Greddy's build thread!! Better late than never!

**Ivory8g** · 12-14-2012, 01:12 AM

ooooooooh! ok! I got yah. same concept just a much longer hose. had trouble visualizing that. good deal

**greddy** · 12-14-2012, 01:14 AM

yeah, the way the bay was laid out I had to use the longer house, in the future I'll hardpipe and probably go speed density and run VTA

**Ivory8g** · 12-14-2012, 01:21 AM

for sure! going speed density cleans up the bay SO much. its ridiculous. I'm going to be tuning a 69 swapped eclipse on speed density here pretty soon. cant wait to see the power and drivability difference on this platform. I'm curious to see how your numbers will turn out as well as some track times when the season comes around

**Isaurio** · 12-14-2012, 12:23 PM

GOOD DEAL. looks good. get better pics. is not clear.

**greddy** · 12-14-2012, 07:54 PM

track wheels picked up for next season :)

**8thLS6** · 12-15-2012, 02:01 AM

Just keeps getting better doesn't it lol

**Ivory8g** · 12-15-2012, 02:58 AM

what the.....rockin bbs's for track wheels! :)

**greddy** · 12-17-2012, 12:25 AM

^yeah, what's wrong with that lol?

Everything, and I mean everything is done other than the injector resistor box wiring and the evo ecu install however I'm waiting on those parts to show up from underrated in vegas, hoping they are here in time to get the car tuned by English Racing on the 28th. In the meantime I'm gonna copy the tow hook design that XD-01 so kindly shared with us and find a nice bronze TOW sticker to place above it.

**greddy** · 12-17-2012, 05:15 PM

put the OEM prefacelift VR4 mesh in, haven't decided if I wanna keep it in or not, benefits include protecting the intercooler from debris and making the fact that the car is boosted much stealthier, but at the same time my inner ricer kind of wants the intercooler exposed. Opinions?

**mko** · 12-17-2012, 05:25 PM

Take it off and paint the cooler matte/satin black. I've had no mesh for years w/o having problems.

**Blue8g** · 12-17-2012, 06:12 PM

Leave mesh.
Leave IC silver.

Clean and classy with that ricer flare.

Trust me, I'm a ricer. (As proven by massive tip on my GREDDY exhaust)

**Isaurio** · 12-17-2012, 07:33 PM

Lose the mesh. I think it restrict air flow.

**oakrdrs187** · 12-17-2012, 11:50 PM

^Agreed on removing the mesh.

As for airflow restriction, not enough to make a real difference.

Also vote for black painted IC for stealth. Not that any one will suspect a Galant to be turbo.

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**greddy** · 12-18-2012, 12:35 AM

well I know for a fact it won't restrict airflow enough to matter that much, I'm mainly worried about driving the car around 80 miles per day and having something damage the IC, I've already had a decent amount of the fins get damaged in the past month that it's been mounted, there's a reason why stock cars have mesh over their intercoolers. We'll see how it looks once the car is off jackstands and out driving.

**greddy** · 12-18-2012, 01:16 AM

So just to confirm for those who are curious, stock evo downpipe works perfectly if you use the stock evo pan, not cutting or trimming necessary, I retained the stock evo heatshields too so it all looks very OEM once again. Made a test pipe today with the help of a friend, it's exactly 15 and a quarter inches from flange to flange and connects the evo downpipe to the galant catback. I do have a question though, for those of you who are catless or have run catless, is it worth getting the rear O2 sensor spacer (which I have but have not installed) if the car is going to be tuned on the evo ecu to be able to "force pass" emissions?

**Ivory8g** · 12-18-2012, 01:36 AM

Originally Posted by greddy

^yeah, what's wrong with that lol?

nothing at all I just think its awesome. Hard to convey demeanor through words sometimes :p

**mko** · 12-18-2012, 01:47 AM

http://www.ubertechnics.com/O2_Simulator_2.5.aspx

**galant1983** · 12-18-2012, 07:59 AM

sweet build man!!

**4g63lover** · 12-18-2012, 08:17 AM

My rear o2 just dangles in the air. Force pass literally just gets rid of that value it seems.

**greddy** · 12-19-2012, 01:36 AM

thanks for the responses guys, I'm almost done, just getting ready to wire up the injector resistor box but I'm having a hell of a time with it, I know that I'm suppose to wire in the box at the point where the red wire from each injector collect into 1 but I've stripped the harness back quite a bit and they just keep going forever. Am I doing it wrong?