Red Headed Stepchild-75 Swinger LSX Swap
While the car is awaiting the converter to come back, I decided to do.some maintenance and look it over to see if I could find Amy issues that may have been causing som of the performance issues I've been having. After some noticeable lag, and a pia drip from passenger side turbo oil return line, I decided to pull the turbos to give them a look over. Low and behold I found 2 issues on the passenger side turbo. Apparently on the bottom side hidden away from the eye due to the orientation and the turbo blanket, a huge chunk of the gasket between the turbo and the elbow had completely disappeared. Where it went i dont know. But I rectified that today and they are back together. The gasket for the oil drain also had a missing piece and new gaskets for those are already on the way.
Also found an issue with the passenger side wastegate. There are 3 set screws inside that hold the "valve" in place that opens and closes containing/releasing the exhaust gasses. Fortunatley the 3rd one was still in place and the other two were bouncing around in the lid. That issue has also been resolved and wastegates resealed and tightened down.
Tomorrow I'll be reassembling the hot and cold sides on the turbo system and making a decision/purchase on transmission fluid for when the converter comes back.
Thank you all very much for the kind words. I honestly love the car and will continue to keep pushing it and myself. Fiberglass bumpers are currently being made by stinger fiberglass and WI mate very well with the lingenfelter brackets kit I already have in the trailer. I'll be test fitting them first and doing some bracing underneath the rear one to support the struts for the rear wing obviously. But after test fitting I will be having them wrapped in chrome vinyl before I do the final install, as I can't bring myself to change the color of them. Going to be dropping some weight.off this heavy pig anywhere I can. This coming winter she will begin another level of changes im sure once we get settled in Washington and I secured a new job/career.
While the car is awaiting the converter to come back, I decided to do.some maintenance and look it over to see if I could find Amy issues that may have been causing som of the performance issues I've been having. After some noticeable lag, and a pia drip from passenger side turbo oil return line, I decided to pull the turbos to give them a look over. Low and behold I found 2 issues on the passenger side turbo. Apparently on the bottom side hidden away from the eye due to the orientation and the turbo blanket, a huge chunk of the gasket between the turbo and the elbow had completely disappeared. Where it went i dont know. But I rectified that today and they are back together. The gasket for the oil drain also had a missing piece and new gaskets for those are already on the way.
Also found an issue with the passenger side wastegate. There are 3 set screws inside that hold the "valve" in place that opens and closes containing/releasing the exhaust gasses. Fortunatley the 3rd one was still in place and the other two were bouncing around in the lid. That issue has also been resolved and wastegates resealed and tightened down.
Tomorrow I'll be reassembling the hot and cold sides on the turbo system and making a decision/purchase on transmission fluid for when the converter comes back.