1990 Coupe - 'budget' turbo kit

[l3lakelx]

Love this build

[85turbocoupe]

Brooks, wish you all the best buddy!

[Back N Black]

sometimes its easier to get back to the simple things in life...Good luck to you Brooks!

[Bad A$$ Coupe]

Bad ass!!!

[turbostang]

Thanks guys. I don't know how fast I'll get this thing done without any income - but I'll do all the stuff I have parts/time for now.

Yes, Keith, I'll still be doing sidework to some extent.

[KBScobravert]

I hope the job prospects pay off and you can get back to the way things were. You cannot knock having a dream and going for it. Win loose or draw you gave it a run and learned. Most people go through life wondering "what if."

Glad you are back in the garage pounding this thing out. I assume side work is open? I need to bring you my exhaust to weld together. lol

[Chas_svo]

Sorry to hear about the shop, and I hate that I couldn't get you anything to work on, as I had stuff to do to the SVO before I could get it to you.

Good luck in the future endeavors, and with the car.

[shumpertdavid]

Sometimes it's better to be the drunk than own the bar. Sometimes it's more fun to be the race car driver than the racecar builder.

That sir is a worthy quote with more truth spoken than a lot of people can comprehend.


Congratulations on the progress Brooks. 3 or 4 months ago we laid out the dates to attend my sisters wedding in Arizona. It's 3 weeks away and the interior I've been going to work on in my spare time hasn't been touched in my Dodge we will be taking. I just finished up with work and a side job and contemplating rolling in some fatmat before heading home.

It's hard to do it full time and have time to work on your own stuff. For me it's general repairs and a\c. Not enough hours in the day.

[onjacks]

Good to see you puttin it back together man. Have fun with it and quit tearing it apart!

[BradM]

Well, it's been a long time since I've posted an update for any reason, but here it is finally. It's no secret, I closed the shop and for a multitude of reasons - one is that it kept me from working on my own stuff.
So, I made the decision to go back into corporate America - and along with that, I get to pickup where I left off on my own projects.]

Sometimes it's better to be the drunk than own the bar. Sometimes it's more fun to be the race car driver than the racecar builder.

[turbostang]

Well, it's been a long time since I've posted an update for any reason, but here it is finally. It's no secret, I closed the shop and for a multitude of reasons - one is that it kept me from working on my own stuff.
So, I made the decision to go back into corporate America - and along with that, I get to pickup where I left off on my own projects.
Enough of the boring part, Here's where I'm at now. The car has been largely untouched for the past 6 months or so. The plans for this winter are to complete the 25.5 update, new wheels (already have them), same drivetrain with the exception of the driveshaft and tailshaft housing. The rear end will be narrowed 2" per side, it will be LOW now, and will have new rear suspension. It's possible that it will be EFI when the time comes, but I do still have all of the carburetor stuff too.
As of right now, the engine bay got cleaned up and a fresh coat of rattle can flat black. The wire pass through holes are getting covered properly (see: lower passenger side firewall).
Before cleanup:


After, with engine installed:

[turbostang]

What diameter was that 36-1 wheel? You just centered on your collar adapter that and bolted the crank pulley bolts through it?

Which sensor is that?

You think you can duplicate the sensor mount and the trigger wheel? I think it and the cam sensor are the last pieces to my puzzle.

Earlier in the thread, there's a step by step on how I machined the collar for the wheel, and how the wheel was machined. It's not just bolted up.

The sensor is just a standard Honeywell hall sensor, the PN is listed on the Megasquirt III install guide - Real popular sensor, easy to come by, good for 5-24V. There's even a video on youtube on them testing it to 20,000RPM.(google it, not too hard to find)

Easily duplicated.

[KBScobravert]

Here's the whole setup mounted. Note the Morose crank trigger bracket... more on that later.



The crank trigger bracket again. I re-did the mounting for a few different reasons. Mainly, I didn't want to alter the crank trigger bracket or sensor, just in case I had to revert to it. It's a different kind of sensor, a hall effect sensor. Now uses a 36-1 wheel instead of the old 4 magnet wheel. Much better.



Last but not least, the hall sensor mounted up in it's new home.

What diameter was that 36-1 wheel? You just centered on your collar adapter that and bolted the crank pulley bolts through it?

Which sensor is that?

You think you can duplicate the sensor mount and the trigger wheel? I think it and the cam sensor are the last pieces to my puzzle.

[Sleeper]

Just poking at ya brooks. The red car ran a couple seasons too. I'm glad the shop is going well for you. You deserve it.

[turbostang]

Its the red hatch all over again

nah, this one's been running a full season (last year).

It will run again soon, just have to get the shop situation squared away.