Here are some pictures of my 993 turbo project, all fab/wiring/tuning work done by myself. I posted a few of these on Rennlist a while back but I figured some of the guys here may like them.

Bone stock when I picked it up:




Engine out for cleanup, removal of unneeded crap, removal of distributor setup, replacement of the oem EFI harness, work on the cam/crank sensor setup for the AEM, and building of the coil on plug ignition setup:





AEM EMS standalone with CDI ignition boxes. The EMS plugs directly into the factory EFI harness via a custom jumper harness I built:




Turbo and intercooler fab work done (exhaust and wastegate dump not done yet in these photos), ready for the bumper and rear wing:







Here are some exterior pictures after a quick cleanup showing the completed exhaust and the SSR GT3s powdercoated gloss black. Haven't bothered to crop and center these yet, but you get the idea:









I am still on the stock motor just running 6 psi right now. At 6 psi it makes 412 RWHP and 353 RWTQ. I really don't trust the stock rod bolts too much so I won't push it any further for the time being even though it's just begging for more boost. Straight line acceleration is still not as fast as my last toy. But the car weighs right around 2900 lbs without me in it, so it pulls pretty good and it’s an absolute blast at the track. The car has run flawlessly through anything I have thrown at it for over a year now and I couldn't be happier with it.

The turbo is a journal bearing Garrett GT4088 (54 trim). Considering 6 psi is barely touching on the bottom of the compressor map, I expect good things in the future if I ever get around to some forged lower-compression internals, ARP fasteners, and a boost level more appropriate for a turbo of this size.

 

Very nice, Brett.

Must bring you complete satisfaction knowing you did the work yourself.

 

Nicely done!!

 

Thanks guys. Here is a short (kind of crappy) vid from a recent trip to Putnam Park:

http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=4xy2c5g

 

Very cool!..........

 

awesome job!!!

 

Very nice!!! Thanks for posting.

 

That thing is going to sound great with the single turbo! Twins can't even come close to the sound of a single!

 

Nice job. I've been pondering a project like this. What kind of jacket is on the turbine? Are you using a oil-only center or did you fab some kind of water cooling as well? Does the wastegate dump to the driver's side exhaust tip or is that a dummy? Did you consider doing any kind of thermal coating on the inlet pipe to the compressor - it looks like it is very close to the wastegate dump and inlet?

 

It does sound pretty crazy. I have some other videos of it but they need to be edited a bit. I will probably get some more this weekend as well.

Thanks eclou.

I am using this turbo blanket, it works very well:

http://www.titanmotorsports.com/bolotubl.html

The CHRA is oil fed only as it is a journal bearing Garrett GT series turbo. Only the ball bearing Garrett GT series have a water jacket on the CHRA. It is this turbo:

http://www.atpturbo.com/Merchant2/me...ory_Code=GTNBB

The drivers side exhaust tip is the wastegate outlet only, the passenger side tip is the turbo outlet only.

The pictures of the wastegate position are a bit deceiving, it's actually not that close to the compressor inlet. Regardless, I used 304SS for the 4" diameter compressor inlet pipe instead of aluminum to minimize radiant heat transfer from the various exhaust components to the turbo inlet air. Thanks to the nice big intercooler (and relatively low boost), my inlet air temps at the throttle body are always very close to ambient.

 

Excellent job on the AEM. How complicated was it? Also how do you pass emission test?

 

VERY cool project!

who fabbed the exhaust mani?

is the whole kit custom by you?

good job!

 

What coils are those?? if I may ask, nice project, cheers, Sonny.

 

IMHO the 993 TT is the greatest 911 Turbo ever, and your car looks spectacular!!

 

Nice work man, car looks wonderful