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Dan's Excursion/Beater Wagon.

Started getting all of the turbo stuff together, mocking up lines and such in preparation for +T. No, the engine is not going in the car, I'm just using it to mock up the turbo related stuff.

Here's the port work I've done on the manifold and turbine housing.

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Welded a 3" v-band to the turbine outlet.

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Here's my solution for the oil feed. I didn't really want to mess around with the plug at the front of the block, so I tapped a hole in the top of a 14x1.5 banjo bolt to 1/8" NPT

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I found this oil pressure switch from a Toyota pick up, has the 1/8" pipe threads I was looking for.

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I'm using a 14mm-4an banjo adapter at the stock oil pressure switch location then a 12mm-4an banjo at the turbo end.

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Here's what it looks like so far.

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The turbine housing and exhaust manifold will be coated with stove bright before final installation.
 
So you tapped the side and top of that banjo, then?

Looks like it must have had only one hole on the side to begin with.

Wanna make me a setup like that? :)
 
harribert said:
So you tapped the side and top of that banjo, then?

Looks like it must have had only one hole on the side to begin with.

Wanna make me a setup like that? :)
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The banjo bolts have two holes in the side originally. I just tapped the hole in the top. I have a spare bolt and banjo-4an adapter I can set up for you. You want a switch too? They're only 5 or 6 bucks.



Oh yea, I fixed the speedo finally. Cleaned the corrosion out of the speedo head connector and had to shim the pickup a bit. When I put the locker in, I just used sealer instead of a paper gasket which apparently screwed up the air gap.
 
crandandall said:
The banjo bolts have two holes in the side originally. I just tapped the hole in the top. I have a spare bolt and banjo-4an adapter I can set up for you. You want a switch too? They're only 5 or 6 bucks.

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Yeah that's what I was wondering about though: what did you do about the hole that...oooooh, I see what you did. the ring that sanwiches under the banjo has the -4 adapter, got it. Thought you did something else that wouldn't have made sense.

For sure, I'll cover your expenses plus shipping plus the cost of a pint.
 
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Small update.

Had a little free time at work today, so I decided I was going to put the rear spring spacers in. The rear sat about an inch lower than the front, so I bought a couple 3" diameter Delrin discs from McMaster and drilled holes in them for spacers.

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Rear height measured at the pinch weld ~12"

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Front height measured at pinch weld ~13"

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Spacers installed between spring mount and frame rail

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I had been using a large zip tie run through the bump stop bracket and around the top coil of the spring in order to keep the spring in place at full droop. That wasn't going to work with the spacers installed, so I cut a couple holes in each of the spring seats.

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And used some hose clamps to keep the springs in place. I know it's kind of hokey, but it'll work until I convert to coilovers and actually have real limit straps.

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New rear height

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Nice and level now, no more saggy ass.

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Other than that, not a whole lot going on as far as the project goes, still gathering parts for the +T, going to the junkyard this weekend to scour for the last few bits I need for that. Still in need of a flat flywheel drilled for LH2.4. I know the existing clutch in the car is going to be toast once the turbo's on. If anyone's got one, hit me up.
 
Dan, I have a Sachs 740T clutch and pressure plate for dog dish flywheels. Only saw boost for about 30 miles, about 10k on it total. Does $90+ shipping sound fair to you?
 
harribert said:
Dan, I have a Sachs 740T clutch and pressure plate for dog dish flywheels. Only saw boost for about 30 miles, about 10k on it total. Does $90+ shipping sound fair to you?
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Already have a Spec stage 3 for the flat flywheel. Flat flywheel's been in the plan since the beginning. Thanks for the offer though.

Stephen said:
sounds crazy, but i think if you opened the fenders up kinda how they're ripped open like that, it'd look kinda cool.
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I think it would be cool also, I definitely have been kicking a few ideas around for the fenders.

falunbrick said:
wtf happened to your fender....
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Some idiot decided to leave the lug nuts loose and the wheel fell off. :oops:


atrokz said:
Oh, and If your state laws allow it, maybe run a offroad 'bumper' set up.

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Prerunner style bumpers are in the works, the rear will have some sort of tire carrier so I don't have to keep the spare on the roof.
 
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