Hello all this is Adrijan chiming in from Hoti Motorsports, thought I would give my 2 cents on the FFTEC single turbo kit. I had ordered the kit and had it arrive at my house within three weeks. Had some complications with the holidays delaying packages which hurt for my professional photographer to take good pictures because he had to leave for Vegas so I apologize for that. When I had gotten the kit it looked absolutely fantastic and the manifold is definitely not of light weight and cheap material. Sent it off to get it ceramic coated, I know people vary their opinions on it but I did it because I like it. I checked the kit ad there was a few things missing and I called Mike at FFTEC (AWESOME GUY!!) and he got it overnighted to me and had it the next morning which was awesome.
Install: Put the motor on a engine holder and started to undo the belly pan, subframe, loosen the control arm bolts, steering rack, steering knuckle and lower it. Got to everything I could up top including the little things such as the coolant pipe on the subframe etc etc. Removal of the twin system is a pain in the ass especially the rear charge pipe oh my god. We just ended up breaking it off at the tabs and yanked her out. Undid the manifold bolts and some of the studs came out so I recommend having 4 extra ones just in case for the center 4 for the manifold to mount. Make sure all the fluids are emptied and all the other simple things. After removal of the twins you will see the room in the engine bay is absolutely ridiculous. Cleaned all the mating surfaces and made sure it was all good to go. I installed the coolant pipe, that was a bit difficult to get the silicone pipe on so I went to the store and got a longer hose that was bent a little more out and longer because I personally like it more. The manifold is heavy so an extra hand to hold it is very recommended. I personally HIGHLY recommend this as my tech Ryan did this. Tighten everything in an X pattern and what you will notice going back to the bolts they get loose again. We went over the bolts at least 10 times in X motion and it definitely made a huge difference because you don't have to worry about heat cycling the bolts. Now this $#@! part, mating the heavy ass turbo to the manifold and closing the v-band clamp. Definitely recommend another set of hands to hold the turbo and pay attention to the connection. Make sure they are mated very well because it is super easy to have it incorrectly mated and you will be very upset that its not mated right. Then attach motor mount, wastegate, dump tube (if not recirculated). Downpipe. If you dont have an AMS intercooler you will have to trim the charge pipe from the turbo as I did since I have the VRSF intercooler. No big deal it was a super easy mod to make. Connect it all and put her together and fill her with fluids. I put the proper ISO for the singe turbo for my JB4 then tuning was under way from my buddy Justin. Everything was set besides hiccups here and there.
After Install: It stank for a while because of the heat wrap since I dunk mine in water to get the extra pull. The car sounded AMAZING!! My BMW PE exhaust was like sex to someones ears. The spool of the turbo and the blow off sound changed completely, its an entire different car!!! There is lag but when the power when it kicks in is unreal. I ran wastegate pressure to log and see how it all went. Turned boost up until I saw fuel trims getting high and backed off until the map is set. The car is a whole different machine and I am definitely in love with it again. The dump tube is the best choice to have done, it definitely screams when boost hits.
So all in all besides the simple hiccups that were fixed I LOVE LOVE LOVE this kit and the power is definitely there. Thank you FFTEC for all of your help and support.
-Adrijan @ Hoti Motorsports
Install: Put the motor on a engine holder and started to undo the belly pan, subframe, loosen the control arm bolts, steering rack, steering knuckle and lower it. Got to everything I could up top including the little things such as the coolant pipe on the subframe etc etc. Removal of the twin system is a pain in the ass especially the rear charge pipe oh my god. We just ended up breaking it off at the tabs and yanked her out. Undid the manifold bolts and some of the studs came out so I recommend having 4 extra ones just in case for the center 4 for the manifold to mount. Make sure all the fluids are emptied and all the other simple things. After removal of the twins you will see the room in the engine bay is absolutely ridiculous. Cleaned all the mating surfaces and made sure it was all good to go. I installed the coolant pipe, that was a bit difficult to get the silicone pipe on so I went to the store and got a longer hose that was bent a little more out and longer because I personally like it more. The manifold is heavy so an extra hand to hold it is very recommended. I personally HIGHLY recommend this as my tech Ryan did this. Tighten everything in an X pattern and what you will notice going back to the bolts they get loose again. We went over the bolts at least 10 times in X motion and it definitely made a huge difference because you don't have to worry about heat cycling the bolts. Now this $#@! part, mating the heavy ass turbo to the manifold and closing the v-band clamp. Definitely recommend another set of hands to hold the turbo and pay attention to the connection. Make sure they are mated very well because it is super easy to have it incorrectly mated and you will be very upset that its not mated right. Then attach motor mount, wastegate, dump tube (if not recirculated). Downpipe. If you dont have an AMS intercooler you will have to trim the charge pipe from the turbo as I did since I have the VRSF intercooler. No big deal it was a super easy mod to make. Connect it all and put her together and fill her with fluids. I put the proper ISO for the singe turbo for my JB4 then tuning was under way from my buddy Justin. Everything was set besides hiccups here and there.
After Install: It stank for a while because of the heat wrap since I dunk mine in water to get the extra pull. The car sounded AMAZING!! My BMW PE exhaust was like sex to someones ears. The spool of the turbo and the blow off sound changed completely, its an entire different car!!! There is lag but when the power when it kicks in is unreal. I ran wastegate pressure to log and see how it all went. Turned boost up until I saw fuel trims getting high and backed off until the map is set. The car is a whole different machine and I am definitely in love with it again. The dump tube is the best choice to have done, it definitely screams when boost hits.
So all in all besides the simple hiccups that were fixed I LOVE LOVE LOVE this kit and the power is definitely there. Thank you FFTEC for all of your help and support.
-Adrijan @ Hoti Motorsports