And it begins..."The Flash" Build Thread

**ehansen007** · 07-23-2013, 03:15 PM

Too funny. You had me you *******.

Don't make me come out there!

"I really am trying to kill him, but so far unsuccessfully. He's quite wily, like his old man"

Dr. Evil

**Erik W. Treves** · 07-24-2013, 07:45 PM

Final connections to the intercooler made today. All that left is to hook up the water lines....

Inlet temp sensor and boost reference line for boost controller....

tons of room

rotated all the clamps so it looks more clean...and finally bolted the turbo outlet adapter flange onto the turbo

**FFR-ADV** · 07-24-2013, 08:27 PM

Looks Sweet!

**Wayne Presley** · 07-24-2013, 08:36 PM

Boy that looks great!!!!!!!!!

**metalmaker12** · 07-24-2013, 08:44 PM

I like it, nice

**Erik W. Treves** · 07-24-2013, 08:52 PM

thanks guys...caught myself making vroom .....psssh...... vroom .....psssh noises today...must be getting close to first start....lol....

**HelluvaEngineer** · 07-25-2013, 07:15 AM

I love your build thread!

How much does the inter-cooler weigh when it is full of water? I love the setup. I am curious if the little bit of added weight all the way back would change the weight distribution of the car any?

**blueoval_bowtie_guy** · 07-25-2013, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by Erik W. Treves

thanks guys...caught myself making vroom .....psssh...... vroom .....psssh noises today...must be getting close to first start....lol....

I can picture doing the same thing myself! Keep up the great work.

**ehansen007** · 07-25-2013, 11:40 AM

Hey E, I noticed you've migrated your photos over to the FFR photo storage. Any reason why? I was really enjoying your photobucket album and it makes it easy to zoom in and get some great details on different areas.

**bbjones121** · 07-25-2013, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by ehansen007

Hey E, I noticed you've migrated your photos over to the FFR photo storage. Any reason why? I was really enjoying your photobucket album and it makes it easy to zoom in and get some great details on different areas.

I liked photobucket for the size of photo, but honestly it was a pain in the a#s for downloading. I like them on FFR much better, just wish the were higher quality.

**blueoval_bowtie_guy** · 07-25-2013, 01:23 PM

One other disadvantage to photobucket is that with an unpaid account you can only download the image so many times before the picture becomes just a little block with a 'bandwidth exceeded' blurb. With a forum like this and as many people that hit these threads it will exceed the FREE account bandwidth very quickly.

**Erik W. Treves** · 07-25-2013, 01:58 PM

Actually , David Hodgkins, asked me to and since Photobucket is blocked on my gov't computer...it just made sense.

**David Hodgkins** · 07-25-2013, 02:04 PM

I'm up for increasing the allowable size if you guys demand it. I can also look into an auto re-sizer like on other sites to keep the browser speeds up for mobile and older PC folks...

**ehansen007** · 07-25-2013, 04:02 PM

Got it thanks.

**RM1SepEx** · 07-25-2013, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by David Hodgkins

I'm up for increasing the allowable size if you guys demand it. I can also look into an auto re-sizer like on other sites to keep the browser speeds up for mobile and older PC folks...

Great!

**Evan78** · 07-25-2013, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by David Hodgkins

I'm up for increasing the allowable size if you guys demand it. I can also look into an auto re-sizer like on other sites to keep the browser speeds up for mobile and older PC folks...

Best of both worlds sounds great to me. I like to be able to view full size originals too. A user preference for max width and height is nice for those that prefer it. It can be annoying when someone posts a 3000 pixel wide image and it causes the page to render wider than the screen width and text goes off the edge of the screen.

**Xusia** · 07-25-2013, 06:36 PM

I started a separate thread about the pics so we can stop hijacking Erik's build thread:

http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showt...ing-Discussion

**metalmaker12** · 07-25-2013, 08:36 PM

Yea def Dave, I would like to be able to post right from my I phone

**Erik W. Treves** · 07-26-2013, 05:59 PM

The video speaks for itself....

**gwader** · 07-26-2013, 06:27 PM

Yes! Congrats dude. I bet you can't wait to get it on the street. Thanks for all the pics and videos.

**mspice** · 07-26-2013, 07:44 PM

Great job Erik!

**metros** · 07-26-2013, 08:05 PM

Sounds badass!

**07FIREBLADE** · 07-26-2013, 08:50 PM

Where is this video?

**Samiam1017** · 07-26-2013, 09:08 PM

I had to go to it twice before it worked but its there. Sounds nice!

**sneasle** · 07-26-2013, 09:20 PM

I'm pretty sure I've seen you around town at least once in the Cobra, won't be long now until I see you in the 818!

**jkrueger** · 07-26-2013, 09:36 PM

WooooooHoooooo!

**timmy318** · 07-26-2013, 09:39 PM

For some reason it's not working

....

**RM1SepEx** · 07-26-2013, 10:49 PM

sounds great Erik! Congrats.... can't wait to pick mine up next week

**metalmaker12** · 07-27-2013, 12:21 AM

Awesome!!!

**Bob_n_Cincy** · 07-27-2013, 12:24 AM

Originally Posted by timmy318

For some reason it's not working

....

Timmy
I had to register to photobucket before the video would work.
Bob

**Xusia** · 07-27-2013, 12:44 AM

Awesome! When it's idling it sounds a bit like a V8 to me.

**blueoval_bowtie_guy** · 07-27-2013, 07:01 AM

Great progress Erik!

**Turboguy** · 07-27-2013, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by Frank818

That is correct. And it will as well if it's located after the AWIC. So I was wondering why not take advantage of air flow dynamics and preventing the flow from going backwards through the piping. Just a thought, maybe it does not do much of a difference.

If you think about it, when closing the throttle the "flow" of air through the intercooler and into the throttle body will not go "backwards", as you suggest, but rather the airflow will simply stop and the pressure in the plumbing between the turbocharger outlet and the (now closed) throttle plate will increase. A blow off valve will release this pressure to atmosphere, so that you (and the turbocharger) don't see a pressure spike.

I'm not sure it really matters WHERE you locate the BOV along that tract, as long as it's located somewhere between the turbo and throttle plate. While there would be a pressure differential comparing the location right before the throttle plate and right after the turbocharger, my guess is it could be pretty insignificant.

**NicksPapaw** · 07-27-2013, 07:43 AM

When I grow up, I want to be like Erik!!! Awesome video.

**flytosail** · 07-27-2013, 08:04 AM

So much for a trunk with your set up. Looks to be about four inches of room.

**Erik W. Treves** · 07-27-2013, 08:09 AM

Trunk was never in the equation

**wallace18** · 07-27-2013, 08:36 AM

Super Job Eric! Sounds awesome!

**C.Plavan** · 07-27-2013, 10:21 AM

Nice work Eric...... Like others have said, sounds great!

**conmech** · 07-27-2013, 11:41 AM

The video was an excellent update, Eric. Umm, I know a maid service for the mess in your garage..................... 1 round trip ticket and a ride in the beast is all it will cost

**Silvertop** · 07-27-2013, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by NicksPapaw

When I grow up, I want to be like Erik!!! Awesome video.

Me too, except that I don't plan to ever grow up! Great video! Sounds great too!

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