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Old 12-20-2014, 01:33 PM
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So after a week of talking and squeezing this sleeper in the schedule we started fabbing the turbo kit up! The turbo was mounted and most of the material was delivered for our week build time, which we made!

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T6 turbo
Factory flipped manifolds (1 flanged, 1 welded v-band)
5" down pipe reduced to 4"
2.5" mid pipes
3" intercooler pipe
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All finished up!!

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I'll be the first to say it looks awesome!! Great work guys!!
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My mom had a '78 Fairmont wagon that same color with the 302. I remember it beat my uncles new Delorean in 1983 and he pretty much parked the car after the wagon waxed it.

Cool project!

The wheels aren't too sleeper though
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Steve, you're taking SNL to another level! Congrats! Looks great!
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badass!!! Can we see some pics of the rear suspension setup??
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It's not nice to beat people with a station wagon...... Which is why I like this build.
Very nice work.
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Cool piece, nice work-I like it
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Nice !!! Did you have any trouble with the k member....engine mounting-wise I mean ?
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Originally Posted by 1969x11
badass!!! Can we see some pics of the rear suspension setup??
The rear is a 8.8 narrowed 5 1/2", it has be mini tubbed, coil over's and sway bar. All Team Z components!

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Nice !!! Did you have any trouble with the k member....engine mounting-wise I mean ?
The k member is also Team Z and it fit perfect!!
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Originally Posted by jdoisher
The rear is a 8.8 narrowed 5 1/2", it has be mini tubbed, coil over's and sway bar. All Team Z components!



The k member is also Team Z and it fit perfect!!
What trans?
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It has a power glide, the trans mount is two inches above the stock cross member!! If you were going to use a 4l60, I don't see it happing.
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Originally Posted by jdoisher
It has a power glide, the trans mount is two inches above the stock cross member!! If you were going to use a 4l60, I don't see it happing.
No, Turbo 400
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Originally Posted by 427zm
Steve, you're taking SNL to another level! Congrats! Looks great!
Thank you very much!

Jdoisher did the build of the Wagon, and placed the turbo where he wanted. We built the missing parts from the manifolds to the turbo, exhaust (side exit) and all the intercooler pipes

We are looking for our next project....
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Great looking build!
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Awesome car and great work TS! I'll be watching this build. I love these wagons. My family had a Fairmont and a Mercury Marquis. I've always wanted a Foxbody wagon to build.
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Originally Posted by JosephIV
Awesome car and great work TS! I'll be watching this build. I love these wagons. My family had a Fairmont and a Mercury Marquis. I've always wanted a Foxbody wagon to build.

Basically go tear up anything on the road with the whole family on the way to a Sunday dinner!! My kind of car!
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It's not a real wagon unless it has back seats that face towards middle of car. lol
I remember fighting my siblings for those seats!


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