the video is about 2 weeks old by the way.
Love it man. Im really psyched to see this thing driving again.
me too, its been 6 months lol
Wow nice build . . in for updates.
should be the last under hood line splice in the harness.
Also got some heat tape wrapped on the wiring the goes under that Y pipe.
so the project finishes just like it started, with the fabrication of a small bracket.
well finished for the most part.
had to rework the throttle bracket since the stock form dead ended the cable right into the charge pipe. plus this will make my billet throttle body more visible.
also took the flap wheel to the ac lines to make the welds look better. these will eventually be polished.
And finally her first drive.
Geesh that sounds nice!
~2014 New Z under the knife, same heart different body~
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omg thats a nice v8 you have there. lol sounds SICK. wow...
M45/OS crank/2.4 snout. It's nice to be injected but I love being blown!
yeah i was very impressed with how it sounds. I think the headers are what makes the difference.
I almost flagged your video as inappropriate because it was so nasty.
/end bad joke time.
Seriously though, car sounds amazing.
Always great to see a project come together... you dont see very many quality project completions anymore.
The attention to detail is what I like in this project.
thanks everyone, hopefully shes going to drive to her first show next weekend.
And FYI, GM pulled a dick move and change the block fittings slightly on the a/c connections. 99-01 have flat O ring bosses on the joints at either eng of the suction/discharge hoses where they meet the receiver/drier and condenser. The 02 has a stepped block fitting that uses the rubber/ metal O ring seal like the compressor ports use. So now i have to get another condenser
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Looking good spencer.
A J-body owner since 1998
91 cavy, 99 sunfire, 00 cavy
06 cobalt SS/SC YELLOW
09 cobalt SS/TC sedan WHITE 1 of 41
Looking good can't wait to see some dyno numbers or track time out of this sick project
got some freon loaded into the ac today, work perfectly. BCM-less too. Pretty happy this was my last electronic hurdle.
Awesome man! It's a good feeling to know your wiring is all squared away.
"In Oldskool we trust"
well, got abour 400 miles on her now everythings doing ok, still sounds amazing. Blew ou tmy downpipe gasket lol, cardboard didnt hold up. need to find a metal one but they re scarce. Got my Dakota digital temp and fuel gauges just gotta get them wired up.
Is the downpipe gasket something custom?
found some at some random online vendor, later realized i can get them from oreilly once i went back to work lol.
Nice work dude. You planning on dyno tuning it?
I have never seen anyone run a gasket on the downpipe to turbo. Always been told to make sure both surfaces are true and no gasket.
FU Tuning
if its two iron surfaces you dont need to run a gasket, like my tubo mopar, its got iron manifold to iron turbine housing. But in this case its iron turbine to steel flange, different expansion rates.
and yet i plan on having it dyno tuned.
shows are over, back to work.
Finishing the charge pipes
Had to snake that dude around the battery, not relocating again
Started work on the Dakota Digital gauge cluster tonight, bought a couple sheets of textured ABS from a car audio vendor
using the shroud as a template, i cut it out with aviation snips and drilled the screw and pin holes.
Fits well.
Gutted one of the Dakotas to make a template from. Going to play with placement till i get what i like.
