you spent some time spotting up the seams, nice work, should be interesting how this motor performs.
keep it up bro, dig the neat wiring.
Yeah that was a bitch of a job... probably would just bar the car out more if i had to choose over doing it again..
Cheers man, i like it too, nothing is worse than trying to find issues in a car loom, this makes it straight forward and easy to remove..
now... tell me if im crazy but:
Fuark this build is madness, just read through most of it, goodwork on it all, just one question, how come you didn't use seam sealer on the welded seams or just didnt picture that? And why just tack the seams?
Do it!!!
Well... I dunno if your asking for advice but its what I thought would be best.. everyone will have there own opinion though so that's that.. bit like why I welded my rear doors shut n barred them out.. its just how I'm doing it.
Care not for sealant the cab gets that warm I don't think moisture will be much of a problem.. wouldn't really care if it did find its way in anyways..
Pending my pay this week I think I'll be ordering it for sure
Nah just curious, cause little gaps and seams tend to attract metal shavings and particles and rust quite fast sadly, Im not here to criticize only to browse
Yeah thats fair, I vacuumed it all out and ran a magnet through the car to pick up anything that was stuck in the seams.. if it rusts I'll just cut it out n replace it but I'm fairly certain I got most places with etch n a decent coat of paint.
Made up another brace for the Turbo today, I will retain the old one too so if it starts to get warm n warp a little this should hold its place.. there stainless steel precision rod ends so they shouldn't bind with heat.
I also finished all the fab work for the diff I.e shock mounts which only need welding on and a gusset added so all that except the new pan hard which will need a bigger rod end than the ones I have so it can wait..
This will be the last update for the yeartoo busy tonight with other social crap
Nice welds man, i thought you said you were a sparky? You have any previous fabrication training? Its all looking great man, i love the turbo setup, can i ask if having it in that configuration has helped atall? Does it lag more or does it spool up differently?
Haha I am an apprentice Sparky!
Nah no previous training, just self taught since dad introduced me to the tig when I was about 15
To be honest it does spool up much faster than when I had it in a fwd configuration, my guess is having the runners fairly close to matched lengths has increased flow or eliminated turbulence or something.. its also allowed me to do a fairly smooth or at least use subtle angles on the dump pipe without having to do the norm 90* 90* following the firewall.. also kept inter cooler plumbing to a minimum length.. but in all I am just trying to be different
Come monday ill be ordering my front wheel bearings, n a few other bits n bobs, if end up with change the nitrous is a go.
shock mounts have been tacked on, come up a treat, will cut a gusset to brace them to the lower trailing arm mounts tomorrow night after work n weld them up, then suss out the RCAs for the rear, to be honest im pretty happy how the r31 borgy fits so ill be using the 31 panhard mount and make the bar to suit it (little bit bigger stub) and ill also use the 31 swaybar n modify the mounts on the chassis to suit it.. shouldnt need to go a heavier sway bar than it as its quite a bit thicker than the OEM toyota one.
then it'll be time to sit the spool in, throw the axles in, chuck the discs back on, n drop it back on its ass n see how it sits.. its technically (with the new wheels included) about 45mm wider each side to the center of the wheel and the old ones were just clearing. So there will be some heavy handed massaging done on the rear guards and will probs just chop off excess n make up some new flares to house the new 15x8's.
gsfjgsdfjgljasdfklgmailsdnglasnfvgxdfklgm i just want it back!
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