Got quite a bit finished off today.
Fired up the new tig machine and with only a few test welds I spread aluminum boogers on my BOV and got it mounted on the intake pipe.
The first half looked very un-Instagram worth, but not to bad for the first real aluminum welds ever.
Just need to plumb it to manifold vacuum and she should be ready for a giant kazoo or rubber chicken.
Cleaned up some of the wiring through the firewall and put some rub guard on it
Mocked up an air cleaner solution seeing as the new rad took all my air cleaner real estate. Seen it somewhere recently, rumor is it works ok.
I think a 90 on the bottom to tighten it up to the fender will be just about perfect. Might even be able to run a bigger filter and make an bit of an air box. So that's a win.
Fabbricobbled a 2" wastegate exit pipe to hopefully cure my boost control woes. Having boost creep on the 5lb spring is bad, but so was thinking a 11/2 elbow with a pinched bend would be a good wastegate exit.
Nothing screams custom exhaust like sketchy pie cuts....
It took a while but by the end I started getting the new welder figured out. One day they might look pretty, today is not that day.
On the list to tackle:
Boost Solenoid, and plumbing.
Plumb the BOV, install rubber chicken.
Wire relay to second fuel pump.
Less sketchy install of Holley dash and switchboard.
Gratuitous idle walk around
Burnout and tuning.
Fired up the new tig machine and with only a few test welds I spread aluminum boogers on my BOV and got it mounted on the intake pipe.
The first half looked very un-Instagram worth, but not to bad for the first real aluminum welds ever.
Just need to plumb it to manifold vacuum and she should be ready for a giant kazoo or rubber chicken.
Cleaned up some of the wiring through the firewall and put some rub guard on it
Mocked up an air cleaner solution seeing as the new rad took all my air cleaner real estate. Seen it somewhere recently, rumor is it works ok.
I think a 90 on the bottom to tighten it up to the fender will be just about perfect. Might even be able to run a bigger filter and make an bit of an air box. So that's a win.
Fabbricobbled a 2" wastegate exit pipe to hopefully cure my boost control woes. Having boost creep on the 5lb spring is bad, but so was thinking a 11/2 elbow with a pinched bend would be a good wastegate exit.
Nothing screams custom exhaust like sketchy pie cuts....
It took a while but by the end I started getting the new welder figured out. One day they might look pretty, today is not that day.
On the list to tackle:
Boost Solenoid, and plumbing.
Plumb the BOV, install rubber chicken.
Wire relay to second fuel pump.
Less sketchy install of Holley dash and switchboard.
Gratuitous idle walk around
Burnout and tuning.
Nothing as cool as mismatched gauges.
