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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:34 pm
by Ronald G Wainwright+
a4kquattro wrote:Aha! Thanks Ron (got your call by the way, I was watching Wayne Brady in Lowell when you called). As always a picture is worth a thousand words. The bit I missed was the eccentric idler roller. I never touched it during the belt procedure. Woops!
No problem Marc, I just did it cause I want a ride :woowoo:
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:04 pm
by RSCoupe
Marc,
Metric & Multistandard Components Corp. has them:
http://www.metricmcc.com/catalog/Ch5/5-522.pdf$60 for the tap, $102 for the die.
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:37 pm
by Marc
yowsa! I'm going for door #2, which is to take a stock filter union and re-thread the bottom half for a different thread spec
Thanks tho guys.
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 3:03 pm
by gidrew
Good Deal. I guess snap-on doesnt make M22x2.0, he wanted me to double check with you to make sure it wasn't 7/8-14, but looks like you have the problem figured out.
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:04 am
by Marc
Alright, I spent another day at the shop yesterday. The main goal was to get the oil bypass adapter threaded on. I ended up re-threading the oil union for 22x1.5mm thread.
To do this, I built a tool to grab the die from the bottom so I could spin it with a socket and 3/8 ratchet. Worked like a charm:
eventually, I finally got the adapter on there
The manifolds also came along. Purdy, aren't they??
And a quick test-fit shot on the radiator
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:08 am
by yodasfro
So does it run yet?
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:23 am
by Marc
does it look like it?
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:24 am
by yodasfro
Nope :-D So where are your turbo's?
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:26 am
by Marc
yodasfro wrote:Nope :-D So where are your turbo's?
Coming soon hopefully! There are still plenty of odds and ends to work on, but I really want to get those turbos plumbed in so I'm 100% sure where everything is going to sit in the engine bay.
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:28 am
by 3bAudios
Marc, that car is looking awsome!!!! When is a good time to come down there and check it out in person??? I also got to return that tap.
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:28 am
by yodasfro
Cool don't sell it before I can get ride in it. 8)
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:30 am
by Marc
3bAudios wrote:Marc, that car is looking awsome!!!! When is a good time to come down there and check it out in person??? I also got to return that tap.
I was thinking about going today but then I remembered that I want to catch LeMans
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:12 am
by gidrew
Marc, When you rethreaded the bypass adaptor, what was the thread pitch to start out? I'm kinda curious if its going to seal properly, everytime i try to rethread something to a different pitch, it never goes well. I hate having to go back in to fix stupid shit like that.
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:47 am
by Marc
gidrew wrote:Marc, When you rethreaded the bypass adaptor, what was the thread pitch to start out?
22x2.0
I'm kinda curious if its going to seal properly, everytime i try to rethread something to a different pitch, it never goes well. I hate having to go back in to fix stupid shit like that.
It seems quite strong. I've got it threaded on pretty tight. Obviously I haven't run the car to check for leaks but I dont anticipate a problem.
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:41 am
by Ronald G Wainwright+
yodasfro wrote:Cool don't sell it before I can get ride in it. 8)
Hey thats my line! But :stupid: as well
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:54 am
by audiphile200
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:45 pm
by Marc
Yep, I think thats the first v8tt swap I'd ever heard of. Custom intake manifold is definitely the way to go... That'll be part of 'v2' for my car.
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:53 pm
by Marc
more parts arrived while I was away in Montreal. Turbos are here :woowoo:
T3-60's
Tial BOV
And I decided I wanted to use all instant tube fittings from mcmaster for the vacuum lines on the car. I like the nice positive locking on the fittings and the ease of assembly/dissasembly.
I'll be flying into Dallas on Wednesday and wont be back until Sunday so that sorta shoots this weekend for working on the car. Sucks, cause' I cant wait to start making some serious progress now that most of the pieces are here :-D
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:32 am
by SilverCQ
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sweet!
cant wait to see this one running! :-)
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:38 am
by yodasfro
Nice VAC fittings. Whatcha doin en tehas?
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:48 am
by JShadzi
a4kquattro wrote:more parts arrived while I was away in Montreal. Turbos are here :woowoo:
T3-60's
Nice turbos
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:17 am
by Marc
JShadzi wrote:Nice turbos
Why thankyou
Yours is.. ahem.. still bigger than mine :-o
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:18 am
by Marc
yodasfro wrote:Nice VAC fittings. Whatcha doin en tehas?
mixing business and pleasure. I'm meeting up with a client and also my GF is at a conference so I'm basically travelling for free.
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:27 am
by audiphile200
ya know after reading this forum and seeing all the v8 goodies i think im gonna forget about doing a 4ktq 20v project and go for the v8 turbo im sooo convinced....hmmmm id better start flagging some serious hours at wrok now...
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:45 pm
by Marc
alriiiight, update. Haven't been in the garage for 2 weeks, back at it this weekend for some proress!
Had to do a little tweaking on the exhaust manifolds, here's the angle I started with:
and this is where it ultimately needed to be:
So turbos are now hooked up :woowoo:
passenger side (notice funky WG orientation, had to modify the WG bracket a bit
drivers side:
60# fuel injectors installed. That should be good enough for some powah
had a little issue with the flare on the fuel supply side, had to re-do that to fix a leak
Comin' together
And a random bit, Dennis and Keleigh welcome these two new additions to their family
Tomorrow: downpipes, finish remote mount oil filter, and maybe... test fire? :-D
