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« Reply #555 on: May 10, 2024, 06:32:56 PM »

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« Reply #556 on: May 10, 2024, 07:03:19 PM »

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« Reply #557 on: May 11, 2024, 10:18:39 AM »

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« Reply #558 on: June 02, 2024, 03:11:58 PM »

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I love my new HF portaband (corded) but sometimes you have to answer the OSHA gods and use it like this
PXL_20240514_230824805.MP by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

Waste gate welds. Some of them came out ok
PXL_20240516_022821178 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

O2 sensor going here
PXL_20240518_001846386.MP by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

More welds. Starting to like working with stainless.
PXL_20240516_022825062.MP by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

Shortened the shift rod and welded on the threaded adapter I made
PXL_20240518_020223281 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

Plain white ball for the knob
PXL_20240518_021114434 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

Didn't have enough bends on hand and didn't want to buy more so I made some from straight tubing
PXL_20240518_212749604 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

The Y adapter came from eBay
PXL_20240518_214955054 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

Cold side plumbing
PXL_20240519_205919967 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

PXL_20240519_205924964 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

PXL_20240519_205935815 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

PXL_20240519_205944500 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

Starting the other side
PXL_20240521_014726477 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

PXL_20240525_234333388 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

PXL_20240525_234225031 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

Fully welded the first side and oh boy did it shift. I had to cut a section out and reweld to get it close enough
PXL_20240525_182708819 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

PXL_20240525_234217050 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

Both compressors have been reclocked to even out the look of the intake tubes running under the hood sides.
PXL_20240525_234459090 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

Fuel pressure regulator all mounted up
PXL_20240527_210124006 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

That's it for now. I have ordered a bunch of AN fittings and hoses and have almost all my wiring harnesses here now so I can start on those things. 

Progress continues...
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« Reply #559 on: June 02, 2024, 04:58:44 PM »

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« Reply #560 on: June 02, 2024, 05:03:57 PM »

Looks wicked waytogo

Welds are lookin good!
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« Reply #561 on: June 02, 2024, 05:27:42 PM »

Oh hell yeah!!   Evil
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« Reply #562 on: June 02, 2024, 07:48:59 PM »

Damn!  Looking great!  waytogo
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« Reply #563 on: June 04, 2024, 02:41:44 PM »

Love it.



Fuel pressure regulater mounted to a rusty firewall?
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« Reply #564 on: June 05, 2024, 06:58:30 AM »

I like where this is going.  Evil

Where does the radiator get to live? Looks crampedish up there.
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« Reply #565 on: June 05, 2024, 11:30:44 AM »

Looks wicked waytogo

Welds are lookin good!

Thank you!

Love it.



Fuel pressure regulater mounted to a rusty firewall?

Any rust you see on the firewall is just surface rust. There are actually aluminum spacers between that aluminum plate and the firewall. All the bolts that hold that panel in place go through the firewall and through the frame that holds the pedals. It's all one large assembly to sandwich the firewall and spread the load from the pedals over a larger area.

I added the aluminum plate on the engine side just to give me a clean and raised surface to mount things too as needed.

It's easy to drill it out and add a riv nut.

I like where this is going.  Evil

Where does the radiator get to live? Looks crampedish up there.

That is an understatement. There will be a radiator in the nose but it's a 12x12x2 in thick and will be used for cooling intercooler water only.

At the end of the month it will be at my buddy's shop for a full cage and bed bars.

We are mounting the radiator for the engine on the bed bars along with the fans and shroud.

Will it cool as good as a front mount radiator, probably not. I expect the fans to run a little more often than they normally would but I don't think overheating is going to be an issue.
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« Reply #566 on: June 06, 2024, 05:31:32 AM »

That is an understatement. There will be a radiator in the nose but it's a 12x12x2 in thick and will be used for cooling intercooler water only.

At the end of the month it will be at my buddy's shop for a full cage and bed bars.

We are mounting the radiator for the engine on the bed bars along with the fans and shroud.

Will it cool as good as a front mount radiator, probably not. I expect the fans to run a little more often than they normally would but I don't think overheating is going to be an issue.

Well, off road racers use rear-mount radiators without issue. It'll look cool too. Plus a shit ton of coolant volume.
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« Reply #567 on: June 06, 2024, 06:07:06 AM »

Well, off road racers use rear-mount radiators without issue. It'll look cool too. Plus a shit ton of coolant volume.

Yeah those are my thoughts as well.
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« Reply #568 on: June 06, 2024, 07:43:22 AM »

After seeing where the turbos are living i am VERY pro front fender.

Looks great BTW
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« Reply #569 on: June 06, 2024, 07:49:57 AM »

After seeing where the turbos are living i am VERY pro front fender.

Looks great BTW


Thanks man.  I definitely do like the way it looks with fenders on it. Probably equally as much as I like the way it looks without them. 

My issue is I have widened the front track so much that the original fenders will no longer work to cover the wheels and it's not even close.

The front fenders have a convenient rib that runs front to rear that I could cut them there but I would have to widen them like 12 or 14" and it would just look too strange losing the original fender shape.

Maybe I'll try for fenders on the next one Smiley
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