01:56 PM

The manifold needs some reinforcement...I can see the runners cracking either where they meet to the cylinder head flange or the turbo flange. What grade of piping did you use?

I am trying to understand why you went with a individual throttle body manifold?

**RAZ_76** · 08-06-2008, 01:59 PM

Welcome to TGC! I was looking thru your pictures and I have to say that you do some outstanding job. Bravo man. Good job.

**2002BlackDragon** · 08-06-2008, 02:09 PM

Looking good bro!!! Keep it up. Get us a video of when the engine is running.

**fatal1** · 08-06-2008, 02:17 PM

i skipped through some pages but overall mn you do some great work...a lot of time was put into that car i see. my only nitpicks with the car is the spoiler and i was never a fan of that front bumper

**Henke_hinken** · 08-06-2008, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by 4-G-rim

The manifold needs some reinforcement...I can see the runners cracking either where they meet to the cylinder head flange or the turbo flange. What grade of piping did you use?

I am trying to understand why you went with a individual throttle body manifold?

The inlet manifold runners are actually milled from a solid bar of aluminum, but since my brother hadn´t figured out how to weld aluminum with his newly bought TIG welder at the time he glued the runners to the cylinder flange with JB Weld. He is almost expecting the glue to crack, but when it does we will get it welded in no time. Just because everyone goes for fuel injection we decided to use carburators, so it is actually 38mm Mikuni carbs from a Suzuki GSXR 750 instead of throttle bodies.

Originally Posted by RAZ_76

Welcome to TGC! I was looking thru your pictures an dI have to say that you do some outstanding job. Bravo man. Good job.

Thank you :D

Originally Posted by 2002BlackDragon

Looking good bro!!! Keep it up. Get us a video of when the engine is running.

Thanks, I promise I will post videos.

Originally Posted by fatal1

i skipped through some pages but overall mn you do some great work...a lot of time was put into that car i see. my only nitpicks with the car is the spoiler and i was never a fan of that front bumper

Thank you, I am also sceptical about the spoiler. Im thinking about 4 black sharkfins on the trunk. I have seen a supra with 4 sharkfins on the roof, and that looked badass imo. I like the bumper. Its not as usual here as in USA.

9G · 08-06-2008, 02:30 PM

interesting.

**kolio** · 08-06-2008, 02:47 PM

holy shit!

alot of work done, keep it up!

**Henke_hinken** · 08-06-2008, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by 9G

interesting.

Im glad you think so :)

Originally Posted by kolio

holy shit!

alot of work done, keep it up!

Thanks. A few hours has gone by in the garage ;) and more to come.
I hope to be able to start the engine before winter, and for it to be ready for paint in the end of the winter.

**Henke_hinken** · 08-06-2008, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by 4-G-rim

The manifold needs some reinforcement...I can see the runners cracking either where they meet to the cylinder head flange or the turbo flange. What grade of piping did you use?

I am trying to understand why you went with a individual throttle body manifold?

I guess time will tell if the exhaust manifold will crack, but the K24 turbo is very lightweight compared to larger ones like Holsets HX-series so I think that it will survive. I have no idea of the grading, but it is the same quality that other tuning companies around here use. Mild steel, no SS.

**SkylineG1** · 08-06-2008, 07:36 PM

My hats off to you. That is some hell of a work. Great job man . I'll keep chcking in on this build.

**Stewi** · 08-06-2008, 08:50 PM

Nice job. Alot of work, well done.

At the end im saying to myself "Why did he weld up the whole intake manifold but still not flange for the TB?"

JACKASS. 5 mins before that I was in awe at the ITB setup, that I soon neglected to realize was still there.

**mko** · 08-06-2008, 10:08 PM

Well done my friend! I wish I had a garage, like you do, to work on my car. A lot more stuff would be done untill now. Love the Evo hood scoop, but no like the body kit - I personally like the stock front bumper better. Hopefully that 1.8L will spool up the turbo nicely! I dont understand the use of 4 throttle bodies when you dont have forged internals and cant boost more than 12psi, and with these power outputs your manifold is not really restrictive. A simple 60mm throttle body swap wouldve been enough, but respect for the custom intake manifold.

I saw your G had rear disk brakes, and its weird cuz only one USDM Galant, the GS trim, comes with that setup. And I see your is not a DOHC model either which makes me think that EU models are more hooked up than the US Galants

**bmore303** · 08-06-2008, 10:31 PM

Wow, this is looking great :) . Not fond of the kit, but the work is still amazing. Keep it up

**G-spot** · 08-06-2008, 11:20 PM

looking great, love the "evo hood" :)

**khudo** · 08-07-2008, 07:02 AM

this is what i call craftsmanship... can't wait to see the final product. :D goodluck!

**peanotation** · 08-07-2008, 08:40 AM

man it looks like you had some serious fun, amazing workload! there's some clever ideas you're coming up, this looks like an awesome build.

honestly? it all looks great except for the wing....ditch the wing. anything but a JDM or Evo8 wing is hard to agree with on the 7G. stock wing works well also...