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[LikeABauce302]

Very nice cupcake. Are you overwhelmed like me? Do you plan on it being done this year so you can embarrass @Jeffs FRC new autotragic boat? ?

Yes, somewhat overwhelmed but not quite as much as when I first started and had no clue what I was doing. I have the hardest parts done, but still a lot of work to go. I keep adding things to the to do list. I just remembered I have to replace my rear gears. I have a 3.70 now that will have to be swapped for something else like a 3.15.

I REALLY hope this car is capable of beating a stock drivetrain car that weighs 4K pounds…lol

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it hangs with stock coyotes with a little boost ??

congrats on the great progress ,I have known this car for 15+ years..looking forward to that 9 sec run this fall..well deserved

Thanks Rich! I'm looking forward to getting this car into the single digits and still be able to street drive it.

 

[PJx5x]

I just remembered I have to replace my rear gears. I have a 3.70 now that will have to be swapped for something else like a 3.15.

AOD still? What’s first gear?

Quick performance has good pricing and shipping when you order. And they’re only in Iowa

 

[LikeABauce302]

AOD still? What’s first gear?

Quick performance has good pricing and shipping when you order. And they’re only in Iowa

Yup, still an AOD. First gear is 2.40:1.

I'll look at quick performance. I forgot about them. I was just going to order from Strange.

I may put the car on a chassis dyno before I swap the rear gears. That may help me narrow down the ratio I want. Stupid me wants to gear it for 1/4 mile racing, but there are so many more 1/8 mile events now.

Baller (financially irresponsible) me should just buy a second center section to solve that dilemma ?

 

[willyt]

Texas Mile is the only acceptable series for this big boye.

 

[Terminator-Fux]

Don’t chicken out. Tack your elbow on and bring that compressor housing over and use my welder

Yeah cupcake I may be at PJ Fab next Wednesday. Bring HNR's!

 

[LikeABauce302]

Oh my! I may have to make an appearance. I live close to PJ now.

 

[Boostie]

Yeah cupcake I may be at PJ Fab next Wednesday. Bring HNR's!

IN!

 

[willyt]

This post does need some more white monster...

 

[LikeABauce302]

One more task checked off of the list today. I got the blow-off valve flange cut and welded in place.

 

[greasy]

it’s getting close!!!!

 

[LikeABauce302]

Only had about an hour to work on the car today, but a little progress is better than no progress. I got the passenger side pipe from the turbo to intercooler fit. It just needs to be welded now. I made a pie cut to fill the gap you see here. I ran out of time and couldn't weld it today.

 

[LikeABauce302]

Finally turbo fab work is finished. This week I found someone to help me cut the end of of the driver's side turbo compressor housing so I could weld an elbow onto it. I decided to sloppily weld it myself today because I just wanted to get it done. It turned out okay. Not the prettiest weld, but it came out better than I expected it would for my first try at cast aluminum.

My dad asked one of the machinists he used to work with if he could cut my compressor housing with a vertical band saw. He went way overboard and used a mill . Either way, it got done and was less sloppy than me using a cutoff wheel and trying to straighten it out with my belt sander.

I just have to bead roll the ends of that short tube in the picture and put another coupler on it. The hardest part of this project is finished.

 

[greasy]

Came out great Matt!

 

[Pressure Ratio]

Looks good. Now hook up a couple of wires and start this thing! haha

 

[LikeABauce302]

Looks good. Now hook up a couple of wires and start this thing! haha

As much as I want to, I'm going to take it all apart soon so I can paint the engine bay and any raw sheet metal that has been victim to my Harbor Freight angle grinder.

I still have some minor fabrication things to do. I need to make new mount pads for my lower radiator support because it doesn't fit my radiator very well. I also need to figure out where to put the scavenge pump and I will need to make some sort of mounting bracket for that too.

 

[Boostie]

Cant wait to ride in this thing to Dairy Queen!

 

[LikeABauce302]

Cant wait to ride in this thing to Dairy Queen!

I can't wait to take a 90s style portrait in front of our cars for this year's Christmas cards!

 

[Terminator-Fux]

Very nice MG. Rebecca and I approve.

 

[LikeABauce302]

Whoa, it's been over a month since my last update. I need to start doing work again ?

Not much new going on with the project. Like most people, my summer has been busy so far, so I haven't had much time to work on the car. I worked on it a little bit yesterday. Over the last couple weekends I got the scavenge pump mounted. I made a bracket that comes off of the lower radiator brace. I'm going to Tee both of the turbo drains together and run one line into the pump. The inlet of the scavenge pump is just about parallel to the turbo drains, so it should work well in this spot.

 

[greasy]

Coming together nicely! When do you hope to have this bitch on the road!?!

 

[LikeABauce302]

Coming together nicely! When do you hope to have this bitch on the road!?!

Hopefully before snow starts falling. It's not going to the race track until next season at the earliest. I just want to get it moving under its own power before this year is over.

My next step is to disassemble everything. I need to cut off the lower radiator mounts and make new ones because I don't like the way my radiator fits, then paint the engine bay and any raw metal around the front of the car.

While the engine is back on the stand, I need to figure out alternator mounting. It will be a little bit challenging with the motor plate, but I think I have an idea that should work.

After those small details are ironed out, it's just a matter of reassembly, plumbing, and a little wiring.

 

[LikeABauce302]

I think I'm finally finished cutting and welding on the car and I'm finally ready to take it all apart to paint the engine bay.

Yesterday I installed one of the last pieces of the puzzle. A Motion Raceworks engine travel limiter kit, to keep the engine from trying to move forward or backwards. I could have made something cheaper, but this was a nice well thought out kit that saved me a lot of time.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

From what I have seen on the YouTube's, motion is a solid company.
Looks like a nifty part.

 

[01bluesnake]

Thats really good to hear, at least now its just unbolting and bolting back together, although still plenty of time.

 

[LikeABauce302]

From what I have seen on the YouTube's, motion is a solid company.
Looks like a nifty part.

They make really well thought out parts and manufacture almost all of their parts in Iowa. I still had to do a little cutting and welding to fit my setup, but they provided everything I needed to make it a simple and quick install.