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So I now have the motor running, but it is giving me minor issues. I need a coil so that I can actually time the motor correctly. I also have some random wiring to do on the truck. I am thinking about putting in a different tac again. I am thinking about taking pictures of my progress. I also need to wire in the gm maf translator. I need to get some intercooler piping so that I can get my intercooler in the truck (instead of having it hot piped). Another problem I have is that I am in WI and winter has officialy started. so working on the truck will be harder to do since I do not have a heated garage. Hope to take so pictures when I get home tonight.
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Sounds good, take some pics for us, we love to see progress.
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I finally got it running and boosting again. I have some mods that I have in mind still. I still have mods that are sitting in boxes waiting for me to get to them. I need to get a couple oil pressure gauges in so that I have a better sense of what the true oil pressure is. I plan on putting one in the filter housing and one on the head. I need to get my exhaust temp gauge wired up. I want to put a panel in where the radio would be installed so that I can install gauges there. I need a new boost gauge since the one I have the wires broke. I am planing on getting a 4 channel amp and wiring up a Bluetooth connector as my stereo. I also want to do a variety of other things. here are some pics to keep you guys interested. Attachment 12150Attachment 12151Attachment 12152Attachment 12153Attachment 12154Attachment 12155Attachment 12156Attachment 12157Attachment 12158Attachment 12159Attachment 12160Attachment 12161Attachment 12162Attachment 12163
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Turbos confuse me, lol. :scratchheadyellow: Probably because I just haven't read enough about them and how to install it. If our wrecking yard ever got one, there would be a mad dash of ebay sellers molesting it so fast the yard wouldn't have enough time to drop it from the forklift.
Though I probably could hook up our leaf blower, it puts out 250mph. Wonder what that is in psi.
Glad to see trucks getting fixed instead of breaking down. :thumbup:
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I bought the car with the turbo setup on it. and then if you look at the pictures you can see that motor decided it needed wholes on booth sides. It is interesting that these motors from the dsm cars drop very nicely into our trucks. It was interesting that when I bought my new throttle body I actually met the previous owner that had done a lot of the original mods to this truck. He also sold me a backup turbo for dirt cheap. I have enough parts to build a couple of these motors. I am in the process of trying to sell my extra parts.
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how do turbos confuse you?
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so it has been a while since I posted on this thread. a lot has happened in my life. 2015 was a crazy year. Anyway time for updates to the truck.
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I sanded and cleaned up the radiator. I realized that the top and bottom had a brass patina that was tarnished and painted over. so I decided it would be cool to clean it up and paint the core and lower part black. I then clear coated the whole thing so that the patina would not tarnish or rust.Attachment 15347Attachment 15348Attachment 15349Attachment 15350Attachment 15351Attachment 15352Attachment 15353Attachment 15354Attachment 15355Attachment 15356Attachment 15357Attachment 15358Attachment 15359Attachment 15360Attachment 15361
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Nice . I did the same to my really early 80's Mitsubishi Colt. If you wet and dry the brass tank then polish it, it'll come up looking like 24k gold!
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I also ran down the issue that I was having with the clutch not disengaging. it turns out it was the clutch cable. this made me so mad. I also found that the clips on the throw out bearing was needed to be tweaked.Attachment 15362Attachment 15363Attachment 15364Attachment 15365Attachment 15366Attachment 15367Attachment 15368Attachment 15369
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Firewall flex can also contribute to poor clutch disengagement.
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If you look at the cables you will notice the snapped tensioner that is not connected to the sheeth.
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so it has been a while since I did anything to my truck. it had kind of been sitting as a jack stand racer for quite some time. I have finally taken some time to start messing with it. I decided to pull the seats out and mask off the windows so that I can paint it all black. here are some pictures of that. it still needs a couple of coats before I am satisfied. I also decided to put a metal plate in where the radio would go because I need more gauges and want them to sit nicely. Attachment 16679Attachment 16680Attachment 16681Attachment 16682Attachment 16683Attachment 16684Attachment 16685Attachment 16686Attachment 16687Attachment 16688
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oh sorry for the lighting
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What did those bucket seats come out of? They look really comfortable? Also, if you did install them (not PO) did the mounts work, od did you need aftermarket ones?
Thanks, REally nice looking ride...interesting project as well.
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the seats were out of an eagle talon originally. that is where the sunroof and original motor swap came from. those were all done by the previous owner so I am not sure if there was any real modifications. they look like customer mounting points.
here is some more of my progress. I have laid down another coat of the high gloss black paint on the interior, cleaned up one of the seats, and then put a coat of rubberized paint on the bumper.
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if the weather is nice I plan on putting a few more coats of black and maybe some clear on the interior. then probably this weekend I will put the seats back in move it back into the garage for re-assembly of the engine components. probably pulling the timing cover to paint it along with possibly putting the back plates in seeing as I forgot to do that last time I had it off. I am also getting a Bluetooth amplifier that I plan on setting up as the receiver for the truck. I get that tomorrow so I will be testing that out. my plan is that the two 6.5 in speakers I will be installing will run off of that board and a cell phone. this will make the space requirements for a stereo cut down drastically. If I am able to get this truck back on the road by next month I will take it to a drift event to have some fun with and show it off.
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Thanks for the info. Great progress my man:)!
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well I got the intercooler I plan on using mounted. I got the radiator lines hooked up. I will be getting to some piping and installing the gm maf adapter this week. I have my annual training coming up so I will be gone for 2 weeks. I am trying to have most of the work do so that I can fire it up and drive it to a drift event the day I get back.
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The twin cam looks right at home in there. Make sure you take pics of how the seats are mounted up for us - guys are always asking how it's done. Looking great so far! :grin:
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i had the same problem with my clutch cable [[[aftermarket]]] i brought a OEM SOLVE THE problem
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So since you asked about how the seat is mounted I took pictures of the plates that were welded in. the previous owner did all the work.
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I ordered the intercooler pipe that I need. should be here in the next couple of days. that will be sweet. one step closer to being back on the road. then sideways.
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Well it has been quite a while since I posted here. Life has been life so it seems. I still have the truck. Currently I still have the entire engine / front end wire harness out of the car because I have been going through it.
I have replaced most of the broken connectors and will be putting it back in the truck at some point.
My family and I are planing to move down to the Carolina's. I am still looking for a job.
I have also been collecting parts for the truck. I like the look of the Montero sport front bumper so I picked up one for the truck. I got a new 320l fuel pump that I will need to install. I purchased a DSM-link ECU for the motor. my plan is to install a PI 4 with ecmlink installed to manage the engine in real time from the dash.
I am looking forward to getting her back up and running but I have a feeling that is still a few months away especially with the move happening.
