turbojohn Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Hope to have this car ready to drive by November. Gas tank is out, new one on it's way. Actually I'm doing several things at once. Rebuilding turbo, replacing injectors etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbojohn Posted September 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Before & After port work: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbojohn Posted September 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 I can testify the urethane bushing install mentioned somewhere on this forum is good. I don't have a picture but I reemed out the bushings and used the center bushings from the old rubber units. Whole job took one hour. You can just see the installed dogbones in the upper left corner... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediabandit Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbojohn Posted September 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Thanks, without this forum there's no way I could have found out all this information in such short time. I read where a guys temp sensor was doing strange things. Like going into the red zone when the engine didn't seem like it was getting that hot. My car had a few good-sized exhaust leaks. The crossover wasn't leaking however. It was the shoddy job whomever did that replaced it. Bolts were only finger tight, six bolts were missing, two were snapped off and left. Anyway, here's what the coolant temp sensor looks like.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Powered Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 so they just tried driving with no bolts in the turbo? people just love to create unneeded future projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbojohn Posted September 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Yeah, like a few bolts is good enough. There was some kind of sealer on the exhaust flanges and turbo flange. This was all done when my friend bought it. Greg took it back a few times because it didn't run very well. In fact he said it wouldn't go 40mph and the speed limit on the road he has to travel is 70mph, which means everyone drives 80mph....He was afraid someone would plow into the back of it. After they told him it needed injectors and cost something like $150.00ea, he parked it, and there it stayed for two years. I guess it's a good thing everything was loose in a way. It came apart fast!!!!! Have to look at the bright side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krenzy Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 Does it still need injectors? If so, go to http://www.five0motorsports.com and find the Ford C302 Yellow Top Injectors. They mount up the same to ours, and have relatively the same pph fuel delivery...all for UNDER $300! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOT2B GM Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 Looks like you're making good progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 Nice progress!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 damn you have her high as shit in the air Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbojohn Posted September 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 Does it still need injectors? If so, go to http://www.five0motorsports.com and find the Ford C302 Yellow Top Injectors. They mount up the same to ours, and have relatively the same pph fuel delivery...all for UNDER $300! I purchased those injectors a few weeks ago. Thank you for the info. Looks like you're making good progress. Still taking things apart. Waiting on parts to get in, sending stuff out. Lots of work yet to be done... Nice progress!!! Thanks!!! I'm doing as much as I can with what I have to work with. damn you have her high as shit in the air The more room, the better I started out pressure washing the underside. Until you've blasted the underbody of a car, you're missing out since then I've hit it with the pressure washer a few more times. After removing parts and exposing more grit & grime, have to wheel out the washer again. I spray everything down with STP son-of-a-gun after washing & it dries out. Rubber & plastic like it. After a week or so I pressure wash it off and it really looks nice under there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addicted To Boost Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intern8tion9l Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 that port job looks sweet....i might have to look into that when i decide to cough up the $$ for a crossover rebuild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpchris Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 how the hell did you get it up that high? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbojohn Posted September 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 that port job looks sweet....i might have to look into that when i decide to cough up the $$ for a crossover rebuild The leaks were so bad, I really didn't have a choice but to remove the crossover. The workmanship really sucks on these. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it at this point. The flair on the ends of the flanges need to be wider and the flange brackets are like one size too big. The bellows on my crossover are good though. When & if I modify it, I'll post pictures and explain what I did. how the hell did you get it up that high? Have to be carefull doing this. I lifted it in two steps. First step is to lift it as high as the floor-jack will go (front & back), set stands under it. Then I used an 8" thick wood block 10" wide on top of the jack pad as an extension to lift the car up higher. You have to be extra carefull when doing this. Make SURE the jack pad is directly centered under the lift point or the jack can shoot out from under the car and bad things happen real quick. When pulling transmissions from rear-wheel-drive cars, the car has to be high enough to get the trans out from under the vehicle. In my case, I just wanted room to get under there with a pressure washer wand. Removing the fuel tank was also a lot easier with the extra room. I drained it and used a knee as support while disconnecting lines and dropping it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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