Fabricating the Exhaust for the $113 eBay Turbo on the Chevy Cruze 1.8 Daily Driver Part 2

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4 жыл бұрын

Fabricating the Exhaust for the $113 eBay Turbo on the Chevy Cruze 1.8 Daily Driver Part 2
T04e eBay Turbo - ebay.to/2VteXgX
Murdered Out Intercooler Kit - amzn.to/2Mbw8zq
Turbo Oil Feed kit - amzn.to/3exfTc0
Cheap 3" Air Filter - amzn.to/2M7pBWn
Turbo Stud Kit - amzn.to/3eA3wvx
Weld in 02 Sensor Bung - amzn.to/3ezmTFl
$20 eBay Turbo Gauge - ebay.to/2Y26Qe7
2.5" J Bend Exhaust Tubing - ebay.to/2znLsFK
Oil Catch Can - amzn.to/2XdvYh5
2.5" BOV Flange / Pipe - ebay.to/2x6UPcj
HKS Murdered Out BOV - amzn.to/3cgj324
Universal Exhaust Kit 2.5” - amzn.to/2XGyWtp
FlowMaster FX 2.5” - amzn.to/2Xbl9Mt
Cheap Hi Flow Cat - amzn.to/36EKq4K
AEM X Wideband - amzn.to/3gCfUgm
HP Tuners - amzn.to/2XF2mbn
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@cmattdabrat 4 жыл бұрын

Moving right along! Exhaust done. Next it's the intercooler and charge pipe! Be sure to subscribe and hit the bell icon so you don't miss out.

@youngrequest1060 3 жыл бұрын

Any tuning needed for the turbo ? Or was it just slapped on like in the part 1 video

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

@@youngrequest1060 In the later videos I started tuning and was running 8 psi of boost with spikes around 10. It does require tuning with Hp Tuners, at least for my application.

@beans356 3 жыл бұрын

So I drive a 2015 Sonic 1.8L and this isn't helping me not put a turbo in it... How many miles were on your Cruze before you started the project?

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

@@beans356 LOL, you should go for it. 5-8 psi all day on the stock engine would be fine. Mine had 122k. I put 2k miles on it before I realized I didn't set the PCV up correctly.

@RazoE 3 жыл бұрын

The human mind cannot comprehend how little interest I have in a Chevy Cruze, but your videos are awesome! Subscribed

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate it.

@Firebird400 3 жыл бұрын

I know right lol. I had one for a rental last year and it wasn’t a terrible car , quite comfortable actually.

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

@@Firebird400 They do handle and ride quite nice for a compact car.

@goobagooba8448 2 жыл бұрын

Same man! And I've subscribed too! 😆 Keep up the great content, btw, Matthew!

@Burningarchon 2 жыл бұрын

Those welds gave me the goosebumps lol

@cmattdabrat 2 жыл бұрын

lol...welds look like a box of nerds

@JJ-jq9sk 3 жыл бұрын

Just found these videos and I love them

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks JJ! A lot more to come!

@JJ-jq9sk 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds good, I'll be staying tuned. Keep up with the good content, I wish you KZfaq success, your videos deserve it

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

@@JJ-jq9sk Thanks! I really appreciate it.

@802Garage 3 жыл бұрын

Nice fitment! Sounds louder than I expected. Pretty beastly.

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

It definitely has a really nice sound.

@earl1394 3 жыл бұрын

Ran into one of these videos and promised I ended up watching most of them in a few days. Talented dude here.

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Earl! I really appreciate it. Thanks for the support.

@instagram_artbyderek4208 3 жыл бұрын

Idk how I found these videos and I don’t own a Cruze but you just got a sub! Keep up the good work man!!!

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate it.

@BabyroqueTV 2 жыл бұрын

I just saw this right now and my car sounds like that , it’s crazy how some mods your making are similar style , that’s dope🤙

@cmattdabrat 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Did you see my latest video where I did the stainless 3" exhaust?

@BabyroqueTV 2 жыл бұрын

@@cmattdabrat I’ll check rn

@215sinakia7 3 жыл бұрын

This is awesome def subbed great vids bro

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!

@robertwhisenhunt8740 3 жыл бұрын

Using the marker as a tape, love it. Great content btw, sub'd

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

@jonathanhughes8265 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a new subscriber and already love this channel. You need more subs

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate it. I'm sure they'll come as more content is posted and the channel is discovered.

@sinformant 3 жыл бұрын

You should check out the aero turbine/ jones turbine straight flow mufflers, they sound amazing and deep on 4cyl cars, no rasp. I've ran one on my cavalier and on my cobalts ss and they sounded amazing. My buddy even ran one on his civic and it was just as deep sounding on his car.

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds awesome. I'll look into it.

@nkhjk3457 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my god man , ya shall invest in some Gas mig welder , never the less nice videos man really love your channel so far 👌🏻👌🏻

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Got a tig welder for next round. Tired of the bb's lol

@-DEATHSTROKE 3 жыл бұрын

Just use gasless wire and it's fine though

@wesleybrabant3595 3 жыл бұрын

Nice welds. What did you use ? Love to try this now with my vehicle. Great video. Nothing like the sweet sound of success

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Just a cheap Harbor Freight flux core mig.

@DownwardFour 4 жыл бұрын

Wow there were a lot of exhaust leaks there. I have the same model, I'm curious to see how much boost/power you can make before blowing the pistons.

@cmattdabrat 4 жыл бұрын

We're about to find out!!! :)

@jay1185 4 жыл бұрын

Same. '12 LS manual.

@cmattdabrat 4 жыл бұрын

@@jay1185 This is very much uncharted territory so, let's make this happen!

@joshs199 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. Would never do this...but super curious to see how it goes.

@gustavocars4884 4 жыл бұрын

Top mano aqui no Brazil não tem muitos projetos assim

@cmattdabrat 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what that say, but thank you!

@andersoncosta5926 2 жыл бұрын

@@cmattdabrat Translation: "Awesome bro, here in brazil we dont have this kind of build"

@joshs199 3 жыл бұрын

When I drive me wife's Chevy Cruz. I don't shift until I hit 6500. Or so I wanted to hear that thing bang second on limiter.😁🤘

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

LOL! Too funny. I hope she doesn't know that.

@joshs199 3 жыл бұрын

@@cmattdabrat 😂 yeah.! I only do that when she's not in the car.

@santtu1856 2 жыл бұрын

have you got biltema's welding machine which sounds just like starwars

@cmattdabrat 2 жыл бұрын

Wait, what?

@johnbooth9957 3 жыл бұрын

What's all wet on the ground under the engine oil or is that a stain on the concrete

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Probably oil or coolant when I was draining the fluids, and accidentally knocked into the pan.

@joshneal2920 3 жыл бұрын

what brand turbo is that? looks like my maxpeeding t04e just curious cause I also spent about $115 shipped LOL Gonna go on my 2.5L Sentra SER SpecV

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Maxpeedingrods turbo! Check out my latest video. Even though they're cheap, they're great! Like Tony the Tiger.

@pretzeltab1673 3 жыл бұрын

as a mechanic i like u bein diffrant with ur cars but i would hate to service it how bad is it to get the oil filter out?

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

I'm currently fully building the engine. I'm addressing that issue by turning the turbo the other way.

@barcodescortez6836 3 жыл бұрын

So how much have you spent so far other then 113 for the turbo.? And included with the turbo.

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

At, what I'm calling Stage or Phase 1, $1,300, all in. Most expensive part was HPTuners. That alone was half of the expense.

@QDArt-gj6lb 2 жыл бұрын

What check engine codes did the dash pop up and how did I fix them? Currently planning out my project to do this to my car

@cmattdabrat 2 жыл бұрын

It was the downstream sensor code. P0141. The fix is to extend the sensor out of the stream some to trick it into thinking the exhaust flow is the same.

@QDArt-gj6lb 2 жыл бұрын

@@cmattdabrat gotchu. I appreciate it man. Stay strong 💯

@williemickbillie 3 жыл бұрын

Some of the ugliest welds but good job man great video and cool project

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, flux core mig welding is the worst.

@joshuayoung8818 2 жыл бұрын

Sooo I just spent 3000 dollars on my 6000$ shit box Aveo turbo here we come 1.6L probably gunna blow it up but gives me a reason to put a big block in it 😂

@cmattdabrat 2 жыл бұрын

lol, wouldn't be the first compact car V8 conversion I've done.

@johnsnow1355 Жыл бұрын

First mod my turbo Cruze is getting is muffler delete!!!!

@cmattdabrat Жыл бұрын

I enjoy the sound of no muffler on a turbo car. You can probably see the progress as things go more race oriented. Still a street car, but at some point, this thing will be stripped, and all weight moved before the front wheels (fuel tank, exhaust, etc).

@randalambrose3448 3 жыл бұрын

all your work is impressive, but those welds though...

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Cheap flux core mig... lots of bb's

@kevinkev1530 3 жыл бұрын

👍🏾👍🏾

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it

@Thoumillixwinty 3 жыл бұрын

How long before the cruise is complete

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

I'd say a week or two. Just waiting on the machine shop to finish the work, and trying to get my shop situated.

@Thoumillixwinty 3 жыл бұрын

I'm here waiting like your work, I'm going to strip and tear down my ride as well it's a bigger job but I get it down just want to port the head, manifold and intake cleaner it up a bit in side and put it back together. I'm going to take out my interior and sound seal it after I clean it first is working on housing. I'm a father of three but where making it the best we can.

@Thoumillixwinty 3 жыл бұрын

Any way to build views I really want to try and build my KZfaq channel and get paid.

@evanschill5537 3 жыл бұрын

factory injectors?

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

60# currently, but moving up to 114# 1200cc injectors.

@PWinmusic 3 жыл бұрын

Did you finish this?

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely. Keep watching the series and you'll see where it's going.

@PWinmusic 3 жыл бұрын

@@cmattdabrat LOVE IT :)

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

@@PWinmusic Thanks, lots more to come. Just waiting on the engine to get out of the machine shop. lol

@brandondimmitt8467 2 жыл бұрын

Wow flux core is hard to look at lol

@cmattdabrat 2 жыл бұрын

Tell me about it. Looks like I threw a boxes of nerds at it.

@sactowndizzle 3 жыл бұрын

awful welds but good content respect

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

The next exhaust will look nicer. FLUX mig welding is the worst. lol. I have a tig this time around. Can't promise you they'll be instagram pretty, but definitely a step up.

@TheBigChad 2 жыл бұрын

A turbo’s worst enemy is a catalytic converter. I’m from Florida so we don’t do emissions or anything but man, I hope the cat is just temporary. You lose sooooo much power having the cat

@cmattdabrat 2 жыл бұрын

Some truth to that. Guess it depends on if a few horsepower more is worth the smell of gas coming out the tailpipe. I've ran cars both ways. Being that this is a daily, I didn't want the smell.

@official_coltonsimond1141 2 жыл бұрын

How much hp

@cmattdabrat 2 жыл бұрын

Never dyno it. But estimate around 200hp to the crank.

@sniperlife125forlife2 3 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering if that turbo will blow up since its from eBay 😂

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

LOL... they're journal bearing turbos, which aren't too difficult for the Chinese to manufacture. There's plenty of side by side videos on KZfaq the show the difference, if any of these Garrett clones. People have gone 3 years beating on them, and they hold up great. Just check out the boostedboiz channel.

@sniperlife125forlife2 3 жыл бұрын

@@cmattdabrat what's the best cheap turbo you recommend for a v8 🤔

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

@@sniperlife125forlife2 That really depends on your power goals, cubic size of the V8, and RPMs you want boost to kick in at.

@dufflebagboyz813 3 жыл бұрын

kinda jealous tbh, mine doesn't pop at all at 2-3k rpms 😞

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

Is your exhaust still stock?

@dufflebagboyz813 3 жыл бұрын

Matthew Chevalier nope. took out the resonator and Muffler, i'm about to go catless soon, though i'm worried that, that little bit of pressure from my cats is what let's me pop :/ i only pop around 3k-4k since my limiter is at 4k.

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

@@dufflebagboyz813 It'll probably make it have more of the turbo turbine sound. I'm going to go check your videos and see what you're talking about.

@cmattdabrat 3 жыл бұрын

@@dufflebagboyz813 I see what you're talking about. Have you seen the ZZP video of the Sonic world record run? Theres has a similar sound. Might just be the nature of the 1.4?

@dufflebagboyz813 3 жыл бұрын

Matthew Chevalier lol i have the 1.8L like yours except mine is manual, but no i'm not familiar with it but i'll watch it right now :)! and do you think it might be because yours is a manual ? since yours redlines so to speak