1990 Coupe - 'budget' turbo kit

[turbostang]

Sweet fab tip on that nut! I've been doing that the hard way for far too long!

It was one of those things where i "knew there was a better way" to do it. Once I got tired of taking an hour or more per fit-up, and used what was shown above, it went back to about 15 minutes.

damn! looks good homie!

Thanks dawg.

[jason07]

damn! looks good homie!

[Snatch Napkin]

Sweet fab tip on that nut! I've been doing that the hard way for far too long!

[Chas_svo]

I was going to ask about that, as I recall machinist bitching about things like that, but I never get to play on a lathe. I have turned a few things with a drill press, poor-boying the hell out of it.

[turbostang]

Looks great as always Brooks. Don't you hate things like that brake rod? Trying to explain to someone that you spent however long to make something "right"?

Man, it didn't take too long really.. .and probably would have worked as is, but made the pedal a bit too low for my taste. Making the rod longer actually keeps the brake rod from coming out, even without the pedal stop. (the brake arm hits the column mount if you pull it back towards the seat, but I put the bolt in there anyways.)

The only real difficulty was that the bolt was hard as hell! I had to cut it pretty slow to keep from breaking the cutter.

[Chas_svo]

Looks great as always Brooks. Don't you hate things like that brake rod? Trying to explain to someone that you spent however long to make something "right"?

[Mysticcobrakilla]

Very nice!

[turbostang]

Thanks guys!

I actually look forward to coming home and working on it. Nothing like watching Big Bang Theory while wiring up a race car.

[Magnimike1]

Glad the coating tip worked for you.

Looking great!

[KBScobravert]

Dang Brooks. It looks like you are pretty close. Yours might be on the road before mine.

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[musclestang89]

damn Brook those gauges do look badass.

[dville_gt]

looks great as always.

[turbostang]

Major update again. It's been a while since the last one, i've been holding out in order to make it look like I've done a lot

The engine bay is pretty much done except for redoing the lower core support. (I've already gone to JamesB and picked up one that he bent for me, hopefully installed by the weekend.)

The drivers side inner fender apron is done now. Whoever mentioned the thicker coats and warming up the part after application was right - that made a HUGE difference in appearance.



Fuel lines installed and ran into the engine bay, and all the way up to the carb.



The trunk floor is done, sealed up and fastened down. Yes, the sharpie lines are gone



Bottom side of the trunk, all sealed up. New braided lines in place. I just couldn't trust the smileys' brand after that one blew apart on the jackstands. brakes are now blead and ready to rock.



I had to modify the brake rod under the dash. The 2nd from the top is the stock piece that came in the jegs kit. The 3rd from the top was the first one I modified, but it was too long, but it illustrates the process pretty good. The one with the heim on it is the final piece. It worked out good, perfect range adjustment from both ends of the threads. (the pedal was too low with the stock rod).



Bottom view with the rod installed. Right side of the pic you can see the stop-bolt. This keeps the pedal from completely disengaging the brake rod out of the master cylinder. it's actually installed in the stock brake light switch bracket.




Finally get to use my badass cobalt guages that I paid a fortune for, they've only been sitting on the shelf for 4 years. 1100$ later.



This coming week I have to make the guage holder that goes in the A/C vent's old home. It's going to house the boost, trans tem and A/F guages. The boost controller will reside where the stock radio went.


.... more coming soon.

[Acrotom]

i baked some shorty headers in my moms oven when i was in high school and she was gone...she still hasn't forgiven me!

funny - I did that once, too. Just once, though.

A gas grill works pretty good for heating parts as long as the temperature does not have to be accurate. - And, it won't stink up the house.

[dville_gt]

If you remember how good my intake and valve covers looked in my white coupe.... Good thick coats sprayed at different directions. Heat in oven at 200 degrees for awhile. It will cure and wrinkle up nice. Make sure the misses isn't home.

i baked some shorty headers in my moms oven when i was in high school and she was gone...she still hasn't forgiven me!