Brown Truck Under the Knife Project - Engine

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

Yep ZF5 and a 1356 to finish the 4wd conversion. hehe
It's supposed to start snowing here on saturday. So I'm hoping to get this thing finished by then. Luckily my professors have been really lenient on the homework thus far this week.

If you say that "S" word one more time........................

Doin a mighty fine job there.

 

[6 Nebraska IDIs]

Lol it isn't like you ever see any S*@# where you're from. rotflmao

I'm dying here, at school when I could be home working on my truck...

 

[ne buckeye]

Yep ZF5 and a 1356 to finish the 4wd conversion. hehe
It's supposed to start snowing here on saturday. So I'm hoping to get this thing finished by then. Luckily my professors have been really lenient on the homework thus far this week.

Snow saturday,what part of ne are you from ? had not heard that one yet

 

[6 Nebraska IDIs]

South of Lincoln. It's not gonna stick around but it's gonna snow, even I'm pretty certain of that judging by the front that's moving in.

 

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

Lol it isn't like you ever see any S*@# where you're from. rotflmao

I'm dying here, at school when I could be home working on my truck...

No kidding.
Saw enough of it last year and actually got tired of plowing it.
11 days straight last year finding places to put that crap.
Yeah it was good money tho.

I hear ya bout workin on the truck. I've got to stuff that C-6 under Mater, replace leaky return lines and swap in some springs I got from Aric this summer at the rally.

Lots to do before that crap heads this way.

 

[ne buckeye]

South of Lincoln. It's not gonna stick around but it's gonna snow, even I'm pretty certain of that judging by the front that's moving in.

Thanks for the update, I am about 60 miles from you so I should see it too. I can not wait to plug in my truck I hope you get time to finish up the truck soon, with the snow coming I 'll be stuck inside waiting for updates but seroiusly the truck looks great, and has come a long way from being 2wd stock , good job

 

[The Warden]

What's this "snow" stuff that you guys keep talking about?

 

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

What's this "snow" stuff that you guys keep talking about?

Its' heavy frozen fog Tim.

 

[The Warden]

Its' heavy frozen fog Tim.

Ah, okay....that clears things up perfectly thanks Ron

pun intended

 

[6 Nebraska IDIs]

So since it was already sleeting and crap here when I got home today I decided to throw the radiator support back together and be done with that. It's not pretty but it'll get my by until I do some real body work to the thing and probably build a custom aluminum tube frame core support.
I'm confident that piece of lag iron reinforcing the outer frame rail will be plenty to take the load that both used to since it's 4x as thick as the original piece was. Sure if I wanted to spend a couple days on it I could make it look nice but I really don't care since this core support has been smashed at some point already as it is. It will get replaced someday with a better piece.

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[david85]

Will you be able to fit the AC radiator in there too?

Aw crap. I still have transmission coolers do fit. Stick shift wins again.

 

[6 Nebraska IDIs]

The AC condenser sits right up against the IC and the trans cooler bolts to those brackets hanging out front there. The AC condenser wont add that much space, the trans cooler would. I'm gonna cut those brackets off as soon as I get it in the truck because they are just wasting space for me.

 

[6 Nebraska IDIs]

Well, it didn't get finished tonight so guess who gets to finish their truck in a snow bank tomorrow. ME! YAY!
I would have had it done but yet again the incompetence of others has set me back almost half a day. Autometer will be getting a phone call and someone wont be able to sit down when I'm done with them. Out of the three new gauges I purchased, pyro, boost and oil temp, the pyro was missing about half the items it was supposed to come with for mounting options of the probe including the weld in bung that I normally use to put it in the crossover pipe. The oil temp gauge required the ordering of a special bung, a part # is given when you order the gauge. I didn't discover until this afternoon that the bung I had welded into the oil pan was not pipe thread, but was a specific thread given to Oxygen sensors and the only means of making the thing work was to drill and tap the thread protector plug for the sensor and seal it with a nylon gasket like a drain plug. I made my own pyro bung from some bar stock and drilled and tapped it as well.
It's just ridiculous that a person cannot depend on a company as well established as Autometer to get you the correct or complete parts that you order.
So anyway here are some pics from todays progress.
The turbo is on and its feed lines are hooked up. Lots of stuff done that you just cant see.

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[The Warden]

So, with the turbo in place and the engine in place in relation to the firewall, what does the clearance between the outlet and the firewall look like?

Lookin' good!

 

[f-two-fiddy]

WTH Shaun, Did You do a body lift?

Also, get a cap on the IP feed line. You don't want anything contaminating the MP!