The idea of turbocharging the 1.8 started back in 2001 when I bought the car at the age of 14. The project didn't take of till about 2005 when I bought my SRT-4 which took over the daily driver position. That's when the challenge began, Since there's absolutely no aftermarket for the 1.8. After months a research I found a few companies willing to make custom parts for the 1.8. I ordered all the parts needed to build the motor. After getting all my parts the machine shop was a bit hesitant to bore my motor .060 over but I talked them into doing it. It turned out fine. The machine shop was very impressed with my port work on my head that he was asking me to work with him lol. After a few months of tinkering I got the car running. After tuning the car I had problems holding headgaskets under boost. I went through about 3 head gaskets in 2 weeks. I later took the car of the road do to financial issues. Now I'm tweaking the car hoping to get all the power potential out of it.


Motor:
1.8 liter 4G37
O-Ringed Block
Block bored .060 over
Wiseco 82mm 8.8 to 1 compression pistons
Cryo treated stock rods
Knife edged crankshaft
Toga high volume oil pump
Balance shafts removed
Ported cylinder head 1 1/2" intake and exhaust ports (stock is 1 1/4")
ARP Head Studs
ARP Main Studs
RP Fabrications Valve Springs
Polished Valves
280/280 reground cam
Unorthodox under drive pulley
Mustang 65mm throttle body
RP Fabrications Intake Manifold

Ignition:
Ford EDIS
Accel Ford EDIS Coil
NGK Plugs
NGK spark plug wire

Fuel:
Precision 550cc Injectors
Walbro HP 255lph Fuel Pump
-6an Fuel Feed Line
-6an Fuel Return Line
Aeromotive Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator

Drive train:
Fidanza axles
Clutch masters Stage 4 4 puck unsprung clutch
SBR LSD insert

Engine Management:
Megasquirt II PCB3.0
GM 3 Bar Map Sensor


Turbo:
RP Fabrications Intercooler and Piping
RP Fabrications Top Mount Manifold
T3 50 Trim turbo (Rebuilt with Garret parts)
Tial 38mm v-band Wastegate
Tial 50mm Blow Off Valve


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What I'm looking to pass. This guys 1.8 made 320whp with minimal mods. I'm hoping I can make more then that.
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The Old Setup
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The 2009 Setup.
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Got the manifold fitted up.Things are starting to get tight.
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The restoration portion of the project. Yes I have the 4G37 in a AWD chassis and No the car is not going to be AWD.

Removed the gas tank to clean up and paint.
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All Painted just need a few more coats and I still need to fix the tank studs.
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Next on the agenda is refurbishing the rear subframe and suspension components.
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The underneath rear of the car is started to look empty. Still need to rip out all the fuel and brake lines and redo them with SS line and SS Braided Hose. I also started removing the surface rust from underneath so I can undercoat the whole thing.

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Got the rear upper and lower control arms done. A few coats of paint, New ball joints, New OEM bolts, and Energy Suspension control arm bushings. The arms are as good as new. The sub-frame and trailing arms should be done by the weekend. All I gotta say is Rustoleum FTW I love this stuff.

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Rear suspension is pretty much buttoned up.
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Wooo! Glad to have ya here, Ralph! I can't wait till this thing gets on the road! When is it expected to hit the dyno?

Hoping to 100% done by April 2010

Just in time for my 22nd bday. Present maybe? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

The rear end is back in.
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Tomorrows project after work is the fuel system and exhaust.
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cool deal man!

Did you ever fix your gasket problem?

How are you gonna bypass the rear differential and driveaxles?

Got the fuel system done this weekend -6AN feed and return line. Don't have pics of the lines installed since its hard to get a good shot.

SS braided line and black -6AN fittings. Along with some new tools I bought to keep my fittings looking nice.
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The must need tools if you going to do a lot a AN work.
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I got the exhaust on just need to weld a hanger on the muffler but the rain put a stop to that. I'll get that done when the weather clears up. I love the look of the muffler looks kinda stock.
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curb weight at the end of the day?

Rained all day today. Finally got a break in the weather late this afternoon. I jumped on the weather opportunity and got my down pipe finally finished. Don't mind the band clamp it's gonna get a v-band I just didn't have any more.

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Well I ditched the copper gasket and went back to OEM. I also added a set of ARP head studs hoping that will solve the problem.



I'm gonna guess and say 3100 to 3200 lbs

Tiny progress update.

Got the downpipe welded up and painted it flat black for the sleek look lol.
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Once i finished that the UPS guy came with my fuel filter fitting and I made my filter to rail line. Also did the oil return line.
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um holy shit. this is amazing. I will have to have a video for this for my enjoyment.

A few more updates. Got the intercooler and piping done. Also painted the engine bay.
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Before:
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After:
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Got the block O-ringed today and also got my crank sensor mounted.

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Hockey Pucks FTW!!!

I was originally going to go with Avid Racing Front and rear mounts. After getting a quote of $225 I scraped that idea. I had some hockey pucks laying around and they fit perfectly.

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You filled your stock mounts using hockey pucks? I dunno if that's genius or rice...but if it works, more power to you!

Custom valve springs came in today. Came in pretty damn fast considering I ordered them on last Friday.

New Springs
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New vs. Old
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New Springs Installed
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