must be nice to have all those tools.

i guess hard work pays off in being able to buy that stuff

Buy what? the parts or the tools?

Thanks Mr.Yuck

both of course

hows the soldering coming on that board. better you than me you have too much patience. need to get some fancy bolts for those fancy brackets your making. keep up the good work.

Thread/project from the dead......

I have been busy these last few months with a new job, the birth of my son, and a move. (I HATE moving btw) Anyway, I have had very little time to work on the charger but I'm trying to sneak out to the garage (now a little two car garage) when I can.....

I just made this piece and I'm a bit proud (hints the post) of the way it turned out. I needed some way to connect my budget turbos to the down pipe as these turbos use a sealing ring instead of a V-band. The OE piece is cast so I made this guy that I can weld to instead...

The factory adapter pipe is siting on top..



Seal ring groove cut, inside step turned to accept the pipe and tapering the end to make welding easier.



Finished piece, one down, one to go.

I managed to sneak out to the garage for a few more hours this afternoon. I need to attach my tone ring to the crank, I bought a 440source aluminum crank pulley but it is too thin to drill and tap this is the best solution I could come up. Basically I will machine a washer that will have three bolts that bolt from the inside of the pulley, then I can drill and tap the "washer" for the ring.

I started out with some left over stuff from the accy. bracket, I wanted to save as much as I could so I used the rotatory table to cut it out.






As you can see, I'm no damn machinist....

Test fit, and then rough cut it with the band saw..





Thinning it up a bit.



Chuck it in the lathe and spend an hour or two making it round and adding a taper..



Pretty good I think, just need a bit more out for the taper, then I need to drill and tap all the holes.



Here is what it will look like once it is finished.

I managed to duplicate the exhaust fitting and I finished up the pulley mounty thinggy....










Next up on the never ending list.... Finish accessory brackets including power steering mount, tack down pipes including gate dumps, route turbo drains, mock and tack all EGT bosses. Once all of that is done the engine is coming back out and I can start wrapping up the turbo side of this project....