Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project
I got my 350 in the mail today, and the electronic dizzy with the volvo boost diaphragm attached. I sat and played with both and took them apart. Liking it already. Most of the Hangar 18 mods are done to the 350 already. I need to cut more of the choke tower off since the hat angles in a different direction. Dude was nice enough to send some more power valves with it, so I want to try and make a boost referenced power valve, and just finish the carb off. I also have to file away some of the marks on the shelf where the carb hat hits. They extend out about 1/16" in 3 places. Nothing too hard - maybe 20 minutes of shaving it down.
Otherwise the carb hat fits - just doesn't sit all the way down yet because of those marks, and even if it did - the vent tube extension included isn't quite going to work. It pushes too high up, and off to the side. I'll have to make one that snakes a little bit and winds up centered in the tube, and possibly go out a little further.
I don't think it's going to work right that far from center. Not a hard fix though. Just make a new one.
I also finished cutting my J pipe following similarly to pishta and rustyplymouth's build. Mine I believe extends a little further forward. Should work good. Notching the engine mount a bit for fit. Then I'm building a triangle out of steel (best I can describe it) to hold the weight onto where the pump bracket would be. My turbo flange will wind up on the same plane as that bracket mount (kinda). Measured - mocked, measered over and over to come up with the shape.
ALso I'm just going to buy a welder. I found a few I liked and my union offers free classes that I should take, so... may as well, and everyone I talk to about assembling it doesn't like how i want to do everything, and that doesn't fly well with me. One guy said the only way to do it was to shove the turbo back into the firewall and run the exhaust about 1/2" away from all the wiring - good idea... :wack:
I'm sure it works, but it's not what I want. And the cost for assembling it and them buying pipe is WAAAAAAAY over budget. I will be spending less money to learn and do myself.
I got my 350 in the mail today, and the electronic dizzy with the volvo boost diaphragm attached. I sat and played with both and took them apart. Liking it already. Most of the Hangar 18 mods are done to the 350 already. I need to cut more of the choke tower off since the hat angles in a different direction. Dude was nice enough to send some more power valves with it, so I want to try and make a boost referenced power valve, and just finish the carb off. I also have to file away some of the marks on the shelf where the carb hat hits. They extend out about 1/16" in 3 places. Nothing too hard - maybe 20 minutes of shaving it down.
Otherwise the carb hat fits - just doesn't sit all the way down yet because of those marks, and even if it did - the vent tube extension included isn't quite going to work. It pushes too high up, and off to the side. I'll have to make one that snakes a little bit and winds up centered in the tube, and possibly go out a little further.
I don't think it's going to work right that far from center. Not a hard fix though. Just make a new one.
I also finished cutting my J pipe following similarly to pishta and rustyplymouth's build. Mine I believe extends a little further forward. Should work good. Notching the engine mount a bit for fit. Then I'm building a triangle out of steel (best I can describe it) to hold the weight onto where the pump bracket would be. My turbo flange will wind up on the same plane as that bracket mount (kinda). Measured - mocked, measered over and over to come up with the shape.
ALso I'm just going to buy a welder. I found a few I liked and my union offers free classes that I should take, so... may as well, and everyone I talk to about assembling it doesn't like how i want to do everything, and that doesn't fly well with me. One guy said the only way to do it was to shove the turbo back into the firewall and run the exhaust about 1/2" away from all the wiring - good idea... :wack:
I'm sure it works, but it's not what I want. And the cost for assembling it and them buying pipe is WAAAAAAAY over budget. I will be spending less money to learn and do myself.