coupecustom
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I wish I had started this thread when I first began refreshing my Ty almost a year ago, but better late than never. I just want to share what I've done to my Ty since owning it.
The goal of the refresh was to make this Typhoon a daily driver. When I bought the truck it had lots of performance bolt on goodies from the ATR catalog and was probably pretty nice when first installed, but the previous owners didn't seem to give much attention to detail, so it was in need of a good "pick me up". I did all of this in my driveway in the middle of the Florida summer through many a rain shower. Hence it took all summer and fall...off and on weekends.
The very first things that I did to the Ty was the typical coil, plugs, cap, and reset timing. This helped, but did not solve on large problem with the Ty....being it fell on its face, had cut out issues, ect. under 75% or more throttle. With those things at a loss to me, I ended up putting a Walbro fuel pump in, then changed the fuel filter and FPR. Still had the same issue after those things.
So, then began the one thing after another. Found that the ATR wastegate was leaking. Tried to reseal it, but that didn't work out too well. So I replaced it with a 38mm Tial unit w/ a 7lb spring. While I had the downpipe off I noticed the seat for the wastegate needed work so I took that off....which lead to me seeing that the battery wasn't mounted properly and the turbo drain line looked screwed up.
what I started with:
Turbo drain line had a two different rubber hoses attached to metal tube in the middle and was heat wrapped, but the hose clamps were loose.
The trans cooler lines were much in the same state so I decided I would replace both. Since the battery was not even in a tray and was just laying underneath the air filter, I moved it to the back and ran the new cable in the frame rail with corrugated tubing on the outside and tube holders so it would not be just laying on the frame bottom. Not a fun task, but worth it in the end.
Much of this project was simply fixing whatever the previous owner had touched. Many of the bolts were over torqued and broken...so the previous owner left them. I got out two from the trans pan, one from the torque converter cover, and one somewhere else, can't remember. Lots of drilling and chasing of threads.
One item not hooked up on the truck was the AC. Since I live in FL that was a must have for a dd. I replaced every component for the AC system, compressor, condenser, evaporator, you name it. I even had to fiberglass part of the fan box that was broken.
Also installed new trans cooler for the new lines to run to, in front of the AC condenser:
Everything installed and back together:
For electrical I replaced the electric fan setup I had cause it was jury rigged in there. I used the RPM dual fan and bracket I picked up from a member. After getting the truck started it seemed like there was definitely a loss in electrical power, so I installed a powermaster alternator for 140 amps. Seems to work in that it keeps the truck running and I haven't had to go outside to a dead battery, but still see low voltage issues. Not sure what to do about that.
On to the inside, there was a leak on the driver side floor that made me want to replace the carpet. I also needed to replace the heater core and redo a bunch of wiring, so out came the dash and the carpet.
After addressing the heater core and fixing the leak from the kick panel, I wired in a wireless security system. Works awesome and love it. I also wired the doors for speakers. The panels were already cut up when I bought the truck, but I wanted to wire it into the factory wire looms so it looks nicer. I also wired up a new deck that has a back up camera and GPS and installed that along with changing out the lights to led on the inside. There antenna for the GPS and XM is installed on a panel I made that fits under the factory front speaker location. Its very hidden but still has line of sight and works like a champ.
As of today I finally found the source of my falling flat issue. It was because there was a 2bar map sensor installed but I'm running an ultimate chip. Switched to a 3bar and all is good. I'll need to data log and decide on a method to control the boost so that it can be turned up past the waste gate spring...but I'm on the right track.
Next on the list is another set of new plugs and then new wires. I also will have to address a leak at the brass fitting to the oil pan for the turbo drain pipe. Its making a mess of my driveway...from searching I'll bet it is this "o ring" folks talk about.
The goal of the refresh was to make this Typhoon a daily driver. When I bought the truck it had lots of performance bolt on goodies from the ATR catalog and was probably pretty nice when first installed, but the previous owners didn't seem to give much attention to detail, so it was in need of a good "pick me up". I did all of this in my driveway in the middle of the Florida summer through many a rain shower. Hence it took all summer and fall...off and on weekends.
The very first things that I did to the Ty was the typical coil, plugs, cap, and reset timing. This helped, but did not solve on large problem with the Ty....being it fell on its face, had cut out issues, ect. under 75% or more throttle. With those things at a loss to me, I ended up putting a Walbro fuel pump in, then changed the fuel filter and FPR. Still had the same issue after those things.
So, then began the one thing after another. Found that the ATR wastegate was leaking. Tried to reseal it, but that didn't work out too well. So I replaced it with a 38mm Tial unit w/ a 7lb spring. While I had the downpipe off I noticed the seat for the wastegate needed work so I took that off....which lead to me seeing that the battery wasn't mounted properly and the turbo drain line looked screwed up.
what I started with:
Turbo drain line had a two different rubber hoses attached to metal tube in the middle and was heat wrapped, but the hose clamps were loose.
The trans cooler lines were much in the same state so I decided I would replace both. Since the battery was not even in a tray and was just laying underneath the air filter, I moved it to the back and ran the new cable in the frame rail with corrugated tubing on the outside and tube holders so it would not be just laying on the frame bottom. Not a fun task, but worth it in the end.
Much of this project was simply fixing whatever the previous owner had touched. Many of the bolts were over torqued and broken...so the previous owner left them. I got out two from the trans pan, one from the torque converter cover, and one somewhere else, can't remember. Lots of drilling and chasing of threads.
One item not hooked up on the truck was the AC. Since I live in FL that was a must have for a dd. I replaced every component for the AC system, compressor, condenser, evaporator, you name it. I even had to fiberglass part of the fan box that was broken.
Also installed new trans cooler for the new lines to run to, in front of the AC condenser:
Everything installed and back together:
For electrical I replaced the electric fan setup I had cause it was jury rigged in there. I used the RPM dual fan and bracket I picked up from a member. After getting the truck started it seemed like there was definitely a loss in electrical power, so I installed a powermaster alternator for 140 amps. Seems to work in that it keeps the truck running and I haven't had to go outside to a dead battery, but still see low voltage issues. Not sure what to do about that.
On to the inside, there was a leak on the driver side floor that made me want to replace the carpet. I also needed to replace the heater core and redo a bunch of wiring, so out came the dash and the carpet.
After addressing the heater core and fixing the leak from the kick panel, I wired in a wireless security system. Works awesome and love it. I also wired the doors for speakers. The panels were already cut up when I bought the truck, but I wanted to wire it into the factory wire looms so it looks nicer. I also wired up a new deck that has a back up camera and GPS and installed that along with changing out the lights to led on the inside. There antenna for the GPS and XM is installed on a panel I made that fits under the factory front speaker location. Its very hidden but still has line of sight and works like a champ.
As of today I finally found the source of my falling flat issue. It was because there was a 2bar map sensor installed but I'm running an ultimate chip. Switched to a 3bar and all is good. I'll need to data log and decide on a method to control the boost so that it can be turned up past the waste gate spring...but I'm on the right track.
Next on the list is another set of new plugs and then new wires. I also will have to address a leak at the brass fitting to the oil pan for the turbo drain pipe. Its making a mess of my driveway...from searching I'll bet it is this "o ring" folks talk about.
