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Stabbed the drivetrain in for what should be the last time today. I’ve been having dreams about taking this thing for a rip. Soon.
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Been really busy with work and life but I finally had some time to wrench today. Intercooler piping done for now.
What intercooler did you end up with?
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Got it from summit. Boost products 30” 2.5” in/out
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I picked that one primarily for packaging reasons as I had planned to have it out in front of the rad support originally. I also didn’t want to go too big and make it laggy and for the power I’m shooting for 2.5” pipe would be more than adequate.
Additionally, many of the intercoolers I found had pretty low pressure ratings so it’s worth it to check that before buying.
Additionally, many of the intercoolers I found had pretty low pressure ratings so it’s worth it to check that before buying.
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I got some good stuff done this weekend. Heater hoses are plumbed in, used the factory firewall hard line to bypass the heater core and control valve to ensure there is still flow with the heat off. Also bypassed the rear heater and removed all that. I still need to do the upper and lower rad hoses. Finished installing the rear block coolant hose. Installed studs in the manifold for the turbo and got it torqued on. Ran the oil feed and return lines. Installed the h2o temp sensor and oil pressure sensor.
This is super helpful as Im about to get started on cooling! im probably going to run an electric fan setup as well because the mechanical fan is too far offset and the fan sits so low it will hit the lower rad hose. are you running mechanical or electric?
Also, what sensors did you end up using? I need to order oil pressure, water temp...etc are you running aftermarket guages or are you able to get the oem guages to work with your setup?
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Right on! I’m running the mechanical fan. I went with a larger radiator so it would clear the lower hose and give me extra cooling capacity. I just had to make brackets to get it all to fit and I’ll need to find the right upper and lower rad hoses. I also used the factory 606 heater hose fittings on the thermostat housing and rear of the head to keep it simple.
I’m using the toyota sensors for h2o temp and oil pressure. I had an adapter fitting machined for the h2o temp sender that threads into the 606 head and accepts cruisermatt’s ls/toyota temp sender. Ditto for the toyota oil pressure sender.
Just curious, why did you remove the rear heater? I’ve noticed that seems to be pretty common to remove it just not sure why. Really cool build man good job so far!
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Simplified hose routing and removed a bunch of connections. People in warmer climates often remove them because they don’t get used. I’d hardly been using mine save for the coldest winter mornings.
Ohhh ok. I really like mine, I noticed it really helps keep the windows in the back from fogging up. My kids really like it too, especially on snow trips.
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Slowly but surely… I’ll probably rework the top brackets a bit but for now they will do. A/C parts still need to go in. U/L rad hoses. Wiring. Fuel lines. Exhaust.
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Swapped a bunch of hardware store bolts out for some yummy cad JIS metric fasteners from bel metric. No more 13mm bolt heads please