Poke... We the people want an update.
Thanks,
I've been holding off until I had some solid progress. I've been making things way more difficult than they need to be, mostly because it's an opportunity to learn something new.
To do list as of 12/18:
Finish radiator
Finish wiring
Find different intercooler to fit in front of bigger radiator
Plumb oil cooler
Make intercooler pipes (stainless, because my friend's TIG welds are beautiful)
Fuel pump/lines
Install intake manifold from Yoshifab
Turn key?
Right now I have it about 75% wired up. The LH harness is spliced into the stock 140 wiring (oil pressure light, starter solenoid trigger, coolant temp gauge, amp light/exciter) via the stock LH connector. I just need a coil and the coil power/tach plug and the firewall side of the wiring will be done. I still need to wire up the 9-plug connector in the cabin (fuel pump, etc.).
I also took a different tack with the radiator. I decided that neither the stock downflow or the later 140 crossflow radiators were going to work, so I bought a Northern Radiators 16x20" universal one. It comes as a core with end tanks, and you have to weld on mounting brackets and drill the holes for the inlet/outlet. I have a friend doing the TIG work for me. That's been fun and should be finished today.
I'll also have the first bend of my stainless 3" downpipe tacked up today, but I broke a stud off the turbo, so that'll set me back a bit. I'm going to try to fit a 3" flex pipe under the car, then temporarily step down to the stock 2" system. Once it's running and shaken down, I'll have a 2.5" exhaust made up.