BassAckwards' AWD Turbo 2TR-FE

Doing ok. Finally have a 2 day weekend for a change

 

Really dig the carpet removal you did, might have to give it a try!

 

This came in today, Borgwarner EFR 7163 w/ v-bands in/out and .85 a/r. Should support from 300-550hp on a 1.5-3L motor. I’m hoping it’s pretty spooly on the 2.7. Id like to turn things up on the stock short block and push around 300 rwhp. If I could do that, I’d be pretty happy. I opted for the titanium grey ceramic coating on the exhaust housing. Can’t wait to head down to Houston and work with Torspd to build a manifold for the 2TR. I’m getting excited

 

Mornin' Robert.

Nice metal snail ya got there

 

Dude, let me know when this goes down. I want to come play, too!

 

Good evenin Bill, thanks buddy! I’m looking forward to this one. Should be a good learning experience

good evenin John

I’ll definitely keep you posted! Me and @Torspd are still gathering materials, but at some point I’ll be heading down to Houston for a weekend or two to mock things up and have him use my truck to build a manifold off of.

 

Giggity

 

Got a cheap eBay cargo basket for the camper shell and it came in four pieces. So I took some time today and practiced on the tig and made it into a one piece.


need to hit a couple spots on the wind fairing where the welds didn’t hold, and then I’m going to make some feet to mount it to the tracks on the shell.

 

Afternoon Robert, dang dude you been at it hard I’m digging it.

 

Howdy Matt! Thanks man, it’s definitely been keeping me busy

 

I found something...

 

Man those look great!! I was looking at some pics of the header studs earlier and I think these may call for some longer studs. I’ll have to measure but the LCE header looks quite a bit thinner than those at the flange

 

These are half inch thick. If the OEM studs are the same as those on the 1GR, then they should fit just fine.

 

They are indeed, so we should be good to go then. That LCE header flange must be thicker than it looks

 

Took me a while but finally got the feet built with it mounted 1/2” above the tracks on the roof. Painted it black and reinstalled just in time for it to start raining. I used 3/4”x1/8” steel flat bar for the slides on the tracks and drilled and tapped them for M8x1.25 bolts.

 

I’ve been practicing with the tig lately trying to do some everyday in an effort to improve. Today I turned the heat way down and finally the welds have some color to them and they aren’t as dark. This was using 35 amps. With stainless I’ve been spending a ton of time trying to get the fitment perfect and that has helped tremendously with the final product and not needing to use any filler

 

That must have taken a little while to get the puddle to form at 35 amps, on what I imagine is 16 gauge. The good side to that, is you have much more time to really see what it going on.

 

Got these in my hands today. 2TR turbo header flanges, ready for work.