Fiat 500 Turbo engine swap

[Serhiy Luchkey]

 

[Serhiy Luchkey]

Wastegate actuator relocation

 

[Serhiy Luchkey]

 

[Serhiy Luchkey]

Air intake finished. Still waiting for 2 more silicone couplers and turbo related parts should be done.Custom made cv axle should arrive anytime now. Next is exhaust and coolant return pipe.

 

[Serhiy Luchkey]

Exhaust done. Eventually I’ll have exhaust shop make me something better and bigger diameter. Turbo model came with 21/4 inch pipe and I would like 3 inch

 

[Serhiy Luchkey]

 

[Serhiy Luchkey]

CV axle shafts arrived

 

[Stealthmagic27]

CV axle shafts arrived View attachment 80049View attachment 80048View attachment 80047

Theyre beautiful

 

[Serhiy Luchkey]

They are, I can’t stop smiling

 

[Serhiy Luchkey]

Still need to be heat treated, probably next week

 

[Serhiy Luchkey]

Finally got time to assemble CV axles

 

[Serhiy Luchkey]

This is how it looks with wheels off the ground

 

[Serhiy Luchkey]

6 hours and 2 tubes of grease later.

 

[Serhiy Luchkey]

Working on coolant return pipe

 

[Stealthmagic27]

Nice work on the return, it'll make a clean install

 

[Serhiy Luchkey]

Coolant return pipe

 

[kmead]

Coolant return pipe
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I would be a bit worried about that weld leaking and fracturing over time.

 

[Mark_Toro]

I've done similar with header tubes and have seen no issues so far. My weld quality looked about the same.

 

[Serhiy Luchkey]

AC delete, for turbo engine

 

[Stealthmagic27]

AC delete, for turbo engine View attachment 82514View attachment 82515

You just saved me from going to source a PN for the belt lol