🔧 BUILD toyota wagon 3800

[Turbocharged400sbc]

.....and american iron in jap tin...but mostly american iron

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

whelp the mustang radiator wont fit not without bashing the hood or sectioning the lower radius arm/radiator support braces found my lower rad hose today 26$ works pretty good but ill return it if i find something just a little different

oh and the garage is cleaner

 

[Handsome Jesus]

I helped with that! hooray for storage units.

 

[PANDA]

James needs some chairs, maybe a table in the garage.

 

[Euro]

The garage looks nice!

 

[skeezer]

it just looks like he pushed everything closer to the wall.

 

[Handsome Jesus]

took out about 600lbs of stuff. mostly transmissions.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

it just looks like he pushed everything closer to the wall.

hows the work on the bird comming along with your nice warm garage?

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

got some more junk done

finalized the trans mount, made a gm to ford adaptor plate to use an ES mount "laying" around

and all together

solid motor mounts and i ran the ps lines to the front where they have to cross over to the passenger side mounted pump

started on the headers...gotta make sure i plan ahead

 

[bikrboy128]

got some more junk done
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started on the headers...gotta make sure i plan ahead

plan ahead for a turbo?
looks to be plenty of room

 

[firemandan1700]

plan ahead for a turbo?
looks to be plenty of room

Agreed!

 

[Handsome Jesus]

That is the plan.

 

[PANDA]

This shit is gonna fuck up HK in the spring, that is the goal.

 

[10sec]

I can see this pulling the wheels if james sticks a turbo on it

 

[PANDA]

yea PANDA driving, james in the way back. Im sure it would.

 

[The Broken Regal]

 

[Euro]

Or even as it sits now with all that stuff in the back. What is that a generator, toolbox, Regal parts? lol

 

[Handsome Jesus]

at least 2 crankshafts back there too.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

and quite possibly the trans shifter ive been looking for....

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

trans shifter was in a box with my other sbc stuff

ripped it apart to test fit it center console is gonna be hacked up but it'll clear the rear console portion with the hand brake

im going to have to rework a buncha shit...kinda 50/50 on getting rid of the ps pump and running the gearbox manually, would eliminate a bit more fabrication for the ps pump bracket id have to make.
looks like the ford alternator is the best compromise for fit and ease of making a new bracket. drivers side header is going upward, no choice, ive went through tons of bracket/acc configurations and this makes the most sense esp if i ditch the ps.

at least if i end up getting jamies manual rack and converting to front steer i wont have to modify the header/alternator mount

here's the problem with the oem SI L67 alternator

the portion of the oem bracket outlined in red is probably the only piece ill be keeping...ill just cutoff the rest and throw it in the aluminum pile....i should prob just delete the power steering though

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

well this puppy should help me use one of the belts i have it stock ar at least let me use the first belt i pickout lol...pretty good blower belt wrap if i keep it over to the left. btw that adjustable idler stand is a part from a 66 thunderbird
now i gotta go warranty that alternator from a ford 4.6 so i can drill the ear and make the bracket for it. i could start on the drivers side header but i wanna knock this alternator out so i have a final position/height
then i gotta hackup the oem bracket to just a tensioner assembly...gonna forget about the PS pump for now i can deal with manual steering for a while

 

[Yaj Yak]

yea PANDA driving, james in the way back. Im sure it would.

 

[Stink Star]

that poor wagon is gonna pretzel up the first time you smash the long skinny one! please tell me you are gonna brace the chassis/ seam weld the front all up

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

nah people stuff them there 2jz thingies in em since they're basically supra's, and they handle those just fine lol it only weighs ~3000 but the tq should help it scoot

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

made a mount for the b&m in all its rusty glory, it also blocks off the oem hole had to modify the console a bit lol

alternator mount has a couple more holes to be drilled and 2 pices trimmed of excess and then welded ondep on how strong that is i might also weld a tab on the backside of the lower mount to bolt to a motor plate to block bolt, kinda hard to see it but you can see the lower mount bar
drivers side header is ready for the primary's to be welded its all cut and labeled just gotta do some grinding and final assembly/last adjustments