Poverty Ranger Build

[curlinginthesquatrack]

Going to be working a lot on the ol shitbox so I figured I would start a thread on the build from here.

In ALL of my wisdom I said I would remove, rebuild and repaint the supercharger in only 2 days... This was woefully incorrect.

Starting out by tearing this nasty bitch down


After hours in the sandblaster got it looking fresh


After everything has been sandblasted and I start painting it, I turn my attention to the thermostat housing. This was the "temporary" heater core block-off I made (2 years ago)


replaced it with this unit with a welded off port. Just had t drill and tap it for a second temp sensor.


Got the thermostat housing all tidied up and installed and the girlfriend helped finish up painting the supercharger housing Ford Blue


This is where the bad news started. The bearings were in BAD shape. I had replacements for the snout bearings, but the cup style rear needle bearings would have to be cleaned and reused.


and just as i am pushing the needle bearings back into the housing, I hear a crunch. push the bearings back out and this is what I am left with...


AAAAAND the top pf the bearing cup just completely sheared out. new parts will be here in a week and I'll post up some details about the specifics of rebuilding this m90 if anybody is curious. trucks are pain.

 

[curlinginthesquatrack]

Here is some rotor cleaning ASMR to keep my readers engaged

 

[smokeysevin]

Going to be working a lot on the ol shitbox so I figured I would start a thread on the build from here.

In ALL of my wisdom I said I would remove, rebuild and repaint the supercharger in only 2 days... This was woefully incorrect.

Starting out by tearing this nasty bitch down
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After hours in the sandblaster got it looking fresh
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After everything has been sandblasted and I start painting it, I turn my attention to the thermostat housing. This was the "temporary" heater core block-off I made (2 years ago)
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replaced it with this unit with a welded off port. Just had t drill and tap it for a second temp sensor.
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Got the thermostat housing all tidied up and installed and the girlfriend helped finish up painting the supercharger housing Ford Blue
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This is where the bad news started. The bearings were in BAD shape. I had replacements for the snout bearings, but the cup style rear needle bearings would have to be cleaned and reused.
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and just as i am pushing the needle bearings back into the housing, I hear a crunch. push the bearings back out and this is what I am left with...
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AAAAAND the top pf the bearing cup just completely sheared out. new parts will be here in a week and I'll post up some details about the specifics of rebuilding this m90 if anybody is curious. trucks are pain.

Yeahhhhh the needle bearings seemed like a mess, on my tvs1900 I left them alone and just did the front snout bearings. I did replace the oil in the rear housing but that's it. We will see if that comes back to bite me.

Good luck on the rest.

Sean

 

[curlinginthesquatrack]

Well I decided to just take the plunge and order a rebuilt rotor pack from magnum powers. new pack came with coated rotors, new bearings, and a nice billet front housing. Shoutout to magnum powers for taking this job for me.




While that was getting rebuilt I decided to give the interior some TLC as the previous owners clearly didnt... Started by getting matching (or at least better looking)? interior pieces from LKQ oceanside. Yes I removed the Air vents bc the thing has a total AC delete. any ideas of what I should put in there?


Following the new trim pieces I got a full interior carpet/seat cleaning from Cant Stop My Shine Mobile Detailing in clairemont. super happy with the results, just angry I didnt get a before picture


Back to the engine bay, I got the supercharger all sealed up with new bearings and oil, replaced the battery with a brand new one and set up the methanol injection with a new nozzle more suitable to the correct HP rating.


Ordered some dress up bolts for the supercharger housing to lean into the whole ford blue/ silver scheme. should be here shortly.

After a few months of sitting she started up immediately with the new battery! time to check the codes with my brand new SCT X4


When I first rebuilt this thing I had 9 codes. With only 4 codes less, I have 5 less reasons to sell this POS. Just need to datalog the fuel trims so i can send it in to get tuned with powertrain dynamics.

Until then, its time for diagnostics. Need to figure out why I get so much white smoke in my exhaust. Hopefully its just rich.

Until next time

 

[curlinginthesquatrack]

Mini update:
decided to get some matching blue and silver cup washers and button caps along with a bigger and also matching air filter because Im just kind of gay like that.
Fully rerouted the methanol nozzle into the back of the intake plenum which eliminated a few vacuum leaks.
Got a new smoke tester so I am finally chasing down the last leak which is somewhere in the throttle body.
Another 2 weeks pass and all I accomplish is some minor turd polishing... why do projects take so long