Stop eating popcorn before dinner. Scott's cooking steak and peas.
Preserved in salt?....Are you on the Mayflower?But I just had lunch!
Edit** Actually I skipped lunch today. We got a different cook on board who likes to preserve things in salt before serving.
Preserved in salt?....Are you on the Mayflower?
I think they also had Scurvy and Dysentery too.No, they had beer on board
Somebody's distracting Scott from making progress, (and it ain't me or pea talk).Enough about your peas Mike, your distracting Scott from making progress!
Scott, for some odd reason, I made my way over to the 5.0 section and stumbled on this thread! It's been WAY too long man, I didn't realize you were tearing this thing down to the shell! Your fab work on the turbo piping looks impressive, I am very jealous of this build. I will definitely be watching this!
So I should have some time Thursday and Friday night to work on the car. I'm seriously starting to fall behind on things and it's stressing me out. I'm hoping I can get everything done that I need to so I can get the engine pulled back out.
List of things to do with engine still in:
-Box in frame rail/fender apron around turbo
-Install oil dran line
-Redo the hole for the discharge tube
-Install lower radiator support and check fan clearances
-Drill holes for catch can mount on firewall
-Mark holes in firewall for engine harness (everything will come into the engine bay from the transmission tunnel area)
Anything else I should do or mock up before I yank the engine? I feel like I'm forgetting something. Once it's out, it's not going back in until the shell has been painted.
Who asked?Just to recap, here's the mess I had to make of the inner fender apron to get the turbo to fit:
.Everything fits pretty well though if you ask me!
I knew I saw a missing lower radiator saddle. Your garage floor is far too clean to have actually done any of the work you have pictured,....I'm calling you out for buying prefabricated pieces and just posting pictures of them.Thanks bentley
Welded a few more pieces in around the turbo discharge. Gives it more of a finished look as opposed to just a square hole.
Also fabricated the lower radiator mount. This will get drilled and tapped for 2 mounting holes. I'll bolt the bottom radiator mounting flange to it. Rubber isolators will be used to dampen vibrations. I'll weld this to the frame once the engine is out.
Next up is fixing up the discharge tube hole...