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+7Tomz9C1 sdstick onehunglo Pooge No Moa toomanytoyz ForcedInduction 11 posters |
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ForcedInduction
Posts : 10 Join date : 2011-01-14
| Subject: My turbo Truck Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:25 am | |
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ForcedInduction
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| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:26 am | |
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ForcedInduction
Posts : 10 Join date : 2011-01-14
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:26 am | |
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ForcedInduction
Posts : 10 Join date : 2011-01-14
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:27 am | |
| this is the intercooler mounted. It fits like it is supposed to be there after removing the a/c condensor and trimming the hood latch bracket. here are some shots of the cross over pipe from the drivers side header to the turbo log. If you are doing an LS1 swap in an older c truck like these there is a nice open area forward of the front cross member that allows the pipe to fit right in. Also frees up some much need space for the down pipe at the back of the motor. finished pipe. shot of how it fits in the front pan crossmember area. Tucks up nice and tight for max ground clearance. Big D needs it in this truck as it sits in the weeds! heres where the pipe comes up to hit the bottom of the log. Another shot showing the space around the motor mount and starter. here is the start of the log from the side. top of the log. | |
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ForcedInduction
Posts : 10 Join date : 2011-01-14
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:28 am | |
| These pics show the turbo mocked up in the engine bay. The way the manifold is laying out it puts the turbo exhaust housing to close to the oil fill tube. It also makes the outlet for the compressor come down on top of the lower radiator hose. This will be solved by taking the two halves of the log apart and moving the turbo forward 2.5". It will make everything fit like it should. We will have to make a mount that will go to the front of the passengers side head for a little more turbo suport and resist cracking. Looks good sitting in there! Sone we should be able to blow some shit up! I hope derek is studying his megasquirt manuals. Here is the log manifold with 2.5" added to it. As you can see it fits much better this way. More room around the oil fill cap etc. The intercooler outlet from the turbo now clears the lower radiator hose as well. This is the start of all of the primary tubes running into the log. These are 1 1/2" schedule 10, 304L stainless plumming elbows. They have a nominal ID of 1.61" and are very stong. They should be able to take all the heat that the motor can produce. They also have a nice smooth bend in them just like a mandrel bent pipe. plasma cut hole for the primary tubes. I ran out of materials today and had a couple of hours to kill so i went ahead and fabbed the radiator top mount / fan mount for the truck. The fan units are from an 03 Impala cop car. They are about 3/4" to short hieght wise and about 3/4" too wide length wise. This isn't much of a problem as they cover 95% of the radiator surface. They look like they were a factory option once they were all in. I also reused the factory 01 upper radiator hose holders by drilling a couple of holes in the mount plate. Here is the radiator support plate and fan mounts all ready to be installed. And the finished product. Here is the log with 2 of the primary tubes in and the 3rd tached. | |
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ForcedInduction
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| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:28 am | |
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ForcedInduction
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| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:29 am | |
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toomanytoyz Club President
Posts : 6876 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 47 Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:42 am | |
| Slow day at the dealership??? Still got the original wheels? That thing looks slow... | |
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ForcedInduction
Posts : 10 Join date : 2011-01-14
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:48 am | |
| slow week! AL sucking up all the gravy. I sold the old wheels to some dummy on craigslist like 5 years ago. and yes, that thing was SO SLOOOW | |
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ForcedInduction
Posts : 10 Join date : 2011-01-14
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:52 am | |
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No Moa
Posts : 3893 Join date : 2009-02-21 Age : 51 Location : Midcoast Maine
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:23 pm | |
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Pooge
Posts : 1700 Join date : 2009-03-24
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:42 pm | |
| Good ideas for my LS project.
Some great work there, keep up the good work!
Doug | |
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onehunglo
Posts : 315 Join date : 2009-01-25 Age : 46 Location : Raymond, NH
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:01 pm | |
| Damn man, I wish I had your talent! | |
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sdstick
Posts : 4292 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Revere, MA
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:05 pm | |
| Not only the talent but the focus to take pics. It was like we were at the shop | |
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Tomz9C1
Posts : 1498 Join date : 2009-01-21 Age : 61 Location : Rumford, Maine
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:26 am | |
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Matt Trakker
Posts : 5093 Join date : 2009-07-30 Age : 42 Location : Reading, MA
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:14 pm | |
| Dude, this thing is awesome!
It's nice to see how an LSX fits in that engine bay. I would like to do something in this same application eventually, or at least have it done, possibly in the truck I have now. From the looks of things the initial swap went pretty straightforward with just custom mounts and then buttoning things together? I'm a n00b, so...
Great work! | |
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Grumpy
Posts : 268 Join date : 2010-08-18
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Tue Jan 18, 2011 6:19 pm | |
| Nice sleeper | |
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bfurches
Posts : 1061 Join date : 2010-04-20 Age : 36 Location : Springfield, MA
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:03 pm | |
| love the fab work man. keep up the good work | |
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bowtiepimp
Posts : 1568 Join date : 2010-06-19 Age : 38 Location : working a corner near you
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:33 pm | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:41 am | |
| How the hell did I miss this? More info on the LSX install please. |
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bowtiepimp
Posts : 1568 Join date : 2010-06-19 Age : 38 Location : working a corner near you
| Subject: Re: My turbo Truck Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:19 am | |
| - IMPALADAKID wrote:
- How the hell did I miss this?
More info on the LSX install please. .....You gotta bug AL for info...... It was a buddy Derrick's truck ( sold it ) | |
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