im going to try to get a pic or long screw driver, somethin of that sort through the grill to open it, sticking an arm in there would be awsome, except now i have that giant intercooler in there with the condenser in front of that so there is very little room

 

not much left!

got to install the turbo oil feed and drain hoses, hook up the trans cooler, put engine and trans oils in and i can start it!

aside from that, i got the final mounting on the radiator done lastnight as well as the coolant hoses finalized and even got coolant in it, got 90% of the intercooler piping done, just have to adapt the turbo to the piping, and finish my intake plate,

i might have to get to the parts store quickly after work, then see if i can get this thing fired up!

 

Got the intercooler piping all done, just need to install, put the power steering lines on and the starter, then its ready to fire, still have to machine the dampner and mount the sensors and install the gauges, got both the gauge pods installed, just waiting on the gauges and starter to show up

 

got the intake and all intercooler piping in and finaized, 3 of the 4 gauges came in yesterday and got thoes installed as well, and got the fuel feed line installed

for the trans cooler, i was able to re install the factory core support brace inbetween the radiator and intercooler, and by unbolting the factorty gas trans cooler and flipping it 180* and bolting it back in place on the brace, it fit perfectly in there between the coolers as well, i wil run that for now and if i have any temp problems i will also add the cummins trans cooler witch mounts in front of the intercooler

still waiting on the starter to show up, tracking says it will be here friday, with that, a fuel return line, and the dampner, it should be complete and driving this week end with any luck, but that depends on shipping and weather, then it will be time for tuning

also got to thank my love of ebay for this project, i am now money ahead with the parts that i have sold that are left over from this project, and today i scoared a new complete turbo back 4'' exhaust delivered for $209

 

Will you be posting the tuning process on here? It would be greatly appreciated.

Dave

 

cant wait to see the VIDEO of the first start

 

yes i will, the first step will be getting the trans to shift how i want it too, then it will be off to the good ol' california smog ref, once that passes, it will be getting compound turbos, injectors, and injection pump adjustments

me either! i really want to here this thing rattle

 

 

finally got it almost complete, videos below

did the machine work for the dampner/tach signal





couple shots of the engine bay as of right now, got a cleaning up to do but its close





and here is the first actual time cranking it ---->
and a little playing around --->


got a couple more little things to figure out, but it is driving, took it to town yesterday runs pretty good and has all it gears, its not bad performance for being stock, cant wait to turn it up a bit tho





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and sitting with the rest of them now

 

Sounds great.