Turbo build

[Darth_Emma]

Originally Posted by 4xchamp

It's a single top mount I'm building one off .


I'll have to do axles eventually .
I hope these 4.11's hold up better than the 4.10's did , if not Jannetty has a nine inch conversion kit which includes axles . I'm gonna wing this one , see what breaks next and then make the appropriate adjustments .

My crystal ball says if it's not the gears, it'll be the axles. Good luck! Exciting stuff.

[4xchamp]

Originally Posted by Darth_Emma

My crystal ball says if it's not the gears, it'll be the axles. Good luck! Exciting stuff.

Thanks , and here finally , is the snail .
Do not try this at home boys . In the long run a kit would have been easier and cheaper but there is nothing like building it yourself . The cuts and bruised knuckles give a desk jockey quite a sense of accomplishment , not to mention the laughs .
Just picture a chubby fifty year old Italian child all confused with various pipes everywhere . Kind of like two puzzles in the same box .
I'll figure it out .

[speedster]

Awesome build you have going here !!

Looks like you did your homework. Well thought out.

You will have a rocketship with that TC-76. Things that go whoosh in the night...

[4xchamp]

Originally Posted by speedster

Awesome build you have going here !!

Looks like you did your homework. Well thought out.

You will have a rocketship with that TC-76. Things that go whoosh in the night...

Thank you . Now we really gotta start fabbing .
I'm a long way out but I'll get there .

[Huck1974]

Originally Posted by 4xchamp

Thank you . Now we really gotta start fabbing .
I'm a long way out but I'll get there .

Can't wait to see it come together. Take a picture of the smile on your face when you are done.

[Sack Rat 2SS]

I am really enjoying this project so I am subscribing.

[SSE 4 2SS]

Hey 4X, I'm headed down to pick up my car today, First time I've seen her since the work was done... I'll have some perm-a-grin working this evening...

I'm following this build closely...

[4xchamp]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

Hey 4X, I'm headed down to pick up my car today, First time I've seen her since the work was done... I'll have some perm-a-grin working this evening...

I'm following this build closely...

Your car is one of the best thought out and planned hot rods on the planet . Enjoy the voyage .
I'm looking forward hearing about your land rocket .

[4xchamp]

Man , I gotta get this done , the roads aren't clean enough to drive my other cars and cruisin' my wife's spare car is getting old .
I mean this is intimidating stuff for a guy that's dangerous with a bottle of Elmer's glue .
Building that header is going to be a chore , I'll need to adjust refrigerant lines for clearance and perhaps reroute the battery cable and who knows what else . I've bought all sorts of space ship heat barrier NASA stuff for protection , also it's really cool shiny chrome looking .

[4xchamp]

Here we go , started on the right header . I'm using thick walled SS material . This is the most challenging phase of the build . I'm using all black silicone and piping btw , the blue stuff is just junk we had hanging around I'm using for mockup .
I'm going to try to make some good progress this weekend .

[4xchamp]

Got some more parts . The Fessler is kind of shiny though , I'm painting it semi flat . Also we have a turbo blanket , A/F , fuel press and boost gauges complete with small idiot lights I'm mounting inside the center a/c duct so they are out of view. The gauges also have a programmable limit warning built in . I'm wondering if I can integrate the limit wire into the car to kill the ign at limit , I mean at 7500 revs things happen pretty quick so it can't hurt . After all there is a reason those lights got their name .
I'm presently working on the header and will post some shots of that when I get myself out of trouble here . ( more later ) But the blow off valve was easy to fit up , gonna need some real good glue to get that mated up .
This is definitely rocket science and I'm no scientist . I mean if it can't be fixed with duct tape I find it challenging but I can really weld stuff with a hot glue gun .
Patience is not one of my virtues .

[SSE 4 2SS]

Looking good, still following along... This is going to be one sic Camaro

[4xchamp]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

Looking good, still following along... This is going to be one sic Camaro

Thanks , but what are you doing on the computer ?
Go fly that rocket ! Oh and I'm finishing up the header , almost there .

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by 4xchamp

Thanks , but what are you doing on the computer ?
Go fly that rocket ! Oh and I'm finishing up the header , almost there .

I logged over two hundred day before yesterday... And I'm getting the house ready for guests, the car ready for the trip, and me ready for most anything else...