Installation: Day 01
The intake manifold has been powder coated along with the turbo compressor housing, so I decided to kick off the installation!
Yesterday was spent removing the factory B15 intake manifold and EGR components from the car. I labeled everything the best I could just to make it easier to identify any parts. There are a few minor issues that I need to address.
The biggest issue is how to get the B14 intake manifold to mount to the B15 coolant neck. Apparently rigging the B15 neck is possible, but using the B14 coolant neck is preferred. If you have never looked at the coolant line routing on the back of a B15 SE, it is a maze of lines that seem to have little to no function!
Once I get the coolant neck, I will mount the bottom part of the B14 intake manifold, as well as the injectors and fuel rail. That should keep my occupied while I wait for the new IACV parts to ship.
More pictures can be found here.