anybody care to advise/critisize before i seal 'er up?

[swankmetal]

getting ready to finalize stuff and am hoping for some feedback. due to the constraints of my engine compartment, i think i might have to put a remote mount oil filter on, and the exhaust will be very tricky. other than that, everything seems like it will work. whaddya think? thanks



dave

 

[BPINE]

I think it is loking good, it's alot of work isn't it ? It will be worth every minute when it is done. Make sure you put a bead around the pipes where the hose connections are so they don't blow off.

 

[Stomp]

Dave

Locking pretty good, and take BPINE's advice make sure to put some ring's around the ends of the pipes to keep the hoses from blowing off. On the first try my rings were pretty small and one of the hoses blew off. So my mechanic made them a little bigger and then used some hairspray. Its been holding ever since. You are going to love them.



Stomp

 

[bgilbert]

Dave, what are you using for top and bottom turbo's? What have you done to the head, o-ring, fire, studs? It looks really good. Did you fabricate everything yourself?

 

[swankmetal]

thanks guys. it has been a lot of work, but it's the kind i like. i like the hairspray idea stomp. my buddy had a good idea, wrap a stick of tig rod around the end of the tube and weld it on from the opening side. ya end up with a nice big seat. as far as my head goes bill, i'm pretty sure i lost that a long time ago. but when i had off, along with the minor porting, i put a . 020 over gasket on. might help a little. i will be getting studs as soon as i can. not planning on running over 60 psi, so i hope i will be ok for a while. the turbos are: highly modded h1c (basically a 35/40, i think) and a ht3e/23cm divided housing. the 3e has a slightly smaller turbine wheel, shaft, and compressor wheel. because of this, and the divided housing, paul at htt said that i would have a great spooling set-up. which is what i'm after since i'm at 5000', and will barely have enough fuel to spin them. at least for the time being. . oh yeah, i have done it all myself. but i do have a welding business, so it's pretty easy for me.



keep it coming. i would love to hear what you guys have to say. thanks again



dave

 

[Tcolesanti]

Quick question. Is the flange on the back of the WH1c, and the flange on the HT3e all one piece? Meaning aside from the obvious pipe, the actual flanges are L bracketed together? I assume this is for rigidity right? That is pretty slick, I have never seen that before. Nice work.

 

[ThrottleJockey]

That L bracket is cool.



Whaddaya waitin fer!?

Get ta weldin'!

 

[McDowra]

looks good to me

 

[swankmetal]

yeah, it's all one piece. hydraulic presses are nice. can't take credit for it though. did some digging in the gallery before i started and found some pics of something REAL similar. changing one piece tomorrow, and then buttoning it up. hopefully by the beginning of the week, i will have my last part. then just a wee bit o' smoke will be flowing.

 

[bgilbert]

Dave, did you fab a support for the bottom turbo? I've read thats alot of weight for four studs at the exhaust manifold. Whats that ht3e off of ? Bigger than the ht3b folks are using?

 

[swankmetal]

haven't made the bottom support yet, but it's on the list. the 3e is actually smaller than a 3b. smaller turbine wheel, smaller shaft, and smaller compressor wheel. i think i've seen them being sold as turbos off CAT's on ebay in the past. paul said it was off a cummins 855, or something similar. doing some digging this weekend, eh?

 

[swankmetal]

makin' progress!

 

[swankmetal]

so is my only option for oil return on the big one pulling the oil pan off and fooling with it? seem like there has got to be an easier way. wish i had one of those blocks with the secondary return castings. would it just be the worst idea you've ever heard of to "t" into the existing oil return? anyway, just thought i'd ask. been doing a lot of searching with only a couple of my ? being answered. thanks



dave

 

[BPINE]

so is my only option for oil return on the big one pulling the oil pan off and fooling with it? seem like there has got to be an easier way. wish i had one of those blocks with the secondary return castings. would it just be the worst idea you've ever heard of to "t" into the existing oil return? anyway, just thought i'd ask. been doing a lot of searching with only a couple of my ? being answered. thanks



dave

There is no reason to pull the pan to weld a return fiting on. I drilled mine in place then welded the fitting with no problems. Let me know if you want some measurements, yours could be a bit differnt but I will let you know where mine is if you need it.

 

[swankmetal]

you just figured the magnet would get everything? that would be great! i'd love some measurements for that. thanks bpine.



dave

 

[BPINE]

Mine is 6" from the bell housing and 1 3/8 down from the pan rail to the center of the tube I welded in the pan. Don't go much lower than that because of the oil level in the pan. I drilled the hole with a hole saw and a bunch of grease on it then drained the oil to weld.

 

[swankmetal]

DONE!!!!!! wow, twins are cool. in more than one way. thanks for the advice everybody. here's a couple pics of the finished product. still have some grinding and painting to do, but she's alive.

 

[swankmetal]

here's a couple more.

 

[SRadke]

I am so jealous of having that much room under your hood. Looks



-Scott

 

[swankmetal]

yeah, that was my saving grace. going to help a buddy with a 2nd gen next. he's got all kinds of extra stuff under there already, so it's going to be real interesting. btw, thanks.