| Crown column sitting roughly in place, now
to build a support to locate it. This puts all the electrics
on the column which tidies up the dash and gives me an
electric tilt column as well. |
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| Drivers seat runner brackets made and welded in |
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| Sump and steering rack in place. |
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| Standard gearbox mount, I've built a new one using some
red neoprene ones (the same as the engine mounts) as I
found out the standard ones aren't very strong in standard
NA (non aspirated or non turbo) form, so turbo's will
kill them pretty quickly. |
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This is the new gearbox mount - made from teflon,
in 2 parts to make it easier to remove and keep the
clearance good with a tension bar across it. To be cleaned
up and painted. It may be cold in Canberra - but at
least rust isn't a problem!
New exhaust manifold plates cut at the steel shop by
my good mate Tony. |
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I cut some 10mm plate I had lying around to make
flanges, welded some steam pipe into it at an angle
as suggested o the lextreme.com v8 forum to give me
room to weld - worked a treat.
Started mocking it up on a big solid bit of channel
(checked the fit of the mockup on the motor). Bought
a couple of very good tungsten die grinder bits ($30
ea) - makes the hole cutting as easy as a knife through
butter compared to those little cheap coloured carborundum
grinding wheels. The smaller ones actually remove metal
quicker and easier with less jumping around, so don't
buy one too big. |
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| Nearly there, spent $100 on steam pipe to date, 12 x
90's, 2m of straight pipe, all 35mm internal diameter. |
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| Mounted in place - will run a brace later (that's what
the extra lip is on the flange at the moment). Standard
front at the moment, not sure if I'll continue with tilt
due to extra work. (Note - I redid this side later as
it didn't clear the AC compressor) |
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Second turbo hanging loosely in place - waiting to
be set up.
I bought the turbo's from SSS in Sydney - they are
secondhand Nissan/Garrett RB25DET (T3 style) turbo's
from a R33 Skyline GTS25T. Ballbearing, oil and watercooled,
internal wastegate with fast spool up. Their only problem
is they have a ceramic wheel which does not like too
much heat or boost - I've been told that 1.2 Bar is
their limit or the cermic wheel can seperate! Long term
I'll get them rebuilt or even replace them with new
upgraded ones as they are getting cheaper every day.
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| Building second manifold, turbo 2 in place. BTW, I
finally managed to rotate the turbo sections. Nothing
like a little oxy heat to warm them up and get them moving!
The turbo exhaust side was probably at 150 deg C before
it turned - now it spins freely once the rust seal broke. |
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| Both mounted, fairly symmetrical, strengthening plates
to go, tidy up welds. Still need to work out a brace that
allows for expansion and support as the pipes are fairly
long. I think I'll just use some rod-ends and make up
an adjustable brace with a turnbuckle. |
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