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That is definitely nice looking. What performance advantages does it bring?
Should be significant. External wastegate for better boost control and serviceability and mates up to the Garrett G25 which has a much bigger inlet than the 2860 as well as faster spool and more top end. Good for 400whp+ but I won’t tune it to that.
 


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Finally starting to look like an engine that might run.

Bending the hard fuel line between the HPFP and fuel rail was a huge pain in the ass and afterwards, I was stupid enough to forget I removed the injector wiring harness and freaked out trying to plug the ignition coil harness into injectors lol. Shout out to @TyphoonFiST for informing me that I’m an idiot.

Also a pain in the ass - lining up and clamping the Vband downpipe with only one hand, tons of silicone trimming to get the intake to fit, and the MAF sensor wire isn’t long enough. Luckily I didn’t toss Kirk’s old 2J intake that he gave me with the turbo kit, so I have the MAF extension from it. Intake still rubs the ECU cover so I said forget it and stuck some adhesive foam on there. Real snug and shouldn’t be a problem.

Need a few more parts from radium to finish the fuel line, a fresh set of plugs, and install the Phul low side fuel pump and his ignition coil bracket/Focus ign coils and it’ll be ready to start it up. Hoping to get the BC coils and rear camber plates on ahead of track day but getting it running and tuned is priority 1.
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Which one? I’ve done it this way 8x now and no issues. I’m really good at breaking stuff though.
The tiny coolant one going across the radiator and into the coolant tank. I have had that connector break and the small one from the lower coolant tank connector to the back of the engine. Over time they can brittle and crack easily. They did make the lower one out of rubber in a later revision.
Mind you the o-ring can swell and make it hard to remove from the coolant tank. I replaced the lower one with the new revision rubber one because it snapped. And my ST is an old '14.
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FYI that coolant line you’re talking about is the return line from the turbo. Irritating to replace (intake and battery box/ecu have to come out). It’s pretty simple to disconnect from the reservoir, which it looks like you’ve got dangling out of the way anyway (just don’t break the clips getting it off)
 


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The tiny coolant one going across the radiator and into the coolant tank. I have had that connector break and the small one from the lower coolant tank connector to the back of the engine. Over time they can brittle and crack easily. They did make the lower one out of rubber in a later revision.
Mind you the o-ring can swell and make it hard to remove from the coolant tank. I replaced the lower one with the new revision rubber one because it snapped. And my ST is an old '14.
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Ah, yeah it’s pushed up there but there’s actually no tension on it at all. I’m way less worried about that than I am my ability to do the fuel line to/from the ethanol content sensor properly!
 


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Flex fuel sensor and fuel line are complete and got the non-recirculated downpipe and screamer in after the recirculated WG downpipe didn’t fit up properly. Had about 1/2” gap between the downpipe and wastegate that the flex joint couldn’t handle. Guess it’s going to be loud for a while until I get that fixed. Bummer I ceramic coated that one but not the non-recirculated because I planned on having it hacked up and a catalytic converter added.

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