Meet Lucille - A '74 Crusty Back Road Cruiser - Turbo 3RZ W56 Swapped (1 Viewer)

[Lucille]

Knocked a couple more items off the list last night since the Astros game got postponed in Philly due to a little drizzle. First was the rear exhaust hanger and then i tacked together a front driveshaft. I used a rear shaft from some toyota i had and grafted the slip portion from 40 on the end. I think i have the runout dialed in, but like a dumbass, i dropped my dial indicator and it bent boom. Ill finish weld it once a new one comes in and i can check how out of round my eyeball check is.

The ghetto exhuast hanger using a random bolt and rubber isolater from a chevy truck.

 

[Lucille]

Had a friend come over saturday to learn me some Tig welding. I spent an hour or so watching him and preacticing on scrap aluminim intercooler piping. I was starting to get the hang of it, but didnt want to chance it, so i had him do it for me. Man did it come out amazing. My fit up was perfect after the welding and fit like a glove.

with nothing left to do, i took Lucille for a spin around the block for the first time in over a year. The short driveshaft didnt vibrate at all. The boost at ~6psi is so much fun and terrifying in this thing. It ran cool at 185 the entire time. Only issue i had was not sealing up the third member good enough up top in about a 1/2" spot. It blew diff fluid everywhere. Doh. Fuel pump is also a screamer. Going to have to fix that too.

 

[frankenyota]

Hey mate that's some nice work you have done, Should be fun to drive. I bought a Walbro 460 for my turbo 1FZ and when deciding on what fuel pump to buy l looked at the 255 but everyone complained about them being noisy. I have been having issues with my Walbro 460 and just bought a Denso pump which is rated to 255L/Hr and its super quiet. Still to do some testing but l'm sure it will be a good thing being Denso.
I also noticed your wiring loom is quite close to your turbo, maybe consider moving this as they produce a lot of heat.

 

[Lucille]

Do you have a part number for it? Is it an in-tank pump or external? The only reason i went with this one is beacuse i had it on the shelf. Even with it inside the tank is crazy loud at idle. I dont hear it as much when im driving it, but it defintely needs attention.

 

[frankenyota]

I paid $110 through Repco who sourced it from Denso.

Here is mine fitted

 

[Lucille]

Thanks for the info. I’ll take a look at it and compare. I fixed the rear end and took it for another test drive. No more leaks. Fuel pump still dumb loud. Lol. Man thing is a blast.

Built a screamer pipe for the wastegate. Gave it a little peekaboo out the fender.

 

[Lucille]

Time for a little more woopow

 

[EWheeler]

Love this build. Patiently waiting for a video of it driving with some phssssheeeww noises.

 

[Lucille]

Picked up a new overflow reservoir.