So here's the game plan 00 Mustang + LSx + huge turbo :)
12-10-2007 | 12:25 PM
#481
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From: Way Out In The Boonies Chasin' Hill Billies, North GA
Didn't get much done this weekend...
- Used a piece of 6" aluminum tubing 18" long, cut a 1/2" section out to make a inlet on the bumper for the turbo. Got the bumper cut and than trimmed the aluminum tube so it contours the bumper
- Milled ~.015 off the back of the pistons, just used a round aluminum burr and milled a groove between the wrist pin, have about .020 of clearance now
- Cleaned the block for assembly
- Cleaned/Hung the rods on the pistons
- Tig welded reluctor wheel to crank
- Dropped the crank in the LSx block, installed main caps and completed 2 torque sequences
- Drilled remining holes in the valley cover and pre-fit 1/8" bung for oil pressure
- Ground off fill tube from valve covers to weld on Aluminum fill bung and cap
- Touched up a couple areas on the cage where the paint was thin
- Mounted fenders and front bumper back onto car to go to paint
I'll get some more work done tomorrow morning before work.
- Used a piece of 6" aluminum tubing 18" long, cut a 1/2" section out to make a inlet on the bumper for the turbo. Got the bumper cut and than trimmed the aluminum tube so it contours the bumper
- Milled ~.015 off the back of the pistons, just used a round aluminum burr and milled a groove between the wrist pin, have about .020 of clearance now
- Cleaned the block for assembly
- Cleaned/Hung the rods on the pistons
- Tig welded reluctor wheel to crank
- Dropped the crank in the LSx block, installed main caps and completed 2 torque sequences
- Drilled remining holes in the valley cover and pre-fit 1/8" bung for oil pressure
- Ground off fill tube from valve covers to weld on Aluminum fill bung and cap
- Touched up a couple areas on the cage where the paint was thin
- Mounted fenders and front bumper back onto car to go to paint
I'll get some more work done tomorrow morning before work.
12-13-2007 | 12:30 AM
#483
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From: Port Tobacco, MD
Got out of work late and didn't get started til 8ish.
- Got 2 coats of clear on the cage
- Hung all the rods
- Filed the rings
- Crank was installed last night
- applied quick seat on the walls
- Dropped all 8 pistons into the motor
- Did one round of torque
new pics are coming tomorrow afternoon!
- Got 2 coats of clear on the cage
- Hung all the rods
- Filed the rings
- Crank was installed last night
- applied quick seat on the walls
- Dropped all 8 pistons into the motor
- Did one round of torque
new pics are coming tomorrow afternoon!
12-15-2007 | 12:29 PM
#490
12-15-2007 | 01:59 PM
#492
12-15-2007 | 03:58 PM
#493
LOOOOOOL!
man you should have a website for the build and what ever follows!
i know people who need their daily shot of phill's progress more than their morning coffee
man you should have a website for the build and what ever follows!
i know people who need their daily shot of phill's progress more than their morning coffee
If I only had a break from everything else this car would be done already.
12-16-2007 | 10:52 AM
#495
Teching In
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From: Fort Wayne
! What color have you decided on?
12-16-2007 | 12:04 PM
#496
The car looks really good Phil.. When you lengthened the front a-arms it really made that front end look great! This has been a very interesting thread.. Just makes me feel really really lazy!! haha
12-16-2007 | 09:16 PM
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From: Port Tobacco, MD
Phil