My monkeyfabgarage.com fittings and line came in. Went with ptfe incase I go e85. Have to say these went together very easily, well I did mess up the short section going to the fuel rail so I had to order another olive to complete it. Also had a set of stripped valve covers I wrinkle blacked... I am a big fan of wrinkle black.

 

I dig the black wrinkle paint too. Which brand didcha go with?

 

Picked up from my local advance auto it's vht brand wrinkle black, its the only i have tried/used.

 

Well i went back and checked my measurements on the intercooler specs.... it was alittle off so I redid it. Also moved the condenser/trans cooler stack higher up and flushed with the radiator. I have two options either get a smaller trans cooler that cools just as well as the 40k or remote mount the 40k cooler. Then the intercooler would fit perfectly. If y'all have any suggestions for a smaller cooler let me know.

 

Been alittle stagnant on the intercooler debate so I'm switching it up. Stay tuned parts will be here this week coming up here is alittle teaser.... have to move some brackets but better then getting different parts.

 

Welp usps and ups finally came through here goes most of my air to water intercooler setup (minus zzp pump its in the roll cart). Also on a side note I have room for the ac comp just waiting on the dirty dingo ac bracket. If weather/wife permits I'll start on the crossover tube routing.


Went with a rockauto ac comp, it fits in the general area just waiting on bracket to finalize it.

Spot for the A2W intercooler

Just have to trim the lip close the headlights and "massage" the fender area near that plug

Turbo placement in this general area.

And i thought this was pretty neat shot.... then it reminds me i need to find a car intake manifold lol.

 

Busy busy busy in the forklift industry... here goes some pics to keep the thread alive lol

 

So close to getting the hood closed! Its hammer time!

 

This weekend I decided to pull the engine out, needed to have room to drill/tap a hole for the dirty dingo ac bracket and to install the ict billet dip stick block off. Also a buddy of mine has a transmission guy (guy has his own business for 30+ years) that offered to look over the 4l80e to make sure everything is ready to go. So I plan on taking it to him this week coming up just to be safe since this was my first ever transmission build.






Had to cut my taper tap to make into a bottom tap.



Also scored a earls swivel thermostat on ebay $12 shipped

Sway bar as it sits bolted to the end links

Swaybar all the way back

Sway bar all the way forward

How much i plan on trimming to space the sway bar doen to clear the ac belt tensioner.

 

Lmk if your dirty dingo ac set up throws belts. I could not keep belts on my application.

iv switched back to the f body ac bracket tensioner comp.

 

Dang I hope it doesn't, i doubt I can fit any other setup down low. Hopefully I'll find out soon if it'll work thanks for the heads up.

 

Still here just had a snag with the trans luckily i had someone look it over to make sure everything was good when I rebuilt it ... but there was some issues. the center support was damaged and causing the sealing rings not to move , the pump inner bore was grooved up to bad and wouldn't have sealed properly, and the front/rear planet were bad and binding. so the builder said that those sections were oddly damaged/bad and for me to find another core which im in the process of doing, hopefully i will have a good update soon.

 

Finally found a good known 4l80e core had 85k miles on it, just setting up a time for my new transmission builder to dig into it and swap parts from my old trans to the new one. Went ahead and clearance the hood for the tbss intake may test fit it this weekend to see if the hood clears. Work has been crazy and all my spare time has been with my 3 year old daughter plus I haven't felt motivated to work on the car. My daughter asked me this past weekend when we are going to have the race car done so we can race like Lighting McQueen lol so that gave me a boost of motivation. New plan is to do what I can an hour or two at a time after work and family time in the evenings.

 

Tonight I mounted the swaybar with the spacer to accommodate the A/C tensioner mount. Also started on polishing the wheels for it. When I bought them from croooober (japan auction) they were cheap and in rough condition but hard to find since they are an older model. I got to sanded down and curb rash (only one bad spot) worked out. That's it for tonight I'll knock out the other 2 tomorrow night.




Two on the left have the "machined finished" sanded out. Two on the right well be done tomorrow.

 

Life's been busy lately, just waiting on my second transmission to get built (first one had a bad pump and sun gear section). Just been plugging away at the wheels and minor stuff.

Cleeeaaan fluid in the second transmission hopefully this one is good



So far a pass with 400/600 dry and wet. Took down alot of imperfections and curb rash.

 

Worked on the body harness today took out some unnecessary wiring (abs, fans, and ac fans) figured the fans and ac would be controlled by the terminator x. What's left is the wiring for the lights and a outside temp sensor which I might try to use for the A2W temp.


Wiring and blocks on the left is what i don't need anymore.

 

Worked some more on the harness and chonky fuse block. Got the intercooler around the area I want it also ran the light harness a different way to avoid where the turbo is going to live.





also on a side night we have competition at work so who ever sold the most tires got a kick *** prize....


90mins in porsche 911 carrera 4s.

 

My drive shaft adapter came in, got it mounted up for further testing and fitment.

 

Going back over my radiator mounting don't really like the design I came up with so far.