New project

[Grr]

im in the same boat, i shake too much to weld alum properly unless i have a couple beers first, lol

[XJHEAD]

Before I put the intake on I figured it was a good idea to port match it. I took about an 1/8" off two sides of each port. Should have done that along time ago. Had to trim the gaskets too. Wrapped headers last night and tonight. Pulled turbos apart to check them out and cleaned them up.

[Cobra Rob]

as a mustang lover this is very sick keep up the good work

[z31]

That intake elbow going to clear the hood? :icon_scratch:

[z31]

What kinda power will that motor make without the turbos?

[XJHEAD]

z31;274970 wrote:
That intake elbow going to clear the hood? :icon_scratch:

Hope so, if not I'll get the chop saw out.

z31;274971 wrote:
What kinda power will that motor make without the turbos?

When it was N/A it did 485 rwhp @ 6,000

[Trafik Jamz]

Looks exactly like it did last time I saw it Bill...

of course that was 30mins before you posted these

[Grr]

z31;274970 wrote:
That intake elbow going to clear the hood? :icon_scratch:

just be sure to latch the hood when you take it out for the first time, wouldnt want any accidents like some people that will remain nameless......

[XJHEAD]

Motor is in.

[DaveH]

XJHEAD;275637 wrote:
Motor is in.

Thats a whole lotta orange around the engine. Looks good in there.:icon_cherry:

[weshole]

XJHEAD;275637 wrote:
Motor is in.

That's funny. All I see is an engine.

[XJHEAD]

weshole;275649 wrote:
That's funny. All I see is an engine.

Sorry about that, I meant the motor for the waterpump. That's the black part attached to the blue thing on the front of the engine.

[zbrown]

that engine plate looks nice

[63vette]

That color.... It looks familiar....
Chevy Block Orange???????????????????
Bwahahahah

[XJHEAD]

63vette;275666 wrote:
That color.... It looks familiar....
Chevy Block Orange???????????????????
Bwahahahah

I figured I had to give you a chance, so yes, there are some chevy parts and colors on/in it.

[63vette]

Give me a chance? I got nuthin....

[musthavemuzk]

WOW
i don't come here for awhile and there are many changes

Sure hope to see this run this year

Monty

[beachbum_jon]

im sure you have it figured out, but from this last pic, it does not seam like the driver side turbo is going to clear the alt? maybe i am not judging distance enough

[XJHEAD]

beachbum_jon;276117 wrote:
im sure you have it figured out, but from this last pic, it does not seam like the driver side turbo is going to clear the alt? maybe i am not judging distance enough

I would say your about right on. The alt. clears the air filter by about 1/4" and the the radiator by a 1/4" again. That only took about 3 hours to rebuild the bracket and remount the idler in the right spot. The motor plate changed the alignment for the idler pulley and I didn't have any room to push the crank pulley and alternator out any further.

Worked on it most of the weekend, 63Vette came over and helped out a lot. I drank beer and watched him again bust ass. Anyways we got all the rear suspension stuff in, just needs to be setup. Jim made modifications to my radiator to accept AN fittings. I ordered a inlet adapter to AN for my waterpump that apparently doesn't fit my waterpump like they said it would. Jim welded that up for me. Radiator is installed had to re-modify mounting points to clear wastegates and core support. Headers are installed, turbos are on and exhaust is back on. I need to pick up some shims for the gear swap. I thought I had enough shims but I guess not.

[XJHEAD]

In and running. Startup vid coming.