3100 Turbo Project (Pictures) !!!!!

[NaturalKonc3pt]

Grand Am 3100 SFI Turbo Project

Mod List:

Engine:
Custom Turbo
RSM Racing Underdrive Pulley
K&N 3” Cone Filter
RSM Racing Engine Mount
Custom Tuned PCM
Chassis:
Eibach Sport Springs
Bilstien Struts and Shocks
Power Slot Slotted Rotors
EBC Green Stuff Pads
28mm Rear Swaybar
Front Strut Brace
Visual:
Stubby Antenna
De-Badged


Shopping List:
Turbo
Crossover Pipe
Fuel Management Unit (FMU)
Blow Off Valve (BOV)
Intercooler
Cone Filter
Intake Tubing and Turbo Couplers
Up-Pipe and Down-Pipe Flanges
Misc. Exhaust Tubing
Battery Relocation Kit
BOV Intake adapter
Boost Guage
Air/Fuel Ratio Gauge
Oil Lines and Fittings
Boost Controller
Heat Wrap and Engine Enamel
Engine Cleaners and Abrasive Pads
New Oil and Fuel Filter,

What I used:
-Stock WRX Turbo TD04L
-Custom built w/ up-pipe flange
-Vortech 10:1 FMU
-Greddy Type-S BOV
-JDM 26”x6”x2.5”
-K&N 3” cone
-Universal Aluminum 2.5” tubing
-Laser Cut steel flanges for WRX
-2.5” Napa Auto Parts Pipe
-battery box from checker and cable
-Intake tubing w/ Greddy Type-S adpt.
-Black Out Universal Boost/Vaccum
-Black Out Universal Air/Fuel
-Misc. Vaccum/Steel Lines
-Turbo XS Manual Boost Controller
-Thermotec 2000 degree wrap
-Any cleaner will work
-GTX 5-30 and K&N Oil filter

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[TheNewLMHDesign]

Looks good man. Suggestion. Go on ebay and get yourself some piping from the cold air intakes and use that.

[NaturalKonc3pt]

i cant because the bend is too tight. i ordered a pipe from a motorcycle exhaust company where it goes from one to two to one pipe and theres a chamber after they come back together and it creates a cyclone effect, so it actually increases flow

[germ]

ill give you props for the turbo, thats for sure!

just need to clean that up a little and it would look a lot nicer.


i cant wait to check this out on saturday!

[RocketFast321]

i want that under the hood of our malibu

[ChevelleSSLS6]

I'd like something like that in my GA.

[NaturalKonc3pt]

i'm hopefully cleaning it up sometime soon, the problem is the coupler after the BOV and before the MAF, its right above the upipe so it gets really friggin hot, so i had to wrap it as well as the pipe right next to the turbo, i'm going for effeciency rather than looks, i just made the intercooler look good in the front, thats the only part that someone will see on a regular basis, but i agree that it could look prettier

[DontPassTheFence]

who cares how pretty it looks, as long as it doesnt roast anything but the tires :D

can we get some vid/dyno/gtech results? I bet it sounds great, hows the tuning coming along?

Props on the custom turbo, not many people do it right :thumbup2:

[ChevelleSSLS6]

Originally posted by DontPassTheFenc
who cares how pretty it looks, as long as it doesnt roast anything but the tires :D

can we get some vid/dyno/gtech results? I bet it sounds great, hows the tuning coming along?

Props on the custom turbo, not many people do it right :thumbup2:


You could say that again. Or, heck, I'll do it for you.

Originally posted by DontPassTheFenc
who cares how pretty it looks, as long as it doesnt roast anything but the tires :D

can we get some vid/dyno/gtech results? I bet it sounds great, hows the tuning coming along?

Props on the custom turbo, not many people do it right :thumbup2:

there.

[NaturalKonc3pt]

well thank ya guys, the tuning is coming up here pretty soon, i have to rent out the time, i'm renting it out with another person to split the cost, i'll post the dyno graphs sometime, and the turbo sounds awesome, when it spools up i think i smile every time

[nice96gt]

Nice! Glad to finally see some pics of it up. That setup looks good. Love the intercooler. Ya I wouldn't worry about the whole look of it as long as you are running it most efficiently. Nice job! :thumbup2:

[germ]

come saturday when we meet up, i can give you some ideas of how to work around that coupler to keep it from melting.

[NaturalKonc3pt]

i'm already going to a place on friday, its called Tasar or somethin, its in Long Lake, down 12/394, but i'm still interested in ur idea cuz right now its not melting the way i have it so hopefully it will stay that way

[phatblackgranda]

very nice! i need to get some pics up of the turbo on my car its almost done. i got the 2.4l

[DavidScott77]

thats the funniest thing I've every seen. I just think that my wifes 97' Chevy Lumina has that 3.1 engine,and trying to think of that turbo'd is funny as hell.

[NaturalKonc3pt]

Jeremy where were you on today, i waited at the Holiday till 6:30 and i didnt see you. if you wanna still get together on sunday let me know.

[praasch]

Originally posted by phatblackgranda
very nice! i need to get some pics up of the turbo on my car its almost done. i got the 2.4l

did you get rid of the gm supercharger on that and go turbo'd???

[phatblackgranda]

yes i did its running ok right now at 10psi its fast

[praasch]

daaaaaamn.....guess we need another madison/milwaukee meet to check this out....

[DCRabbit]

I'm VERY interested to see how much power this has.. and what times it can do.

[germ]

sorry man, i was picking up a new winter car on saturday and paperwork took a LOT longer than expected

feel free to PM me next time your in town so i can check this out

[NaturalKonc3pt]

i might be coming home this weekend but i'm not positive. i might be going to madison for halloween, if not i'll let you know

[NaturalKonc3pt]

i think i'm coming home this weekend. are you busy on sunday? i'm assuming that will be the only day i can, maybe saturday night but i dont know, cuz i gotta take of the x-over pipe and redo a weld so i probably wont be able to drive it until late sat. night or sunday when i finish it.

[germ]

i work on sunday

maybe after work, 3pm

[NaturalKonc3pt]

alright that would work but i guess its up to you

[PontiacGT]

So let me get this straight;

You turbo'd a 3100 V6 without beefing up your internal parts?

Exactly what PSI are you running with that Stock WRX turbo?

[germ]

you dont need to beef up the internals. hell, ive boosted 15psi before plenty of times. and i run 10-12 psi daily


the 3x00 engines have damn strong cranks and forged rods, and pretty decent pistons for sub 20 psi power.

when boosting, you need to worry about the tranny before you do the engine parts and with proper tuning, you can take the stock engine pretty far.

[NaturalKonc3pt]

thank you for that, i was gonna explain but you did a better job i think?

[NaturalKonc3pt]

oh and 7psi

[Mike94SE]

Just a word of warning; most people use synth with this sort of thing since there are reports of Dino coking up the oil feed line. Just putting it out there adn trying to keep your project alive

[NaturalKonc3pt]

thank you, i'll keep that in mind