What's been done,
-Reverted back to using the Internal Waste Gate rather then the use of the Tial 38mm External. With this, the stock Exhaust Manifold went back on replacing the HAFE.
-Stock Heat Shields back in place
-Switched from Mishimoto Radiator to a OEM Radiator [This was done for space issue's]
-OEM Condenser Fan is back in place.
Zero heating problems. With A/C on at all times! ( This is with the front bumper back on )
Here are a two interesting things I found along in the process.
- Evo III 16G while authentic from the intake side, has a Ebay Exhaust Housing side, which is why I couldn't bolt up my 14b Actuator to it. If you compare a Ebay Evo III 16G to a genuine one, you will notice the Ebay actuator is actually adjustable. Also, where the tip meets the flapper lever is stick out way farther then a OEM one. I had to unfortunately bolt up my spare 14b Exhaust Housing to my 16G in order to make this work. [I'm guessing the previous owner replaced it with the ebay housing to minimize costs]
- 02 Housing that has been on my car the whole time was from a 1st generation dsm! And what made matters worse is that it was bolted on with only 1 bolt! About half an inch of the 02 Housing was not sealed flat against the downpipe. So the good news is, I fixed a horrible exhaust leak I had no idea about, and quickly grabbed my spare 2G 02 housing
Before
In Process
Cannot have any project done with this and some friends (Thanks to Jose, and Ariel)
End Result.
So after many days of rigorous testing with this setup, on hot and humid Miami weather days, I must say. The car has never ran cooler in the whole time I have owned it. And that's being said with the OEM radiator over the Mishimoto!
Average coolant temps on a 90F day with around 80% humidity and A/C full blast is roughly 183-193F. The car pulls harder then it ever has, and no longer feels sluggish during hot days. Over all, I'm very pleased with this current setup.
At a later time, just to further help improve the cooling even more, I will be ceramic coating the Exhaust Manifold, 02 Housing, and wrapping as much of the down pipe as possible.
All in all, what I think really helped the car from over heating with the A/C on was the addition of the A/C condenser. The external was keeping me from being able to have a decent one on. Sure I could have replaced the dump tube and had it routed a bit different, but I honestly like hearing the turbo spool again. :)
