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I see it now. I have seen a few pics of it but didn't know any of the details. That things is nice. I love blue that thats a LOT of blue. Really nice setup. Thanks for that. Its a lot of work but not like a retarded amount. I mean its been 3 months maybe? just some nights and weekends. But I understand not everyone has free time. No kids here and no crazy work hours so Im fortunate. Thanks Clay, I appreciate the outlook on that. I look at too much social media and always wonder if I should have put more effort into it but then I talk to real people and they say Im crazy. So yeah, Thanks.

I dont think Ive seen that build. Is there a thread somewhere?

Been a couple weeks since my last update. Wifey and I spent some time in Desert last week in the south west. Did some "Jeepin" with some friends. I was super impressed for a guided tour. The jeeps were super legit. 1 tons axles, hydro steering (except for the Rubicon in the 1st pic), 40" tires w/ beadlocks, on-board air w/ front and rear air lockers. Anyway, while I was off my driveshaft showed up from Driveshaft Specialist out of Texas. Their customer service was excellent and the turn around was quick as well. I went with a single piece 5" aluminum .125 wall unit. I decided to upgrade the pinion yolk and slip yolk to 1350 chromoly units. The only downside to a single unit this long is Im limited to about 6200rpm due to critical speed. Not really a big deal for my setup. I just need to swap out my pinion yolk and trans output seal and it will be ready to install. I had ordered a catch can setup from Mighty Mouse and it showed up as well. I ordered it with their booster bracket and it fit just right. It utilizes an adapter at the oil fil cap and a larger 8an hose. The can has a built in pcv for boosted application. I just needed to add a fitting on the air intake extension and it all screwed together. A friend tig'd the blow off flange on the charge pipe for me so I was able to mount it and plumb the vacuum hose. I had to swap out the fittings on the a/w intercooler as the ones included were too "small" and they bottomed out and leaked. So I had to order some new ones which fixed the leaking. I had to rebleed the system as well. I realized I didn't have it bleed correctly anyway. I struggled with getting all the air out of the system. I just had to keep adding a little at a time through the coolant cap. Eventually the pump stopped sounding like it was cavitating and no more air bubbles. It still doesn't hold a lot of coolant so if it doesn't seem to keep IAT's down Ill have to add a reservoir of sorts. Im pretty much finished with most of the major components in the engine compartment. Few nick-nac items remaining. I still need to run the fuel lines and swap the fuel pump and filter. Then it should be ready to start. Im pretty happy with how everything fit together in the engine bay. It needs a lot of cleaning from the build. It looks a little more cluttered than I was hoping but there is a lot going on with a turbo build and I want it to be "serviceable". In the end its just a driver and not some show vehicle so the end result is fitting I suppose.

Look into MHT tuning as well. Its flashed based and you can load it with your phone. Thats what I plan to put on my wifes N55 powered car when the time comes.

Thanks Adam, Ill keep those in mind. Ill see how everything goes when I get it all clamped down. I may have to wait and get it running and see where stuff rubs, etc.

Thanks man. You are welcome to see it anytime. I hope to have it out as much as possible this year. I usually make at least a couple c&c events. I think I put 1k miles on it last summer. Hoping for more this year.

It hauls them all...

Got off work a little early yesterday so I knocked out a couple to do's. I was looking for some way to support the remote rad cap for the a/w. I borrowed one of the chinese intercooler boots and routed the upper rad hose and a/w hose through it. It supports it well and was an easy fix. Crappy picture but I fitted the last of the 2 trans cooler lines. They go from the frame rail up and over the downpipe and into the trans. Glad to be done with that job. Assuming nothing leaks... I started hacking up the intercooler piping to get it fit up. I was looking for a way to make a lip on the ends I cut up to help keep the boots from flying off under boost. I ended up using some spark plug wire crimpers. Not a huge lip but I think itll do the job. I got everything mocked up and in place without having to make any new bends, etc. I dont love how the boot at the throttle looks as its gonna require 3 clamps. My only other option would be to have someone weld and extension onto my throttle body so that I dont have to use the boot plus the extension. Not sure thats worth all that. The only thing left on them is to clean them up and install the clamps. I do need to find somebody that'll weld my blow off valve flange to one of the pipes...

Happy cold Thursday gents. Had a mostly free weekend to piddle with some more parts on the C10. I finally was able to install the downpipe for hopefully the final time. Its a snug fit with the heat insulation but hopefully it does its job and the a/c box doesn't melt in half. I plumbed the vacuum lines from the boost controller down to the wastegate. I used some turbosmart hose along with some 3/8 heat wrap/sock. It was bit of struggle getting it over the hose but I managed. Saturday I started on the task of making up new trans cooler lines. I decided to keep the stock radiator cooler and just add in the air to air cooler up front. I for whatever reason thought the lines were all 3/8" so I bought some aluminum tubing and all the fittings, etc. ( I decided on tubing instead of hose because of how close everything is at the trans/downpipe area) So I bent up about half the lines at the front of the truck only to realize Im a dumb $hit and the lines are really only 5/16. The cooler used 5/8-20 fittings which is for 3/8" tubing but everything else plumbed for 1/2" fittings. #FAIL So I ran to jegs to get some 5/16" line. Then to 2 more parts stores looking for 5/16" compression unions and to get a flaring adapter for 5/16" line. Only to end up having to buy a whole kit because no one locally sells just the adapter.... So long story long I wasted most of a day looking for parts. I should learn patience and just worked on something else.. Previously I had fabbed up to little brackets and welded nuts to them for the cooler mounting bolts. I then welded the brackets to the core support. Mock up of the lines and cooler. (you can see the 3/8" line that I wasted time bending) I have the rest of the trans cooler lines bent and in place. I just need to tighten all the fittings and hope they dont leak. I dont love flaring lines.. http://i.imgur.com/qF2AqJ6l.jpg I purposely mounted the cooler as low as I could so that the air to water radiator could be mounted above it. I found a china bay a/w radiator that would fit almost perfect. I wish it was a bit longer but the height and depth was perfect. Im not overly happy with the quality of the part but as long as it doesn't leak then it'll work. I actually did mount it upside down because of the mounting brackets. Only difference is the drain is at the top which I dont really care about. I fabbed up a couple brackets to hold it in place. Just some right angle, more 1/8" rod and some captive nuts. I spray bombed the trans cooler and the a/w brackets so everything matched up. I put some narrow insulation tape on the backside of the cooler to keep everything from rubbing. Pretty happy with how it turned out. Everything fits behind the hood latch bracket and the grille fits without cutting anything. And I didnt cut a bunch of holes in the rad support for charge piping. Now hopefully it works. lol. There was a large hole on the LH side of the core support that I was able to just "punch" out to pass the two 3/4" hoses through to get the water to the pump and intercooler. I cut up a small hose to put around the edge to keep everything happy. I mounted the bosch pump to the rad support with a fuel filter bracket I found on Amazon. I picked up an inline rad cap assy to use since Im trying not to have an actual water tank. Im hoping the system has enough capacity without one. If not I think I can add one without too much trouble. I have an elbow, extension and filter for the air intake mocked up. Everything just fits. I think I'll need to modify the "tube" once I get my pcv system in place. I believe it requires a fitting to be mounted. Im still mocking up the charge piping. I need to cut a couple of pieces yet. I had to get an extension for the 90* at the throttle (not shown). I dont love how it looks but I think it'll work for now. Im out of town next week so I wont have anything to post for a couple weeks maybe. I plan to order the driveshaft, upgraded pinion yolk and slip yolk so I'll have that when I get back.

I keep a revolving low balance on 3-4 high available credit credit cards. I dont use a debit card for anything and pay the cards off every few weeks. I tend to rotate, switch them around every few years to get the best rewards/points. Aside from 1 car payment and a mortgage that has got my to a 830+ score. I dont know the ins and outs to credit but this works well for me.

There's a place I drive by on the way to my inlaws up in Masillon called Go Fast Tuner Parts? They always seem to have some salvage subi's sitting around. Maybe they could get you one or could recommend someone.

C10- smoky burnouts with turbo noises. BRZ- more than 2 HDPE's. Maybe a track shifter? Seats? A3- Would love to move up to an S3 (wife is not about that move) X1- Pay it off. Gets the 19's refinished. Transmission software..?

Thanks Gents. Yeah its tough not being overly critical of yourself. Some makes you want to do better, too much just makes you feel "lesser". Im pretty ok with my work, at least its mine and not someone else's.

Spent a couple hours on the truck yesterday afternoon. Wife got called into work for some double time so I figured I'd put some work in as well. I had finished my bracket for the intercooler the other day so I went ahead and spray bombed it along with the intercooler and other bracket. So last night I went ahead and bolted them in place. I heat wrapped the front half of the downpipe then insulted the lower half. I did this to try and keep as much heat off the evaporator box as possible. We'll see whether it works or not. The insulation gets pretty possitive reviews. It was pretty pricey for how little you get. With the downpipe installed I was able to go ahead and install the wastegate and lower exhaust section again. I did weld another vband downstream the wg for the rest of the exhaust system. I did install a muffler and a hanger but forgot to take pics. I dont have any tailpipe at the moment. I may wait and see how loud the truck is before deciding whether I need a full exhaust or not. Im waiting on some intercooler piping, some air intake parts and the radiator for the a/w so I hope to have some parts this weekend to tinker with. If not Ill probably start on the fuel system. Ill have to flip the truck around in the garage for that so Im hesitating. more to follow soon.

ha. thanks Clay. My motivation for this part of the project is pretty high. I feel like Im finally at a point where Im able to complete many of the tasks without loads of disappointment that Ive had on previous projects. I think it comes from being able to buy the right parts and tools. And just doing a reasonable amount of research ahead of time. I wish I could transfer the motivation in this project to other parts of my life. haha. I think if I became wealthy this is what I would do. Just build stuff!

Had to go to harbor freight for some consumables so I picked up with power strip. So much nicer than the crap I had before. Core support is back in place with the radiator, battery, etc. New upper and lower hoses installed. Last night I fiddled with where to put this big CXRacing intercooler. This seems to be the best spot as far as ease of making the piping work and making up brackets to hold it. Made up this little right angle bracket that I need to trim, clean and paint yet. It mounts where the washer tank used to be. I may or may not relocate it. I fabbed up this little support from some flat stock and some 1/8" rod. I just got it tacked last night before coming in. I need to reinforce it and and finish weld it but Im happy how it turned out. I ordered some 2.5" intercooler pipes. Im waiting on the heat exchanger which will mount above the trans cooler. I ordered aluminum tubing for remaking the trans cooler lines. Coming along pretty quickly. Its killing my wallet at the moment. SOOO many little things that I cant really do without at this point. oh well.

Happy Monday Gents. Wife was out of town all weekend so I got to spend another weekend slaving away in the garage. I started over with the piece of pipe for my wastegate dump and got it looking/fitting better this go. Welded my o2 bung Made up a new, longer plug wire for the rear bank (cyl7? or 8?) My 1st attemp at making a crossover hose with the new PTFE hose and fittings I got... didn't go well at well. The fittings are very tough to get into the PTFE line. Not sure if thats normal or what but I got them but not without a fight. Finally got it made up. I went ahead and finished welded all my hot site items. Cleaned them and sprayed them with VHT. I heat wrapped the crossover pipe then sprayed over it again. My dummy self forgot to put gloves on using that wrap.. Its ITCHY!

Signing up for that job is like signing up to be president right? No one in their right mind takes the job.

I enjoy nice things but I also enjoy liking things that aren't really expensive. I like that I like $50 half gallons of Weller. Im ok with not wanting $300 bottles. but... I do like trying new/different things so there's that. Wifey bought me a bottle of Jefferson's Ocean aged at sea. Im pretty excited to try that out. I dunno if its supposed to be good or not.

Yesterday I spent the day working on the downpipe and wastegate mounting. Got a lot of it tacked up. 3" to 3.5" from the turbo down with another v-band. The wastegate mounting This is the last piece of the exhaust puzzle. And its the part Im least happy with. I still need to work it. I ran out of time. I may have to start over. My pipes and angles aren't quite right. I might have to scrap it and start over.

Merry Xmas Eve everyone. Had another productive weekend and Monday on the truck. Mounted the throttle cable inside the cab and to the engine. The cable was a bit too long inside so I cut it and installed a throttle stop and lock tighted the bolt. Installed the stock ps hose with the adapter I got to match up with the newer GM pump. I swapped out the a/c compressor tensioner as mine was pretty stiff and the belts rides sorta close to the turbo drain so I think its cheap insurance for $20. I think Ive spent about 25 hours cleaning up and reworking the Holley harness. There were just a bunch of small changes I needed to make for looks purposes, wires I wanted to add etc. I know the engine bay still seems a little cluttered but there is a lot of stuff going on. I also want reasonable access to all of it incase I have any issues or need to add anything. In the end its a driver and not a sema build. I did add the Matt Happel harness for the alternator and flex fuel. I had to add wires for the boost controller that I got mounted. Im trying a 4 port for whatever reason. lol. I also added a ground wire for the a/c kick input to the holley. I ran a switched wire to the core support for the pump for the a2w setup as well. On the inside I had way too much harness. Like 2 feet worth. ugh. So I reworked and consolidated as much as I could. I ended up mounting the ecu on the heater box and routing the harness around the dash so that everything was out of the way but still accessible. I dont love it but it works. All hidden Mac valve mounted with a small bracket. Still need to run hoses once the wg is mounted. Im sad I have holes in the firewall from mounting the Sniper stuff.. oh well. I needed to mount the coolant temp sensor from the Dakota Digital dash and didn't really have any place to install it. The rr corner was blocked by the downpipe. I'd seen guys install them in the waterpump so I gave that a shop. Worked really well. I even used my shop vac in the inlet so suck up the shavings.

I suppose so..

Thats what I told her. Her co-worker claims to have purchased several bottles from http://www.maxliquor.com and they've been delivered successfully. Looks like they are in CA.

Sorry if this has been covered before.. but is it possible to buy bourbon online? I thought it was "illegal" to have it shipped into Ohio. My wife keeps talking about how she wants to buy her boss some bourbon and she found some online that she says she can buy? Just wondering what the deal is on that. I know I bought some Japanese Whisky online from overseas a few years ago without any issues but I didn't think you could buy state to state.

What keeps the dealer from denying any problems with it being as how it had a blower on it?