Just Starting my Twin-turbo project

[Green 94 5.0]

oh ok.....i misread your post and thought that the top pic was the set he made for someone else. you are definitely going to need to be careful with water and where those turbo's are going to sit.

 

[Redsnake2]

I know, but my worries are the oil return and I may have to mod the pax side wastegate for better flow and fit.. But today i went out and started on the intercooler mounting.

This is what I came up with.. I cut a section out of the bumper and then I used the cut out to make the bottom support for the IC..

Then I mounted it to see how it would look and how much airflow would get to it..

 

[Redsnake2]

This is how much cold air will get to it...

 

[94-302-vert]

Open up the back side of that bracket though... the air needs to get through it nit jsut to it... Looks really good though...

 

[95strokerPSU]

Now you just gotta get rid of the mesh out of the center section and get some thicker pieces for the side sections. I actually might have some small pieces laying around that'll fill those side sections. Looks good though.

 

[Dan95-5.0]

holy jeez, what size is that intercooler?

 

[nmcgrawj]

Open up the back side of that bracket though... the air needs to get through it nit jsut to it... Looks really good though...

Wont that really hurt the integrity of the bumper support though?

 

[Redsnake2]

Yep, but it seems to be a pretty common mod to slice the bumper. At first I wasn't going to did it, but after a lil thought I was like hell why not. I don't plan on hitting anything, but we never do!!!

Hopefully it will be okay.

 

[Redsnake2]

Ok it's been a couple of days. I had to change the way I had the wastegate mounted, due to everyone teling me it would cause boost creep if i left it that way. So i had to close the hole on the side with a patch and then weld it on the end of the elbow.

Oh I also welded the bung to the intercooler pipe for the wastegate. The are pretty but they are air tight.. besides with the grinder I can make them as pretty as i want.... LOL

PICS will be up this weekend. Just got the final wastegate in, so Monday I will start the MEAT AND POTATOS of the build. The engine tear down....

 

[mootang]

sounds good man!

I can't wait for mine, its getting built this week!! I wish i could build my own but I just don't have the skill or resources!

 

[Redsnake2]

okay it's been awhile since I posted. The pics will be on tonight. Whats been going on

I stripped down the engine bay to give myself room to work. All the accessories have been removed and i'm repainting the and cleaning up the engine bay.. Wish I had a pressure washer...

I welded the piping to the collector of the manifold as one big piece and then I took out my cutter and chopped the piping at the most level run of the piping. I don't know if I'm going to use V-bands or 3"butt joint band clamps. Thinking about the later of the 2 for cost and easy installation..

I also welded a 45 degree down to the H-pipe that I had to cut. Since I have to run the exhaust out board of the steering linkage. A 2 1/2 pipe wouldn't fit. So I put it in the vice and squeezed it to an oval shape. This give me about an 1/4" clearance..

Tonight I have to make a reducer from 3" to 2 1/2" I thought I could find one at the local auto parts store , but no luck.. I also relised that this is going to put alot of heat in the engine compartment so I just ordered 100' of exhaust wrap.

I will also tackle that oil pressure send unit. it's tucked kinda odd behind the water pump and I cant get any thing on it... it should be a socket but it's not..

Any ideas? SORRY AGAIN AND I WILL POST SOME PICS TONIGHT..

 

[95strokerPSU]

Ampro T70004 3/8 drive oil pressure switch set. That's what you need to get the sending unit off. They selling them at Advanced for like $6.

 

[Redsnake2]

thanks stroker, i could probably have this done if i didn't have to run to the dang parts store every 15 minutes