🔧 BUILD PJ’s bad idea - notch edition

[willyt]

This is going to be one of the finest engineered cars that's never going to be finished.

 

[PJx5x]

This is going to be one of the finest engineered cars that's never going to be finished.

Thank you!

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Just how long has this thing been apart?

 

[RedBeard]

Just how long has this thing been apart?

Apart would imply it’s ever been together…

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Been working on the twin engine olds for 10 years on its 3rd "build"

He can't possibly be worse than us

 

[PJx5x]

Just how long has this thing been apart?

I bought it last fall

Redbeard can GFH

 

[PJx5x]

Small weekend update…
After going back and forth on turbo locations 34 times, i finally welded a mount and braced it

My buddy also helped me bend up the fuel cell. Once I get the fill cap I can drill all the holes and weld it up. There is a baffle around the pumps and 1 baffle/brace down the middle. Need to find a decent drain valve for it still

 

[BOTTLEFED]

Tailight issue resolved yet?

 

[Boostie]

Tailight issue resolved yet?

I gave him my cracked cheese graters from my 89 I had.

 

[BOTTLEFED]

I gave him my cracked cheese graters from my 89 I had.

This would be a step up lol

 

[PJx5x]

Tailight issue resolved yet?

There is no issue. Want me to find you a matching set?

 

[BOTTLEFED]

There is no issue. Want me to find you a matching set?

You fab them up to fit 96 housing?

 

[PJx5x]

You fab them up to fit 96 housing?

Boostie will. He’s the lighting mod guy. He recommended me mine and the 1 pc headlights

 

[Boostie]

Boostie will. He’s the lighting mod guy. He recommended me mine and the 1 pc headlights

I got my walmart sawsall!

 

[PJx5x]

Got everything cut in the tank. And a reference pic of the triple pump hanger. I was planning to keep the 3rd installed for emergency… but after seeing all the problems Boostie had with E85 gumming shit up I’m going to just install 2 and keep the 3rd as a spare

Welded it all up as best as possible. And one weld porn pic of 1% that does not represent my skills appropriately lol

Moving onto the hot side of the turbo kit. Put some vbands on the cast China headers. And tacked on the first bends to get the tubes flat and out past the motor plate. Used a 3d printed jig to cut that cause I was bored on lunch

 

[PJx5x]

Hot side incoming

Learned my lesson last time. Stopping to weld it up as I go. Ghetto back purge regulator tee and Daniels fancy buttplugs

 

[LikeABauce302]

The purge plugs are well worth it. So much easier than trying to keep foil on the ends or dealing with melted tape.

 

[PJx5x]

The purge plugs are well worth it. So much easier than trying to keep foil on the ends or dealing with melted tape.

Hose clamp and foil works well if you have a bung (O2 or backpressure) to thread the purge line into. These definitely worked well but are too rich for my blood

 

[LikeABauce302]

Hose clamp and foil works well if you have a bung (O2 or backpressure) to thread the purge line into. These definitely worked well but are too rich for my blood

For the places I didn't have a bung, I got frustrated trying to keep my back purge hose in place.

I would like to get heat sink blocks for V-bands, but can't justify it for the little fab work I do. I just keep some extra sacrificial flanges on hand.

 

[PJx5x]

I started with a stainless billet T6 flange. I used schedule 10 elbows going into it for strength since the wastegates will be hanging on them. Those are also schedule 10 tubes. Coworker made me a vband groove in a chunk of scrap so I could use it as a heat sink

So I 3d printed some little puck things that slipped into the tubes and had a threaded hole. Everything was piloted / on center / etc to hold it all straight. I mocked the bends up, adjusted the threaded rods to length and took measurements of what straight sections I needed to cut out. Worked awesome

Final tubes are just tacked in. Need to remove it so I can tape up the ends and weld it together on the car with back purge. I want it to heat and cool in position to maybe prevent warping lol.

Also out of argon. Back purging is expensive

 

[Terminator-Fux]

 

[PJx5x]

3d printed some spacers to hold the China dual seal connector in the center of the adjustment range while I fab it up

Built one of the Intercooler end tanks. Had to do some funky bends to clear the headlight bucket. Happy with how it turned out

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Did you end up putting a diverter to kinda redirect air flow towards the far end of the core?

 

[PJx5x]

Did you end up putting a diverter to kinda redirect air flow towards the far end of the core?

No I lost interest in getting fancy with it lol. Getting the compound bends right took enough brain power for me this week

 

[PJx5x]

Terminator-Fox helped me push this junk out of the garage to help make room for my new toy

And because of ADD, this antique has been getting all of my attention. RIP notch