Builds The '93 Troopy Hodgepodge (6 Viewers)

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Intercooler and it’s plumbing.

The Troopy has the small scoop hood, it’s basically the same size height wise and the non-scoop. The 2016+ DPF hoods have a larger scoop. The intercooler Tony bought was for a VDJ79 and front mount. It’s obviously big! 3” in and out on it too. We played with plumbing it with 3” but the main issue is hood and clearance to it at the intake and it’s 90*. So we went down to 2.5” and it just barely clears as you can see here.

It would flow a little better being 3” and have a bit less psi loss across the system but without the DPF hood I don’t think that is possible. All the other FT/FTE builds run 2.5” and it’s a non-issue on those. We have kept the silicone connections to a minimum and kept them couplers vs 90/45* as much as possible. From our experience when you start running big boy boost and have soft 90* and such they can be an issue.

The intercooler is so large it doesn’t clear the stock grill even being a wide nose front clip. It’s a PDI VDJ7x system and I am not sure what they do there for the grill and clearance. Anyways we carved up an old ratty stock grill so it cleared. We then sent that to @kelly saad for him to make a custom grill.

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Exhaust mockup underway.

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[Tapage]

The intercooler is so large it doesn’t clear the stock grill even being a wide nose front clip. It’s a PDI VDJ7x system and I am not sure what they do there for the grill and clearance. Anyways we carved up an old ratty stock grill so it cleared. We then sent that to @kelly saad for him to make a custom grill.

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I upgraded my hood to the latest model .. and I love it .. while there more " room " there is no really that much .. I don't have the old one handy but I certainly can measure the new one ..

And BTW I always hate the lack of space in front .. there is no space behind the grill and in our case is also cut in half .. of either you use the top part or the lower portion ( wich get less air coz it's behind the bumper / winch in my case )

 

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I didn’t get all the rebuild and customization pics of this but the tcase shifter needed to be lengthened. It also got rebuilt with new parts.

Here it is finished and installed.

The tcase shifter on this Cruiser will be a “give away” on what hides beneath. IE, full time 4wd.

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Exhaust mock up almost done.

Here is how we are exiting the rear.

Muffler location.

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Here is where it is difficult with 80-series chassis, rear suspension back.

Panhard clearance.

It’s being built at full bump.

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I have turned Chris loose on the Troopy the last month or two and he is all over it!

Tony had most of the A/C components but not the lines. We are making these, not crimped yet in the pics on the ends. Tig welded OEM hard lines as needed and a cap for the compressor that works with these fittings.

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Brake booster/master, clutch master, brake proportioning valve and vacuum reservoir.

The Troopy has been sitting on old stock worn out 80-series coil springs for to long! We tossed in some OME springs, not sure what they are as the tags are gone. Too much lift obviously but that is the great thing about using an 80 chassis, ie suspension is the amount of choices for coils and lift components.

I didn’t get good pics while Chris was plumbing the box and resi for the power steering. However we have this pretty dialed for these 70-series body swaps onto 80-series chassis when it comes to the right OEM high pressure line and so forth.

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[svsisu]

Nice vacuum reservoir and fitment. I've been looking for something that would work but haven't had success yet. Mind sharing what it is from or a PN?

 

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This is a PDI air box for a HDJ79 (narrow nose). There is nothing available aftermarket for a wide nose and 1HDFTE as well as matching the snorkel. So Chris cut the intake side off the air box and rotated it, tig welded after. This so it aligns with the snorkel pipe and can be connected with a rubber/silicone hose.

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