Hey, I just logged in to see what's been going on since I haven't been on here for a while and saw a BF section. You guys rock, any ways, two or 3 days ago I installed a vj-11 into my Capri, I'm only the second one to do this and the only one in the US who has it running AFAIK. Here's the write-up:
Remove random ****:
Notice the powersteering is out
Downpipe bolts are usually a bitch, but my car loves me so they came out in less than 5 minutes with hand tools
Loosen the manifold and remove the o2 sensor, I used a 3/4 inch wrench
Pull this and remove the bracket by the disty
Turbo/Mani is gone, make sure you remove all of the bolts in the support bracket underneath as well as all of the oil and coolant lines.
How to attach coolant lines to avoid cutting the actuator bracket
Assembly ready for installation
Installed and all lines routed, I couldn't get the stock oil feed to work so I dropped $38 at a local speed shop for this set-up
This was the bitchiest coolant line
From another angle, the OEM oil drain works
You will need the following parts:
VJ-11-$105
New oil feed-$38
New gaskets for the manifold, turbo and o2 sensor housing-$68
New downpipe-$100
Many random fasteners-$20
Reveiw: I gained 500 rpm of lag, 2250 to 2750 but gained serious amounts of power, this thing pulls like crazy; today I almost kept up with a stage 2 WRX shifting when my overboost sensor beeped (about 4500). My exahust is noticably louder because of the freer-flowing exhaust housing. I haven't been able to take it to redline yet since I couldn't get the wastegate actuator to play nicely with the VJ-11 so it has no boost control, I'm planning on rigging up an EWG.
It took me about 25 hours with hand tools on jack stands including multiple meal breaks and parts runs and I'm no hot shot mechanic. Anyone should be able to do this swap by themselves in 2 days.
Remove random ****:
Notice the powersteering is out
Downpipe bolts are usually a bitch, but my car loves me so they came out in less than 5 minutes with hand tools
Loosen the manifold and remove the o2 sensor, I used a 3/4 inch wrench
Pull this and remove the bracket by the disty
Turbo/Mani is gone, make sure you remove all of the bolts in the support bracket underneath as well as all of the oil and coolant lines.
How to attach coolant lines to avoid cutting the actuator bracket
Assembly ready for installation
Installed and all lines routed, I couldn't get the stock oil feed to work so I dropped $38 at a local speed shop for this set-up
This was the bitchiest coolant line
From another angle, the OEM oil drain works
You will need the following parts:
VJ-11-$105
New oil feed-$38
New gaskets for the manifold, turbo and o2 sensor housing-$68
New downpipe-$100
Many random fasteners-$20
Reveiw: I gained 500 rpm of lag, 2250 to 2750 but gained serious amounts of power, this thing pulls like crazy; today I almost kept up with a stage 2 WRX shifting when my overboost sensor beeped (about 4500). My exahust is noticably louder because of the freer-flowing exhaust housing. I haven't been able to take it to redline yet since I couldn't get the wastegate actuator to play nicely with the VJ-11 so it has no boost control, I'm planning on rigging up an EWG.
It took me about 25 hours with hand tools on jack stands including multiple meal breaks and parts runs and I'm no hot shot mechanic. Anyone should be able to do this swap by themselves in 2 days.
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