The Aspirator
05-18-2006, 03:42 PM
Leivon and I were out in Abbotsford BC junkyard hunting, got to this one yard that only had one volvo, an N/A 740. But on their shelves they had a verrrry nice volvo 42/63 turbo complete with pre-90 volvo manifold and wastegate actuator and everything. It spins super nice, no in and out play, a wee bit of up/down play but that's normal without oil. The interesting thing was the oil drain tube.... In classic Turbobricks fashion this is how we found it, still attached to the bottom of the turbo:
http://trollmedia.com/cars/junkyard-turbo01.jpg
Tons of JBweld, this is OBVIOUSLY from someone's F+T attempt. There was JBweld on the inside of the hose :roll:, maybe to stop it from leaking. No thought was put into where that JBweld will go when it cracks off and travels down the hose...
That is sooooo turbobricks, everything down to that red high temp hose. What makes me curious is that
1. there aren't really any members in that area, not any active ones that I know about anyways
2. if someone's gone through the effort to do an F+T, obviously themselves, why or how did the car end up in the junkyard?
3. where's the car? how come only the turbo made it to the yard? This didnt' really seem like the kind of yard that gets rid of a lot of cars.
But the funniest thing was when we took it up to pay. Leivon thumps it down on the counter and a few of the employees start eyeing it saying stuff like "ooh that's a nice turbo, what's it off of?" Not asking us, but asking themselves. This one guy, ohh man he must live in that yard, older guy walkin around without his shirt on, long hippie haircut, huge beer belly, grease and dirt ALL over his body and arms, a real winner here. He takes one look and says "That's a DODGE turbo".
I said "volvo maybe?"
"nope, DODGE, no doubt. For sure, it's off a dodge."
Riiiight buddy. It got the word VOLVO cast into the exhaust manifold, but I guess it must be off a dodge. :rofl:
It's a sweet turbo though, it'll turn Leivon's 242GLT into a whole nother beast, especially since that car comes with the B23E (10.0:1, flat tops, 405 head, K-cam). Between that, LH2.2 and some suspension work, it'll be a sweet ride.
http://trollmedia.com/cars/junkyard-turbo01.jpg
Tons of JBweld, this is OBVIOUSLY from someone's F+T attempt. There was JBweld on the inside of the hose :roll:, maybe to stop it from leaking. No thought was put into where that JBweld will go when it cracks off and travels down the hose...
That is sooooo turbobricks, everything down to that red high temp hose. What makes me curious is that
1. there aren't really any members in that area, not any active ones that I know about anyways
2. if someone's gone through the effort to do an F+T, obviously themselves, why or how did the car end up in the junkyard?
3. where's the car? how come only the turbo made it to the yard? This didnt' really seem like the kind of yard that gets rid of a lot of cars.
But the funniest thing was when we took it up to pay. Leivon thumps it down on the counter and a few of the employees start eyeing it saying stuff like "ooh that's a nice turbo, what's it off of?" Not asking us, but asking themselves. This one guy, ohh man he must live in that yard, older guy walkin around without his shirt on, long hippie haircut, huge beer belly, grease and dirt ALL over his body and arms, a real winner here. He takes one look and says "That's a DODGE turbo".
I said "volvo maybe?"
"nope, DODGE, no doubt. For sure, it's off a dodge."
Riiiight buddy. It got the word VOLVO cast into the exhaust manifold, but I guess it must be off a dodge. :rofl:
It's a sweet turbo though, it'll turn Leivon's 242GLT into a whole nother beast, especially since that car comes with the B23E (10.0:1, flat tops, 405 head, K-cam). Between that, LH2.2 and some suspension work, it'll be a sweet ride.