Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project
Kinda.
Mostly aesthetic. I just finished ordering the rest of my interior components to put the inside of the car back in a comfortable shape. My temporary carpet lasted about two years and now it's done for. Ordered a real one, and about $100 worth of fabric to sew for door panels.
I did manage to get the valve cover off, adjusted the valves, and was surprised to see exhaust on 5 out to .025 but all the rest were still in spec. I just see no reason not to adjust and check them if the valve cover is coming off. So then I put the wrinkle black one I made on, painted the intake tubing, reseated everything and apparently solved a vacuum leak in the process because now I have 15 inches of vacuum instead of 10. I have no idea what I did, but I'm not going to question it.
I also primered and painted the intake tubing safety blue, put a nicer bead on all the pieces and reassembled. I took the intake/exhaust and everything off again and repainted the block and head silver metal flake by Duplicolor - I am very happy with the results and my aesthetic idea for what the engine was supposed to look like is complete.
I am trying to find a nicer turbo to put on at the moment, and have ordered a new blow off valve. The one I have functions intermittently. The car itself has been running great and near 6k miles.
I am questioning the turbocharger itself as I can only seem to hit 8psi. I'm taking the car to an exhaust shop next week to double check my work, and finish the exhaust out the back. This way I know there's no leaks in the exhaust pre-turbo and can rule that out, but knowing that I was at 0 boost with an exhaust leak which suddenly started functioning again when the leak was fixed - I have to check that. Exhaust shop is going to re-weld my welds, and do the last 6 feet of exhaust, new muffler, and remake the down pipe with a much smoother curve all for $220.
The other thing I intend to do once boost is able to be increased is get a boost/ retard module and reattach the msd6 system. I also wouldn't mind removing the head and porting everything to match the gasket, but was thinking maybe in the future I'll kill the head gasket and that would be the perfect time to do more head work.
I'm also planning on running my boost referenced power valve pocket straight to the turbocharger shell, and finding a way to organize all these boost lines going everywhere.
There's still lots to do, but at this point it's all improvements - I'm at a stable tune right now.
I'll still keep everything updated on here, and hopefully I have more to show. Lots of ideas in my head, just waiting for the money for each one.
Kinda.
Mostly aesthetic. I just finished ordering the rest of my interior components to put the inside of the car back in a comfortable shape. My temporary carpet lasted about two years and now it's done for. Ordered a real one, and about $100 worth of fabric to sew for door panels.
I did manage to get the valve cover off, adjusted the valves, and was surprised to see exhaust on 5 out to .025 but all the rest were still in spec. I just see no reason not to adjust and check them if the valve cover is coming off. So then I put the wrinkle black one I made on, painted the intake tubing, reseated everything and apparently solved a vacuum leak in the process because now I have 15 inches of vacuum instead of 10. I have no idea what I did, but I'm not going to question it.
I also primered and painted the intake tubing safety blue, put a nicer bead on all the pieces and reassembled. I took the intake/exhaust and everything off again and repainted the block and head silver metal flake by Duplicolor - I am very happy with the results and my aesthetic idea for what the engine was supposed to look like is complete.
I am trying to find a nicer turbo to put on at the moment, and have ordered a new blow off valve. The one I have functions intermittently. The car itself has been running great and near 6k miles.
I am questioning the turbocharger itself as I can only seem to hit 8psi. I'm taking the car to an exhaust shop next week to double check my work, and finish the exhaust out the back. This way I know there's no leaks in the exhaust pre-turbo and can rule that out, but knowing that I was at 0 boost with an exhaust leak which suddenly started functioning again when the leak was fixed - I have to check that. Exhaust shop is going to re-weld my welds, and do the last 6 feet of exhaust, new muffler, and remake the down pipe with a much smoother curve all for $220.
The other thing I intend to do once boost is able to be increased is get a boost/ retard module and reattach the msd6 system. I also wouldn't mind removing the head and porting everything to match the gasket, but was thinking maybe in the future I'll kill the head gasket and that would be the perfect time to do more head work.
I'm also planning on running my boost referenced power valve pocket straight to the turbocharger shell, and finding a way to organize all these boost lines going everywhere.
There's still lots to do, but at this point it's all improvements - I'm at a stable tune right now.
I'll still keep everything updated on here, and hopefully I have more to show. Lots of ideas in my head, just waiting for the money for each one.
