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Well this is where I am at...






This is one head...I am close to being done with it. I have the rough cuts in the other head, so i am coming along.

And my injectors are on their way, my flange/downpipe is on it's way. I got the rest of my gaskets from Bill.

And I got this little bad boy...



My T3/T4!!!

I still need my wastegate, MAF, and that's about it. Oh I also bought a lot of 3 Kenne Bell (Garrett) heat exchangers they use on the mustangs/cobras...I will be using one, so I have 2 for sale if anyone is interested.

Looks like there is a vacuum port on the flute of that turbo. I prefer using boost directly from the manifold.

Care to test your turbo knowledge?


http://www.honeywell.com/sites/portal?smap=turbo&page=turbofactsbenifits_IQtest&theme=P1&c=n

well last time I had my gauge measuring from the manifold and the wastegate from the turbo...I see the point of taking boost from the manifold so you know what the engine is seeing, but really in my old set-up it didn't matter.

I adjusted the the wastegate until it saw 8psi at the motor...I didn't care what the turbo was pushing

Well i got the engine cold timed yesterday...I put th correct pulse wheel on...now it's time for the timing cover!! VERY SLOWLY, but surely. (I don't have enough time!!!)

So I forgot to cut off the ear on the head...so I pulled my motor tonight cut it off, got the power steering pump and pulley on and actually bolted the engine to the frame...before it was suspended...wow...how nice it feels to make GOOD progress. I busted a cv axle in the process, but oh well.

Well I got my MSDS headers today...maybe some test fitting and cutting this weekend!!!

Well I got the rear header on and the a/c compressor and alt bracket and alt. Mostly the coolant hoses are ran. Still deciding on what to do with the manifold.