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  1. tjsea

    Project Big Red

    Like someone posted above, make a boost leak detector and then use soapy water to check all of the connections.
  2. tjsea

    2017 Rally Route / Convoy thread (east coasters)

    I guess I need to get a hand held cb then. I never got my cb installed yet.
  3. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    I was just staring at it yesterday thinking and reading that it doesn't matter which way coolant flows through it. I think I'm going to try it that way and see how it looks. Just trying to keep things simple. It is a massive turbo on top of the engine already, haha!
  4. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    Well I was going to use the back side for the inlet. I was actually going to use the port at the rear drivers side head for my inlet water and then just tee the outlet into the return from the heater core.
  5. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    So I was mocking up everything tonight and I remembered you had to lengthen the oil drain. My question is which way is your center section cocked? The way I got it from mel the coolant port to the front of the motor would be lower and the back higher. It looks like if I cooked it the other way...
  6. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    Well today was a busy day of cleaning, painting and assembling parts. The engine is almost ready to go in after I do the wiring, injectors, and injection pump. I also test fit the turbo tonight to see how everything lined up. I also hit a slight snag cause the fuel pickup I was planning on using...
  7. tjsea

    Valve timing?

    $900 isn't bad when you consider what new stock replacements are. Maybe one day I'll get a set, but for now my budget is just too tight.
  8. tjsea

    Valve timing?

    Very nice! Also just curious what did those run you? I would have liked to get a set but my budget is already exhausted.
  9. tjsea

    2017 Oilburners Rally

    I'm farther behind than you! If I don't soon get mine done I'll be hitchhiking!
  10. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    Thanks to my brother and my friend Ben we were able to double check a few things on the heads and to get them bolted on and torqued down. Hopefully it's all down hill from here!
  11. tjsea

    2017 Rally Route / Convoy thread (east coasters)

    Hey I'm in however you guys want to go! I think someone said something about going out the pa turnpike if someone is towing. I know Chris and I will both be unloaded so we can go however you guys want.
  12. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    Well I know it wasn't much tonight, but progress is progress. Tonight I got the oil cooler cleaned up, reassembled with new o-rings and bolted back on the side of the engine. Not gonna lie I'm really iching to get her back together and in the truck again. I feel like the clock is ticking way too...
  13. tjsea

    2017 Oilburners Rally

    And my engine still isn't together:( Yep, my anxiety is setting in, lol! Especially since I wanted to start this project way back in the fall!
  14. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    Well first I checked it with playdough and the exhaust side was smashed so thin it was difficult to measure. The intake side was plenty (i don't remember exactly what it was, but it was quite a bit). So then I tried checking it with a dial indicator and could only get the exhaust valve to move...
  15. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    Well I'm now running a stock cam. I really wanted to use the typ4 cam, but I couldn't get a clearance I was comfortable with. That being said I am a little gun shy after putting alot of money in this bottom end, haha! On a positive side at least I was able to get the front of the engine back...
  16. tjsea

    Project Big Red

    I like the OBS cutouts! Definitely looks good on the front of a bricknose! Look at the bright side at least you are farther along than my project, haha!
  17. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    Actually retarding it made it worse and actually caused the valves to fully hit the pistons. My friend Jon was able to retard his to get the clearance needed. I was really hoping the .010in decompressed pistons would give me enough, but it wasn't enough to make me feel good about it.
  18. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    Haha! Well I ended up going with a stock cam to get enough valve to piston clearance. I'm not sure what exactly was causing my clearance issues, but I gotta keep rolling to have this puppy ready to roll for the rally. It's already getting a little closer than I'd like. I was hoping to get a...
  19. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    On second look @laserjock the part number on your turbo comes up as a .89 ar T4 like mine. I wonder if someone had tried changing the exhaust housing to make it fit some sort of application. I also looked and the t3 one used on a cummins would have been wastegated.
  20. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    That turbo you got @laserjock I believe was actually the one used for a "powermax" upgrade on a Cummins. There should be a tag on the inside of the compressor housing @no mufflers like the one laserjock posted, but the last digits won't be a -5001s. It'll be a -1s, -2s, or -3s
  21. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    The last digit of the part number tells you. A 1 like I have is a .89, a 2 is a .99, ect.
  22. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    If I can't get anymore clearance out of it tomorrow I may stick the stock cam in and see what I have clearance wise.
  23. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    Mine says .89 a/r inside the exhaust housing and the part number verifies it is too, but that being said it's still a T4 mount.
  24. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    Ahh, I see now. I was thinking yours was a T4 yet. Did you fab your own mount on yours or did it bolt right on a banks or 093?
  25. tjsea

    Project Black Stallion

    So I hit a couple snags tonight while trying to check valve clearance with the cam. First I found out I'm going to need to make spacers for the head studs along the exhaust manifold. Apparently from the 7.3 to the 6.9 heads the boss is shorter on the 6.9 heads. I also used playdough to check...

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