Monday is punishment day.
I say that because on Monday,..I go down to the garage around 8am, and I stay there till I can barely move. I don't eat, I barely even stop for water, ( which I rarely do), I don't let nothing stop me.
Well....one thing actually stops me,....it's my "you're done for today" red flag.
Pain. I literally stay on track till it hurts too much to continue. In essence I "punish " myself.
I really want this thing back together, especially since it runs, even more so now that boost is back.
Despite the fact that I'm not done, I'm happy with my progress...I won today..the monster had to see things my way.
First thing I dealt with was the hot side...It ain't perfect, it isn't even a good job...but it was all I could do. And when that is the criteria.." All I can do" is all I can do.
The merge that feeds the turbo is obscene. Two curved tubes merge into one, with a big ased hole for the waste gate right in the middle, with a weird rectangular end feeding the turbo with a metal tab hanging underneath.
I put that tab on the bottom side of that crazy pipe to help take the load off of the exhaust...all it did today was get in the way.
It is what it is I guess...I'm not changing anything till it fails as a result of the wrap holding in too much heat.
The air box commanded the majority of my time however... And let me tell ya.......it's fcked up as a rats ass.
All of the welding required to add the frame has destroyed the paint,...and compromised the body work I did to try and smooth the thing...but I wanted the thing to stop blowing it's lid.
I feel pretty good that this mod will prevent that.
Still not done, but close to being there...I decided to use the existing frame to secure the glass. I added those se tabs, and bolted them to the sides. On the driver side of the box there are 5 studs welded in place. On the passenger side of the box there ar 5 nuts epoxied inside the box to eliminate the need to get a wrench inside to tighten those thing down.
As I've said before, the glass will set in 3m doubled sided tape as a gasket,...there will now be a really thin aluminum frame that will be glued on top of the glass to act as protection, and spread the load for the bolts that will be pressing on the glass to keep it from lifting..
The frame is held in place by 12 bolts/studs that attach to the sides/top end. And through the frame,..12 screws press down against the aluminum that forces the glass against the 3 m gasket..
Brilliance...