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Well I have everything done with the 3L swap (using 3L UIM and adapting the EGR system) and the turbo system, but am being held up by an ill fitting intercooler

I have to change the outlet on my spearco water to air IC, tap an existing sensor hole to allow the use of a Lightning IAT and cut a hole for my BOV bung.

I was going to bypass the IC for now, but I've decided to just be done with the SOB and end my everlast project as soon as I can. Here I thought I'd be done at the end of spring, and here it is at the end of summer/ start of fall

I feel ya!!!

Everytime it takes way longer than I thought it would...I am so naive about it I guess!!

Did you find an aluminum welder?

I'm going to give your guy a call this week. I just got some 1/8" T6-6061 plate to either make an all new end tank or atleast patch in the existing end tank.

With a few ideas from Scot, I think I'll try to mod the existing tank to minimize the chance of introducing any debris into the core. Lots and lots of prep work will go into this before any cutting even happens

Just an update....

I installed my fuel pump tonight, it wasn't the same without Scot and Derek there to supervise me this time around

My IC resivor is going where my windshield washer resivor used to go. It's a sweet looking custom aluminum tank, so that kind of bites. I should have gone with a cheapy PCV home built jobby after all

I have my intercooler all ready to get welded, but I have to wait until next week when I get paid to have it done. I do have everything else installed for the IC system, so that is a bonus. It truely is down to the IC getting finished

Other than that, I am pulling my exhaust from the engine-back off so I can paint it with high temp paint and wrap some more of it now that I got some more heat wrap. I will be taking pics while it's off the car.

I should also be molding in Scot's sweet DIN gauge pods into my pre-98 console. I have the midnight blue paint, charcoal grey and clear, CF ( ), custom boots and all the goodies for it on hand.

This weekend should see some good progress on detail work

glad to see progress!

vroooooom...phssssst...vroooooom...phssssst is fun, you're gonna love it

I am going insane just dreaming about how good it's going to sound to my ears!

If all goes as well tomorrow with the piping, I may just fab up a discharge pipe to get it started up for the first time and get any vacuum issues out of the way

My car is ready to start as soon as I get to meet up with Jon and get one other minor part Sometime this week (if I get time to take it down, or have it taken down on a flat bed that is....) I am going to get the final tune taken care of and will have a dyno sheet to see what my turbo 3L puts down

I'm really stoked

are you going to break it in before a dyno?

I'll be driving it around and racking up as much milage as I can before hand. It'll get some light dyno pulls too before any WOT runs.

I plan on getting mine done and getting a decent tune for LOW boost, and then after break in head to the dyno for WAT and tuning for WOT. Hopefully I can get sopme help from a couple fellow CEGer's