We have B-O-O-S-T, folks! And let me tell you...T28s are very, very nice. But before we had boost, we had nothing. Let me explain.
After almost 1 hour of cranking, the car would not start at all. :( Luckily, Eric Tucker of Sentra Online Magazine was on AIM, and I asked him for suggestions. The car would turn over fine, the MSD box said everything was fine...but no fire.
Eric suggested the simplest of Putting-Back-Together-A-SR20 mistakes: "I'll bet you've got the fuel lines turned around," Eric said. A quick run to the garage, and sure enough, Eric was right. I made a simple blunder.
The car fired right up on the first turn.
Since my boost gauge is not hooked up (Autometer did not include a tee fitting that is threaded, bastages...), I took it very easy on the drive to and from my exhaust shop this afternoon. I probably only hit 4-5psi of boost, but it is oh, so nice.
The car has a *small* oil leak coming from the tee fitting. I will tighten that up on Saturday and be done with it. That, and try to figure out how to hook up the boost gauge on my own... Here's the final pics. Enjoy.

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The Autometer boost gauge is not hooked up. It's missing a threaded tee fitting, which the instructions claim it should have. I need to figure something out, just to be sure...

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My engine bay now looks like this. Much better now. I added some Magnabraid steel braided sleeving over some of the lines, just for bling factor.

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Repeat after me, folks: "Return hose connects to the fuel pressure regulator...Return hose connects to the fuel pressure regulator...Return hose connects to the fuel pressure regulator." This is a bonehead move I made, and it's easy to do when in a hurry. Moral? Don't be in a hurry.

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Here's my temporary solution to the radiator overflow tank issue: Zip-tie that bastage. Peter Miles at Forge Motorsport is sending me an overflow tank made of alloy to try out, so this will have to hold for a couple weeks. I plan on using simple tin foil to cover the tank and protect it from the heat of the outlet pipe.

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"It looks like the garage threw up," said my wife upon returning from a business trip this afternoon. She's right. The final 2 days were a thrash, and I just simply tossed everything in the garage in no order. Had to get this car done before going out of town on Sunday. Notice there is no air compressor. I did the install with hand tools, a hack saw, and some fabrication skills. Nothing more.

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Finally, a turbocharged SE-R of my own. I am very pleased with the (little) driving I've done so far. The T28 is very smooth, and pulls very hard when you put your foot down. It's not as rude as nitrous was, but it pulls just as hard.

There you go, folks. With a bit of tweaking over the weekend, the car should be tight as a drum and running very well. Upon my return from Las Vegas on Thursday, I'll prep the car to go to the 1/4 mile dragstrip on Sunday. Then, we'll have some baseline times to go on.

Greg's turbo install is now complete. But far from over. Stay tuned, and thanks for keeping me going these past few weeks with your kind words of support. I really do appreciate them.

Greg...you're making me jelous of boost....must get boost...great job BTW!!! :D

Congrats Greg on a successful install. It looks good and thanks for documenting it all-It helped w/ alot of questions I had.
Chris

Not sure if I read correctly on the Boost gauge install but... Connecting it to the vaccume source, put the hard straw directly into the rubber hose & zip tie. I wouldn't use the metal connectors. I hope I read that right.

BTW, I love the install, very clean.

Congrats Greg. Welcome to the darkside.

Way to go Greg. Nice job and clean. It gives us guys that use hand tools hope for turbo one day.:D

Well Well Well... If I hadnt said anything... I could have gone boost first... :p But being a nice guy and all... I wanted to save Greg from having to get very very pissed off... ;) You had to be there to see how long he was gone and how fast he came back in to tell me thats what it was... I'm very very excited for him and its been a pleasure helping him... MY turbo car will finally be all bolted up this weekend... which me luck... :D Nah Nah Nah Nah...

Congrats Greg, I hope everything will be working very good for you. I still need many parts b/4 I can seriously begin my install :(

congrats bro, great job.

To those I promised pictures for... of my IC brackets and stuff... I just finished the brackets today and the IC is bolted in and will not move even if a hurricane came through... I took pictures with my digi cam but forgot it at my friend's house... I will get it back tmw for you guys and upload them onto my site... will give you the address tmw... Have a happy ride folks...

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Way to go Greg. Way to grab the bull by the horns and make it happen. :)

You'll like that T28 a lot more when you get it up to about 10-12 psi. Then you'll be asking "Nitrous oxide? what's that?" And it never runs out! :D

You setup should be fast and very reliable. I bet it'll make you happy for a long time to come. :cool:

Another good guy gone bad! Congrats Greg! Boost is awesome and is ALWAYS there. No more NOS fill ups for you. This is the good news.

Now the bad news. Boost is addicting and is always there. I promise you that in a few weeks you will be "used to" the power your car is making and won't feel as fast. The DARK SIDE will tempt you to simply turn that knob, but only a few have resisted. Be careful and use it wisely.

When you go to the track, to be safe but some 110-116 race gas in your tank. At that point you can safely turn up the boost.

On regular pump gas I bet you'll hit a 13.6 -13.7 with stock boost levels. If you turn it up on race gas, I'd bet low 13's all day.

Keep me updated and again, congrats. Remember, I'm Sidious, your Vader! Sith for LIFE!

Zak--

I *still* have 30 pounds of nitrous in my garage, you know. Just a reminder. ;) The thing I've noticed already is that boost is nowhere near as rough on an engine as nitrous is. Nitrous is a rude shock of power, whereas boost seems to be more progressive. Yes, even 'softer' power than nitrous. Just my observation. I miss the rudeness of nitrous, though, to be honest with you.

Rob--
I'm too leary right now to even ponder turning up the boost. My engine has 151,000 miles on it, and I'm very cautious about what pressurizing it will do to things like old gaskets, vacuum hoses, etc. in the short run. So, I'll just wait and watch. It will be a long time before I fully trust everything that has changed with the engine.
It does feel like a mid 13-second car to me, so your prediction is probably spot-on. My exhaust work will be done on Friday, and then we go to the 1/4 mile dragstrip on Sunday. Guess we'll find out then. :)

Thanks for the kind words, guys. Both of you have my respect, and hearing those words from you two just ups that even higher. I'm proud to be a part of the boost club.

For now, I am off to Las Vegas to enjoy 4 days of sun, fun, and blackjack. :D Gotta' earn some more turbo money, you know....

-GP-

Congrats on your install completion, Greg. My jealousy is once again rearing its ugly head... Looking forward to seeing the car at some point.

LoL that is funny, when my friend and I were doing my turbo install, we made the same mistake of switching the fuel lines around. A few hours of diognosis and removing the fuel injecotors to see if they flow, we finally figured it out. Damn that first drive was fun. Good job Greg, hope you have some fun, I am sure you will :)

hand tools? you should see the tool set terrin used to put his car together....it was a 80 piece craftsman, IIRC. now thats roughin it.

Greg, i would bet that at 10 psi, a good, cold day, some race gas, and slicks, 12s could very well be attainable. terrin ran a 13.3@104 at 8 psi, and a flat slick, in his del-ghetto T25 monster.

Ahhh...Good times! HAHAHAHA. "Hey dude, what's that thing hanging loose?" *shrug "Fuck it" LOL. "AHHHH! FREON WENT IN MY NOSE!"

and i demand a ride/drive sometime :D Since i never got one on the NOS might as well get one in the turbo sometime. but congrats, dont blow away too many domestics that decide they want to pick on you at the track. only thing is you no longer have that sneak factor with that pipe sticking out.

Greg-

Awesome job! Have fun in pressurized-land!

hey terrin, you still going this saturday? i am gonna go open downpipe, slicks, and 12 psi. i hope i can bust out a 12. probably not gonna happen, but oh well.