Swiggles is going turbo!!!
- Thread starter Swiggles
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BillBoost37
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That's it..
hahaha you think it'll be that easy to make me jump into your special olympics hurdle race?
hahaha you think it'll be that easy to make me jump into your special olympics hurdle race?
Swiggles
Donating User
made good progress today! still a ton more to do though. have to order a fitting for the fuel rail from prj so the hose will fit over the intake. still need to connect everything under the car too. the motor is in and mostly put together, plogs are on, injectors and fuel rail is on, accessory belt is on. plugged in most of the electrical. heres some pics.
oh ya i cant find where jason put my gear select arm so the turbo cant go on until i find it....
pics!!
ooo shiny elbows installed
repainted my modders mesh with truck bed liner for some durability.
man was my garage dirty!! lol its still dirty but now theres less stuff on the floor.
oh ya i cant find where jason put my gear select arm so the turbo cant go on until i find it....
pics!!
ooo shiny elbows installed
repainted my modders mesh with truck bed liner for some durability.
man was my garage dirty!! lol its still dirty but now theres less stuff on the floor.
Looks great already.
Between the dogbones, UIM, VC, and AN lines, perfect amount of shiny metal.
Perhaps just a polished inducer housing? Or are you going use a blanket?
Either way, looks great, looking forward to some more shots along the way.
Might be a tad too late for this suggestion, however I know you wanted jason to polish your UIM, perhaps cleaning then clear coat just to prevent further corrosion?
Between the dogbones, UIM, VC, and AN lines, perfect amount of shiny metal.
Perhaps just a polished inducer housing? Or are you going use a blanket?
Either way, looks great, looking forward to some more shots along the way.
Might be a tad too late for this suggestion, however I know you wanted jason to polish your UIM, perhaps cleaning then clear coat just to prevent further corrosion?
Swiggles
Donating User
I'll be using a blanket but that goes on the exhaust side which is the rusty part. I actually might buy a polished heat shield for it soon too. The intake housing is in fact polished though. The uim will end up being painted black, it's not as done as it looks in the pic. Or I might buy the polished on from max I dunno yet.
Swiggles
Donating User
Small update today although it feels like i did a ton of work today. Got the crossover, upper downpipe and turbo installed. made and installed my oil return line, used -10an fittings and goodridge -10an hose from treadstone. Resized my braided fuel return line. Still have to hook everything up underneath the car, pass side trans bracket, flywheel to converter bolts, replace the exhaust with the 3" pieces, make up and install the an lines for the vac block, install the IC, install new gauges, etc.
I did finally sell my gen v IC so i ordered the aem volts gauge and a starter kit for the porter cable buffer i bought last week.
oil return hose
Oil pressure gauge that came yesturday, volts gauge is on the way.
ooo shiney turbo
I did finally sell my gen v IC so i ordered the aem volts gauge and a starter kit for the porter cable buffer i bought last week.
oil return hose
Oil pressure gauge that came yesturday, volts gauge is on the way.
ooo shiney turbo
Eh, I'd venture to guess swiggles would take better care of his engine than most.
Even my car is still clean under the hood being assembled for a little over a month I believe. In the past, it'll stay clean for approximately six months before it needs a little freshening up.
Swiggles
Donating User
The key is to clean it but to never feel like its really clean.
The pics can be deceiving, taken at the right angle and anything can look clean and shiny. My car does have scratches that you can see from 3 ft away but the wax makes it look beautiful from 5ft away. I do get OCD about some things but I've seen alot worse.
The pics can be deceiving, taken at the right angle and anything can look clean and shiny. My car does have scratches that you can see from 3 ft away but the wax makes it look beautiful from 5ft away. I do get OCD about some things but I've seen alot worse.
16MustangVet
New member
Man that engine bay looks great and glad to see that turbo finally in an engine......................
