Id go for a dodgey bar of extra base fuel pressure to be honest. Especially if you need to change the reg to a vac referenced one (depending on where your 1mz came from.

Yeah, i believe the vdo pumps are only really designed with temps up to about 80 degrees in mind, which makes them great for driveline components, but not engine oil. I also believe the vdo units dont handle running dry as well either.

Hopefully your drive tonight went well, and you can continue with the next stage of its progress

Me: 
I'm a little concerned with the exhaust near the axle cage boot. 

Knighto:
I have concerns as well. The exhaust is still to be wrapped to minimise heat radiation, but I do have a backup plan if it goes pear shaped. I will fit an ST184 supported equal length drive shaft on that side. It will shift the CV boot closer to the oil pump and a good distance away from all exhaust bits. I've been holding off doing this straight up as I am still running an S54 gearbox and it might explode before I get a chance to melt a CV boot :P 
 
You could just fit a shield with reflective tape then wrap the exhaust in that particular location. Will save a lot of time cleaning up grease. I have been there which is not he greatest way to spend your day..

Another hit to the wallet as remaining budget is getting smaller...
 
An MSCN visit secured the parts to make the turbo feed line.


After originally putting the exhaust together, it had a pretty bad exhaust leak, which I assumed was coming from the flanges at the headers since they have no gaskets. Turns out someone just forgot to weld a flange up....
 

 

 
The Y-pipe was then wrapped in DEI Titanium heat wrap and fitted back on the car.


The additional loom arrived for the ECU as well, along with the dual channel knock module.

 
And finally, a cheap sandwich plate was purchased so I would have an easy to access oil feed port. I was going to use the oil pressure sender port on the block, but it is currently hidden behind the A/C compressor and is not a fun place to access.

Looks awesome!
Not sure if this has been covered but is there any risk of oil drain issues out of the turbo with it mounted so low compared to the oil pan?

Mrskylighter
Looks awesome!
Not sure if this has been covered but is there any risk of oil drain issues out of the turbo with it mounted so low compared to the oil pan?

Aaron will be installing a scavenge pump to help with the turbo oil drain. It's normal practice for rear/low-mount turbo setups.

 

 


 

So much #WIN