Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project
Yeah they're crummy T-bolt clamps. It's all back together but still with the old turbo :( The new one is not ready to go yet. I need a different downpipe flange for it, and the body needs to be clocked, which seems like a simple task, but the body is pretty much frozen solid to the exhaust housing and can't be moved. I don't want to apply too much pressure to it, but I set some wd on it, and am waiting to find a flange that will work. The New turbo will bolt directly in place of the old one so it won't be much of a hassle at all. It uses all the same bracketry too for oil and everything else.
The car is still heating up on a 2 mile drive, except now instead of hitting 220-240 degrees, it only hits 190-200. This would normally be ok - on the freeway, with a 180 t-stat like it used to have, but I have a 160 in it right now. I think I may have changed too many things at once.
I ditched the old 7 bladed mopar fan because it was bent and had giant holes in it when the catch can flew into it while it was running, initially I thought the fan being bent almost straight was my cooling issue, and bought a flex fan, and it turned up, but happens to be a 17" fan, the old one i had was 19" and covered the radiator surface better. There's no shroud, and since I've bought the car- it has never had one. I think I have reduced the pull on the fan by making it that much smaller, and should hunt down a 19" fan.
Also my previous T-stat I drilled a 1/16" hole in it, and that solved my previous overheat issue, and I neglected to do that on this new t-stat. I'm going to try and switch those 2 things back to the way they were as much as I can, and see what happens - then move forward from there.
My dad is calling "cracked block" and I don't want to hear that junk.
Once I have the overheat sorted out, and a very obviously audible exhaust leak somewhere fixed, then I will move on with the garrett turbo. The struggle is real. I wish I had a lot of money to put towards this, but I don't and since the beginning have to get by with what I can get and make. I am determined to make it work well period, and will not give up on it.
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But at least it's all back together, and I am a step in the right direction - because it is not running as hot as it was.
Yeah they're crummy T-bolt clamps. It's all back together but still with the old turbo :( The new one is not ready to go yet. I need a different downpipe flange for it, and the body needs to be clocked, which seems like a simple task, but the body is pretty much frozen solid to the exhaust housing and can't be moved. I don't want to apply too much pressure to it, but I set some wd on it, and am waiting to find a flange that will work. The New turbo will bolt directly in place of the old one so it won't be much of a hassle at all. It uses all the same bracketry too for oil and everything else.
The car is still heating up on a 2 mile drive, except now instead of hitting 220-240 degrees, it only hits 190-200. This would normally be ok - on the freeway, with a 180 t-stat like it used to have, but I have a 160 in it right now. I think I may have changed too many things at once.
I ditched the old 7 bladed mopar fan because it was bent and had giant holes in it when the catch can flew into it while it was running, initially I thought the fan being bent almost straight was my cooling issue, and bought a flex fan, and it turned up, but happens to be a 17" fan, the old one i had was 19" and covered the radiator surface better. There's no shroud, and since I've bought the car- it has never had one. I think I have reduced the pull on the fan by making it that much smaller, and should hunt down a 19" fan.
Also my previous T-stat I drilled a 1/16" hole in it, and that solved my previous overheat issue, and I neglected to do that on this new t-stat. I'm going to try and switch those 2 things back to the way they were as much as I can, and see what happens - then move forward from there.
My dad is calling "cracked block" and I don't want to hear that junk.
Once I have the overheat sorted out, and a very obviously audible exhaust leak somewhere fixed, then I will move on with the garrett turbo. The struggle is real. I wish I had a lot of money to put towards this, but I don't and since the beginning have to get by with what I can get and make. I am determined to make it work well period, and will not give up on it.
[/URL][/IMG]But at least it's all back together, and I am a step in the right direction - because it is not running as hot as it was.