If everything goes correctly, i will be cleaning out my sisters room of all my turbo goodies and installing it all on the weekend of april 10th. Me and my friend should be doing it all but he'll be going to work on saturday at 4. anyone wanna come by and hang out for some moral support or lend a helping hand? i have a liquor store and a hungry howies at the end of my street so beer and pizza can be supplied easily. if you haven't installed a kit and just want to learn... feel free to come by too! We are starting friday night after i get off work (about 630 ish) then all day on saturday. by sunday i'll have it all tuned and ready to go!

if you're interested PM me and i'll give you my address and/or phone number!

 

How'd this end up going? Wish I had seen this thread earlier.

 

He meant April not March.....

 

fixed

 

ah man, I wish i wasnt so far away im just finishing up getting all my parts together and I am dying to learn how to do an install.

 

thats why they make planes!!! haha but if you're from jersey, theres plenty of people over there that can help you out with an install.

 

I would be interested but I get rid of my tc..sadly to see it gone

 

How many are coming? I might be interested

 

no idea, as of right now, like 3 lol

 

Ok, So how'd this go lol

 

great! during that week i got the turbo installed and tuned enough to drive. and installed new struts and springs

 

Looking forward to seeing in action. Did alot of work this weekend to mine so i should be out next weekend.

 

man i can't wait for may 22nd when i finally get it tuned to 10psi! this 5 psi stuff is just killing me! i was out driving last night with some friends and it depressed me knowing i couldn't get on it like them.

but, dan hasn't said anything back about tuning that day. have you talked to him lately?

 

Don't feel too bad, everything but the intercooler and oil pan was done the night before I could find the time to see it myself.

The physical install is intimidating but not too hard.

A 10mm socket and flathead will help in removing the front fascia and undertray

A 12mm socket with an extension and a 12mm open ended wrench will help get the exhaust header off the head and a 14mm socket will get the lower end of the header off the block and s-pipe. I also recommend removing the O2 sensor before pulling the header as they're known to be on there extremely tight.

If you remove the plastic valve cover trim you'll have extra room when working with the vacuum line, pushing wiring through firewall grommet, and fixing the charge pipe to the throttle body. You'll also have easier access to the fuel rail and crankcase vent.

If you didn't get a pretapped oil pan, I strongly recommend you drop the pan to tap it (do not tap in place!) Dropping the pan might be a chore as Toyota has stopped using gaskets but after unbolting it, a couple good mallet strikes on the corner will crack the seal and it will break free.

Here are some detailed instructions from Dezod, which I found very helpful : http://www.dezod.com/files/DZMTCMAN%20V1.75.pdf