Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project
I only now figured out the whole "if there's slag, you drag" thing and my welds are already turning out better. My pipe looks like it was recovered from the Titanic, but it is very sturdy. I bolted the turbo to it, and held it upright by the exhaust flange to see what kind of weight I'm putting on the exhaust manifold.... It's incredibly heavy (turbo). Good thing I added my little provision to bolt it to the block, but I still want to research some kind of soft mount to help support it on the fender wall, but that's future thinking.
Obviously the old exhaust pipe is in the way in this shot, but it gives an idea of how far over my turbo sits in this build. It points the intake side of the turbo just past the radiator when it is actually bolted to the manifold. The downpipe also clears both the steering box and engine mount, and I unplugged cylinder 5's spark plug and ran it open like that to give the engine a good rock, it has enough clearance to handle a really good misfire, so we'll see how it holds up in the future.
For the wastegate I kept it simple. It will lean towards the motor slightly. I was really hoping it would rest dead on the engine mount, because then I could "strap" the wastegate to it to hold the assembly up, but the angle was off. Instead I bent a piece of 1" wide steel to help support the turbo slightly with the pipe and take some strain off the flange, and will also double as a surface to through-bolt and mount to the block somehow. Basically i have no idea how it will attach yet, but I made the surface for myself to use in the future.
I cut a 1" hole on my drillpress, then bent the sides out and sanded them down to make a kind of "flat" angled surface, then welded my wastegate flange to it. I will have to use studs on the wastegate in this setup, but that's not an issue, and it will still seal just fine. This also alows a relatively short run to the downpipe - and it is angled to start the flange pointed up away from the steering box on the outlet side.
It looks bad, but works fine. I'm actually pretty happy with myself for learning something new, even though I suck at it.
And a mockup of the whole "manifold" to see what kind of weight I'm dealing with. It's not bad I think. The wastegate is just sitting still with some pins in it to display where it sits. I think it looks alright. It will also get some exhaust wrap on top of it so it should look pretty bangin' actually. Still lots more to do... :glasses7:
I only now figured out the whole "if there's slag, you drag" thing and my welds are already turning out better. My pipe looks like it was recovered from the Titanic, but it is very sturdy. I bolted the turbo to it, and held it upright by the exhaust flange to see what kind of weight I'm putting on the exhaust manifold.... It's incredibly heavy (turbo). Good thing I added my little provision to bolt it to the block, but I still want to research some kind of soft mount to help support it on the fender wall, but that's future thinking.
Obviously the old exhaust pipe is in the way in this shot, but it gives an idea of how far over my turbo sits in this build. It points the intake side of the turbo just past the radiator when it is actually bolted to the manifold. The downpipe also clears both the steering box and engine mount, and I unplugged cylinder 5's spark plug and ran it open like that to give the engine a good rock, it has enough clearance to handle a really good misfire, so we'll see how it holds up in the future.
For the wastegate I kept it simple. It will lean towards the motor slightly. I was really hoping it would rest dead on the engine mount, because then I could "strap" the wastegate to it to hold the assembly up, but the angle was off. Instead I bent a piece of 1" wide steel to help support the turbo slightly with the pipe and take some strain off the flange, and will also double as a surface to through-bolt and mount to the block somehow. Basically i have no idea how it will attach yet, but I made the surface for myself to use in the future.
I cut a 1" hole on my drillpress, then bent the sides out and sanded them down to make a kind of "flat" angled surface, then welded my wastegate flange to it. I will have to use studs on the wastegate in this setup, but that's not an issue, and it will still seal just fine. This also alows a relatively short run to the downpipe - and it is angled to start the flange pointed up away from the steering box on the outlet side.
It looks bad, but works fine. I'm actually pretty happy with myself for learning something new, even though I suck at it.
And a mockup of the whole "manifold" to see what kind of weight I'm dealing with. It's not bad I think. The wastegate is just sitting still with some pins in it to display where it sits. I think it looks alright. It will also get some exhaust wrap on top of it so it should look pretty bangin' actually. Still lots more to do... :glasses7: