#Legacy gt vf52 installing install#
#Legacy gt vf52 installing full#

I paid $1100 for my vf52 back in 2011 from from Mike at I called him before 10AM and had it the next day. There are so many options and prices for these turbos out there now days.the one lesson we all have learned is sometimes you get what you pay for. I think it was he knows a lot about these cars. That would be the best route to go, you know what you got and he's a highly trusted member.Īnother great member to PM would be 'm sprank' he used to have a repair shop in CA but recently moved to W VA. Reach out to JmP6889928 and see what he thinks and what his time frame is and what he can do for your turbo. Even getting onto the highway, even in 4th gear it has good pull. It's a blast to feel it push me back into the seat in 2nd and 3rd gear. My wagon sees WOT normally at least once a day or more. After work, open the hood, pull the dip stick out and check the level, add the distance that handle was above the tube and that's your correct oil level, Good Luck. My new oil level check process is, park the car on level ground, lift the dip stick and put it back in until the plastic handle is resting on the tube.

#Legacy gt vf52 installing full#

Always keep the oil level full or a little over. Make sure you check the oil level often until you learn how much oil the engine uses.

If the car runs well now and has no issues going to redline, you'll be fine doing the upgrades. Let it dry for a few minutes and reinstall. Give the tube a short spray and the IAT sensor a quick shot. You can leave it plugged in or remove the plug. Remove the two phillips screws holding it in. Pick up a can of MAF cleaner from the auto parts store. Bolting the turbo makes lining thing up much easier. Remove the studs from the up pipe and use the same flange bolts that hold the up pipe bracket to the engine block, any dealership will have those bolts. Mike knows these cars better then just about anyone. Mike of TA talked with Trey Cobb back in 2004 when he found the timing issue in these cars back in 2004. He is the best IMO.īoth work with Cobb AP. I think your in the Northwest from you mentioning P&L, I think some else said that's where they are. You want to get your tune from a Great Tuner, there are only two I recommend, depending on where you live. There is a way to re-enforce it if you want, I think there's a sticky here somewhere for that.

#Legacy gt vf52 installing install#

The OEM tmic style can be a nightmare to install and get lined up besides it will leak as you increase boost.

The Grimmspeed tmic is not cheap but it fits well and is easy to install or remove when you need to. The car still has the stock intake system, it's hard to beat until your make big HPĪs Chocoholic said, I would do 1, 2, then 3 or 4 next or at the same time. I bough the Cobb AP V upgraded to V2 before the dyno tune upgraded to V3 a few years back. That vf52 still has zero shaft play 150,000 miles later. Car was dynoed tuned at 21psi on stock fueling. Installed mine at 142,000 miles back in Aug 2011. I'm the poster child for the vf52 on these cars. For a vf52 you don't need injectors or fuel pump upgrade.