There isn’t really any content here. This past week has been spent looking at details: things like gauge mounting, learning turbo plumbing, vacuum and engine lubrication… and why my first start attempt never actually started. The downpipe is on and fitting good, although it took a 5 pound sledge to get a safe distance off the firewall, and Dave Coleman’s […]
8 When you have the right tools, nothing is really that hard. Making a downpipe, is what I’ve dreaded the most since I started turbocharging the car. Between the irregular shape of the turbo outlet, and the tight confines of the steering column and frame rail I was quite fearful of screwing up and wasting time and materials. Hammer forming the […]
3 With Japan in the state that it’s in, my wife traded her summer trip home for a family trip to Seattle. So I’ve been out of town for the last week and haven’t actually gotten anything done on the car. I did get in a few minutes before leaving however, to finish off the turbine outlet flange. As I said […]
1 Last thing I said was that turbocharging would wait until 2012… but I’ve ditched that. It’s happening… but with only 6 weeks until the first auto-x, I feel like the rush is on. It really shouldn’t be a problem assembling everything and making the car look like it’s turbocharged, the concern is getting it running to a point where I’m […]
Not a good picture, because the AE86 wiper motor on the left has been mutilated and disassembled, but compared with the TCR10 wiper motor on the right, it’s a behemoth. After making and welding on some shakkito plates, I was embarrassed to discover I hadn’t left enough room for the wiper motor. The legs, and wide base of the AE86 […]
3 I’m pretty stoked about how this turned out. If it drives like crap… at least it’s not an eyesore. Some comments. 1. Note that the master cylinder is not centered on my plate. I moved it up as high as I could without modifying the firewall. This allowed me to get a little more leverage at at the pedal, and […]
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