its been a rough week again
the ******* downpipe has been murder.
well as you know i am using an internal wastegate on a T3 turbine housing assembly.
well i wanted to use a ford standard swing valve housing for the downpipe. i tried connecting it to my housing and found out that my T3 was not a typical T3.
It was a Mutt made for saabs back in the day with a larger exhaust outlet than other standard ford or volvo garret T3's.
so i changed turbine housings all together.
went and got a spare ford .48 stage 1 from behind the shop where the cores are and put it on. well before all that i sand blasted and cleaned it. upon air cleaning i discovered a gigantic crack in the housing:mad:
now i was ******.
i spent about two days trying to get another housing new from my distributors and you guessed it they were all out of stock:mad:
so i contacted some friends ( thanks to LIMIT ENGINEERING in arizona for the info)
they informed me that it came off a early 90's saab and i just ordered a flange from the dealer today. this will finally complete the exhaust problem .
i also will be welding the end tanks to the intercooler tomorow. its just some of these little things that i never gave much thought to that is holding me up.
but we are ever so closer.
kooldino said it best last night when he said that custom jobs like this will see every **** up possible till the end. but we are almost there. a couple more days.
my partner went to carslsle PA for the ford nat. show this weekend so i have to wait till monday afternoon when he gets back to finish up the install.
sorry for not posting pics guys just been way to busy with personal s*** too. family is a little sick.
linux i did get your message and will get back to you tomorow.
i have about 24 emails about this kit to answer yet. guys thanks for your patience and i will get to them all tommorow.
this project is well worth it though. it has taken a while but will pay big dividends when its done. thanks linux BTW for all your help and kooldino too. you guys are the s*** and trust me i wont forget it. paul i will call you this weekend for dyno date and to talk about the spoolin open house. i have a little surprise for the virginia meet at spoolins. ill let you know then.
thanks again guys its just a little ways away now!!
