Build thread

[speedjunkie]

Can I watch? I like to learn things.

A little late now, but yes! lol

You will have to make your own kiln or forge to get temps that high and keep them even. Lots of interesting info on knife-making forums.

Well, that's not gonna happen lol.

Basically the harder you make the steel, the less the material should come off as you try filing. Therefore, I would repeat the hardening process until little to no material is removed when you file.

Since this is a diy tempering process, I wouldn't expect you to be producing a part expected to withstand extreme tolerances (e.g. 20,000lb load). But it should be sufficient for your application.

Since you found a bolt that works...have you considered converting that bolt to a stud? IMHO, that may be the easiest option....besides just keeping that bolt in place.

Gotcha. I think I'll just keep trying to get some 60mm studs.


Luis came over earlier and helped me mount the turbo to the engine. I think I'm gonna try to install the engine with the turbo mounted this time. It was way easy to install it by myself the other night with no turbo, and I figure if I have someone on each side of the car watching and guiding the engine in, it should be fine. Plus it's easier than installing the turbo after.

Here are some pics of the parts that came in today...




I was going to take a pic of them installed, but I forgot. I'll do that tomorrow. I still need to make the fuel lines and run the wires to the sensors anyway.

Here is the engine as it sits right now.


I made the coolant lines for the wastegates, and they came out pretty nice, and now that I see them installed I just want to get fittings for the rear iron and water pump housing so I can use them now lol.

[lOOkatme]

We have heat treat at my work and I could easily get them through a run at work.

We are nadcap approved as well;)

[speedjunkie]

Maybe I'll look into it as some point. But for right now I'm just worried about getting it back on the road. If I start seeping oil there, I might look into it.

Andy and Zico came over and helped install the engine today. I need to put the driveshaft in still, but the engine is in and I wired up a lot of it tonight, along with finishing the oil cooler lines and mounting the oil cooler thermostat. I still need to finish making the fuel lines and pressure sensor wires for the rear, finish everything in the engine bay, and finish putting the interior back together. Zico and I also dropped his engine in earlier in the day.

Oh I also made this block-off plate today. I don't guess I really had to, but I wanted to close up the hole to the tranny bell housing, for fear of something flying up in there.

[speedjunkie]

Tonight I finished the fuel lines in the rear of the car (I still have to do the wires to the sensors but after that I'll be finished with that whole part), connected a few wires in the engine bay (starter, low oil sensor, coils), put clamps on the turbo coolant hoses, and hooked up the oil cooler lines permanently. I picked up some DEI titanium exhaust wrap today, which I'm going to use on the exhaust right next to where the fuel lines are in the back, and also on the downpipe. I'll wrap as much as possible with what I have left over.

Tomorrow I'm going to see if I can find fittings for the wastegate coolant lines and I'll wrap those in heat tape and install them and try to finish up more of the engine bay, wrap the exhaust and wire the sensors so I can finish under the car as much as possible, and then I can finish assembling the interior. I'm anticipating having this thing done by next weekend.

[millertime]

Well, that's not gonna happen lol.

[speedjunkie]

lol I love Monty Python

[FDEEZ]

How's the progress coming along?

It's funny how your turbo looks as large as your clutch disc...and almost as large as your shortblock, lol. How many pounds does that thing weigh? Those wategates are sick!

[speedjunkie]

Not as fast as I'd like. Actually it might be as large as the clutch disk haha, I never compared the two. How much does the turbo weigh or the clutch? Although I don't know on either one lol. I'm not sure I can guess close enough haha. I could probably google it. I never thought about it. Yeah I like these wastegates. I don't think I really need to run water to them, and I hope it helps and doesn't hurt, but I might as well use the lines if I have them.

I've done very little work over the last few nights. A couple days ago I got some parts I bought from Fritz Flynn...a license plate bracket for the front for when I drive it back to IL, a relay box cover to replace the one I broke, and the fuel line covers on the bottom of the car. I installed the relay box cover the other night and I cleaned up the fuel line covers last night and will install those tonight. Last night I also cleaned up the alternator and the power steering pump, heat wrapped the downpipe, and wired the fuel pressure sensors. So now I can put the interior back together, which I'll probably do tonight, along with trying to finish up the engine bay and heat wrap the exhaust by the fuel lines (I might actually have enough heat wrap to do the entire exhaust, but I wasn't planning on it). I'll have to use a lighter to see which EGT sensor goes to which runner, then I can install those and the downpipe. I need to remake one or two of the lines going to the boost control solenoid, and then replace the heat shielding on one of the lines since it was touching the downpipe apparently and got damaged.

[Shadowden]

I can't see pictures, but if you ar installing the downpipe, does that mean you put the engine back in?

Seems like you are on the verge of getting on the road...seems timely that we got snow.

[speedjunkie]

Yeah we dropped the engine in last Saturday. I was hoping to have it on the road by today but I didn't work on it much this week. I might be back in the relationship, so back to not having any time lol. And snow ticks me off too lol. Although I haven't actually seen any yet.

[Saul_Good]

No relationship till car is finished!

[speedjunkie]

I know, lol. That's how I feel too lol.

[speedjunkie]

I started putting the interior back together, almost finished with it. Although there are some things I won't be doing until I know the car runs and runs well.

I put the fuel line covers on, installed the oil catch can, topped off the oil in the transmission...that might be it. I can't remember and I'm so freakin sleepy.

[speedjunkie]

Accomplished quite a bit today. This morning I hooked up the ECU and heat wrapped the exhaust next to the fuel filters. Tonight I installed the AC compressor, power steering pump, alternator, boost solenoid (after making a new hose; one of them apparently rested against the downpipe and burned the insulation to the hose and hardened the hose), EGT sensors, downpipe...that might be it but I don't remember for sure.

Tomorrow I need to get fuel, add coolant, oil, power steering fluid, etc, install the radiator, IC, intake pipe/filter and UIM. Then I should be able to start the car and look for leaks. But first I want to run fuel through the entire system up to the engine so I can get out any debris from flaring the hardlines or whatever else.

Here are some pics. Finally a couple pics of the fuel filters and sensors.


This one is of the filters taken from the driver's rear wheel well.


And here are a couple pics of the wrapped muffler piping. In the second pic you can see how close the exhaust is to the fuel line.

[speedjunkie]

Oh, and I also have to bleed the clutch, install the front fenders and all the wheels. But I might wait for some of that until after checking for leaks.