I think its just the picture. I really hope it doesn't fail!

First drive went pretty decent, we had an issue with Sniper that we finally got figured out. We took it to a local shop and they pressure washed the chassis really good, unfortunately this washed all the old grease that was making the king pins tight! So we are doing King Pins and a Clutch before we go

"I thought the core support needed some extra braces from the firewall, I'll have to find those for her truck."

Listen, I think I gave you the wrong idea on the upper radiator hose design. It is meant to allow the upper hose to flex with engine torque. It was the OEM design.

Your present upper hose looks stressed to me and may fail on the road.

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First drive was a mixed bag. We have an EMI issue to track down. When it run correctly, it runs really good!

Thank you sir!

I'm hoping we get to do the passes in Southern Colorado on the way home. They have been getting hit hard with flooding along that route and many are washed out. 3 we are looking to cross are 12k+ so the turbo will certainly be a nice upgrade even crawling in 1st gear.

Just backed it out of the shop tonight. Need to get the gas pedal hooked up and we seem to have a brake dragging. Should be driving it Friday. The engine work was part of a mini make over that included an entire new brake system and interior refresh.

No plans to increase boost ever. 5psi would be perfect. We do plan to use it as a dump truck.

Nicely done. That should haul enough mash over the mountains and back to the still to pay for the trip.

Seems to me you’re going over a high pass. Highest I’ve had the motorhome was 9300+ at red mountain mt. Would have been nice to have the turbo up there. Enjoy the trip.



miker
55 bird, 32 cabrio F code
Kent, WA
Tucson, AZ

Very cool.  Have you taken it for a spin, yet?  Curious how well it works.  When you get safely back to TN are you going to increase boost?

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That's beautiful!!

I thought the core support needed some extra braces from the firewall, I'll have to find those for her truck.

Turbo kit pictures. These were during the build up in Tennessee a couple weeks ago. We did change the turbo adapter mount to a shorter one, had to bring the cross over closer to the pan and drop the horizontal "tail pipe" portion of the down pipe down a little. Out mock up engine was close, but just a little different. Thanks to those on this site that helped with some measurements!