Build Wompom's Painfully Slow Rebuild Now Part II!

[Wompom]

She’s alive. Fired right up with no CELs. It is SMOOTH. Like rest a beer on the valve cover while it’s running smooth. Wildly different.
There is a massive change in the response to thtrottle/boost now. Not sure it’s all the injectors but I think they made a difference. Haven’t given it the beans yet but will soon.
Leaving for AK tomorrow on a fresh motor. Oops.

 

[SteelHunterFJ80]

Incredible job. You tackled every single challenging job on this: engine rebuild, axles and seats. All at least 4 banana or at the very least time consuming and detail oriented for each.

 

[Wompom]

Been a while since I updated here.
Took the truck on a trip the night after I finished the build. Not just a small trip but from Seattle to prudhoe bay. Talk about anxiety ridden shakedown.

Overall the truck did great, and 7500 miles of roads through BC, the Yukon and Alaska sure shook any and everything loose.

I’ve been fighting some “deferred” maintenance over the last year since I lost my shop space and don’t have a flat place to even put the truck on stands now.
Current projects
new booster and master cylinder
Turbo system teardown and resealing
Re passivate, cerakote j pipe and downpipe
Build new heat shielding out of heat shield products armor wrap
New silicone couplers for intake system
Replace evap check valve (pressure was going through and blowing charcoal out of the bottom of the CC)
Catch can move and remount
Remove York system until I can refine/improve fitment of bracket
Add heat insulation to intake canister and MAF.

I’ve come to the conclusion that the reality is the stock ecu has no business running a turbo setup properly. It does WORK. I’ve put 40k miles on my turbo setup with stock ecu, but converting to modern fuel management and coils would really make all this work worth it.
Evaluating options for going piggyback hatch, full stand alone, other ECM options, intercooler, coil pack conversion etc.

Having a turbo setup makes the truck so much better, going back to stock power levels isn’t an option. Nor is pulling this setup to do an LS or diesel swap now.

I think a leak developed

 

[Mag71k5]

How did you enjoy the trip to Prudhoe? Ive been pondering on a trip myself, anything youd change, or do differently?

 

[Fosters]

Been a while since I updated here.
Took the truck on a trip the night after I finished the build. Not just a small trip but from Seattle to prudhoe bay. Talk about anxiety ridden shakedown.

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Overall the truck did great, and 7500 miles of roads through BC, the Yukon and Alaska sure shook any and everything loose.

I’ve been fighting some “deferred” maintenance over the last year since I lost my shop space and don’t have a flat place to even put the truck on stands now.
Current projects
new booster and master cylinder
Turbo system teardown and resealing
Re passivate, cerakote j pipe and downpipe
Build new heat shielding out of heat shield products armor wrap
New silicone couplers for intake system
Replace evap check valve (pressure was going through and blowing charcoal out of the bottom of the CC)
Catch can move and remount
Remove York system until I can refine/improve fitment of bracket
Add heat insulation to intake canister and MAF.

I’ve come to the conclusion that the reality is the stock ecu has no business running a turbo setup properly. It does WORK. I’ve put 40k miles on my turbo setup with stock ecu, but converting to modern fuel management and coils would really make all this work worth it.
Evaluating options for going piggyback hatch, full stand alone, other ECM options, intercooler, coil pack conversion etc.

Having a turbo setup makes the truck so much better, going back to stock power levels isn’t an option. Nor is pulling this setup to do an LS or diesel swap now.

I think a leak developed
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I can’t stress enough how good the cruisers and co intercooler kit is…plus I eliminated the snake design intake tract and sort of copied cruiser and CO’s set up whist maintaining the MAF currently…hit me up with any questions pertaining to adapting to joeys kit…

 

[baldilocks]

I also have this trip on my to do list. In one paragraph you say that the stock ecu has no business running a turbo set up. In the next paragraph you say how much better the truck is with a turbo set up.

Could you elaborate on this? I’m building a 96 slowly and my C&C stage 1 turbo kit is installed now but the 80 is no where near ready to drive. I’d like to know if I should spend additional funds while access is still open. @Wompom