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188 hits | 58.2 KB | Posted: 3/10/16
Display for the Tech Edge wide band O2.
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187 hits | 41.69 KB | Posted: 2/8/14
Drilling a straight hole through 6 inches of aluminum when your drill press only has a 2 inch stroke is challenging but possible. Here the 3/8 inch pilot is drilled. I had to drill it from each end. The two holes were only off by a few thousandths in...
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187 hits | 49.36 KB | Posted: 6/7/14
The start of any bracket fabrication - cardboard. I like old soda boxes but any will do. This is just the first try. Lots of trimming and fiddling left to go.
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185 hits | 46.86 KB | Posted: 6/7/14
Steel rough cut for the lower bracket. I ended up having to trim this down quite a bit. The angle section hit the air filter and the long section wasn't long enough because I didn't think bout having to put the voltage regulator back in. Not a big de...
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184 hits | 49.97 KB | Posted: 2/1/14
Had to hammer a divot in the crossmember to clear the cast torque arm mounts on the extension housing. The crossmember is 1/8" thick so it took a bit of heat and a big hammer to get that much deformation. I painted it to keep out the rust.
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184 hits | 71.6 KB | Posted: 5/6/14
Passenger side pretty much done. Heat shield protects the air intake. More heat shield on the fuel lines. Crappy battery hold down was the first thing I made for the car. The radiator fan switches and water returns from the turbos are on the other si...
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184 hits | 28.07 KB | Posted: 8/10/16
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182 hits | 49.81 KB | Posted: 4/28/14
Picture of the bracket I made to keep the clutch cable away from the header heat. It just clamps to the intake tube but I spent a good amount of time getting the bends right and painting it. I like things to look close to factory. Factory experimenta...
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181 hits | 75.92 KB | Posted: 5/6/14
Driver's side turbo with the finished air intake. Routed the blow off valve to the intake. That's an upper radiator hose for an 83 Buick Century with a 3.0. Took a bit of searching to find a 1.25" hose with a 90 degree bend the right length. Ben...
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180 hits | 63.93 KB | Posted: 2/1/14
Flywheel, pilot bearing, clutch disc, and pressure plate all installed. That's a Spec pressure plate and Centerforce Dual-Friction disc. I ordered them from promotionpowertrain.com
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180 hits | 38.64 KB | Posted: 2/1/14
Blurry but the wire goes straight through the center of the firewall adjuster and to the top of the adjuster.
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180 hits | 75.54 KB | Posted: 2/8/14
Starting the tap. Long extension and socket make it easy to keep the tap straight when starting.
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180 hits | 34.74 KB | Posted: 2/8/14
I put 3/8 NPT tapped holes opposite the 1/2 NPT holes for the fan switches in case I ever need to use different temperature fan switches. 3/8 inch switches are more common.
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178 hits | 85.91 KB | Posted: 2/1/14
Tremec TKO II, used but fresh of a rebuild from Liberty Gear.
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178 hits | 49.46 KB | Posted: 2/1/14
I put a level line on the engine before taking out the AOD shell I had bolted to the trans. The TKO uses the same bolt pattern for the mount as the AOD but the mounting pad is about 5/8" higher. I made a spacer out of 5/8" aluminum. It's ju...
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177 hits | 64.58 KB | Posted: 2/1/14
Better shot.
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177 hits | 35.46 KB | Posted: 8/10/16
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176 hits | 57.89 KB | Posted: 4/13/14
Manifold installed. Had to make a heat shield for the air intake so I mounted the manifold to it. The low temp switch is toward the firewall so it turns the fan on when the coolant returns from the turbos gets above 185. The high temp switch turns on...
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176 hits | 35.11 KB | Posted: 8/10/16
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175 hits | 27.43 KB | Posted: 8/10/16
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174 hits | 53.64 KB | Posted: 2/1/14
Finished piece. Welded nuts to the inside plate. Welded nuts to the pipe to hold down the firewall adjuster. I like it.
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174 hits | 49.11 KB | Posted: 2/1/14
Everything installed. It works fine.
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174 hits | 32.68 KB | Posted: 8/10/16
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173 hits | 72.17 KB | Posted: 3/10/16
Made a bracket to hold the intake flat for boring the injector holes. Simple 45 degree plate bolts to the intake flange and bolts to the drill press.
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173 hits | 68.23 KB | Posted: 3/10/16
Boring another hole. Setup worked just fine.
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173 hits | 45.33 KB | Posted: 3/8/16
Battery box vent. Hose plastic epoxied into the 90 degree bulkhead fitting and into the trunk sheet metal.
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173 hits | 18.19 KB | Posted: 8/10/16
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171 hits | 62.14 KB | Posted: 2/1/14
It's a compound angle to get the flange flat and straight along the centerline of the opening in the firewall and the top of the quadrant. I made a wood block with the right angle. Drilling the 1/4" pilot was no problem. I drilled the hole on th...
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170 hits | 48.23 KB | Posted: 2/1/14
Cable installed. Blurry. It was cold and dark at this point.
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170 hits | 37.56 KB | Posted: 2/8/14
I needed a place to put two radiator fan switches and the return water from the water-cooled turbos. I had some 1.25 in x 1.5 in aluminum stock lying around and I have the right tools. Here I'm just laying out the design.
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170 hits | 74.07 KB | Posted: 3/10/16
Boring the injector bung holes. I used normal water to lubricate the bit so there wasn't any oil to soak into the aluminum and contaminate the weld. I had to constantly spray water but it worked fine. I already spent a lot of time boiling this intake...
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169 hits | 72.5 KB | Posted: 3/10/16
The more angled holes rode a little so I had to ream them later but it wasn't much of an issue.
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167 hits | 73.81 KB | Posted: 5/20/16
Console mock up with lid and drawer.
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166 hits | 48.99 KB | Posted: 6/7/14
The top piece of steel is now cut out so I can hold the reservoir steady while I mark and trim the cardboard for the lower bracket. The steel is on top in this picture but the final bracket has the steel under the plastic. Tack welded it and couldn't...
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165 hits | 50.07 KB | Posted: 10/24/15
Studs installed. The upper plenum fits it perfectly. I need to cut a gasket for it because Ford used an o-ring and I changed the port just a bit.
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165 hits | 51.86 KB | Posted: 5/20/16
Drawer and lid installed all open.
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165 hits | 24.86 KB | Posted: 8/10/16
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164 hits | 62.52 KB | Posted: 3/10/16
Welded lug supports the intake port. I bored a hole under this so the bit wouldn't ride down the flange and screw up the hole.
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163 hits | 45 KB | Posted: 2/1/14
Indexing the bellhousing. This is the second try; the first try with the stock dowels had it about 9 thousandths out of alignment. Tremec's spec is less than 5 thousandths so I ordered a set of 7 thousandths offset dowels. Now it's only 1.5 thousandt...
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163 hits | 71.57 KB | Posted: 5/6/14
Driver's side air intake. MIG welder makes adding bits of steel easy. Barbecue paint dries very fast and is a nice flat black.
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163 hits | 59.46 KB | Posted: 5/20/16
Trim ring and gauges set in place.
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162 hits | 66.57 KB | Posted: 2/1/14
Boring the larger hole. Keeping the saw cutting without too much chatter or sticking was a challenge. It took some serious clamps to keep the plate still.
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162 hits | 52.37 KB | Posted: 3/2/14
I rerouted the fuel line through the front crossmember but it turned out that the new route was closer to the exhaust than I like so i made this quick aluminum heat shield / bracket.
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162 hits | 67.53 KB | Posted: 3/10/16
Eight holes all drilled. Just need to make a quick fixture to hold the bungs properly.
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162 hits | 31.64 KB | Posted: 8/10/16
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