Thanks for posting the pictures, very cool -- looks like somebody put quite a bit of effort and money into that setup! Billet power steering pump pulley and everything... Wonder if anything was done to the motor on the inside. Do you know whether it has head studs or not?
Must be nice to have all that room under the hood -- intercooler piping fits on that NA manifold a lot easier than it does in a Volvo. Rad looks surprisingly small, does the temp stay cool on hills?
If it makes an exhaust haze even before WOT then it probably will be pretty smoky with the hammer down -- turning down the fueling a bit might not be a bad idea. All the smoke will make tailgaters back off for sure but your EGT and cyl head temps might be hard to keep under control as a result.
7psi with no load, wow, that would be nice... stock setup takes its time to get above 5psi below 2000 rpm even under full load. Must be a lot more snappy this way. What's the boost max out at under load, and does it spike at all or is it pretty stable? Any idea if that is the original actuator for that turbo or if it came from something else? Most VNT's seem to have the actuator controlled by vacuum, not pressure, so I wonder what they did to make this work.
We will be interested to hear more details as you get to know it better, keep us posted here on how it works. Maybe this will be inspiration for some of the others of us on here who have been playing with the VNT idea to finally do it as well...
