The Turbo Glue Factory: Boosted Colt Build

[turbomonty]

I think I am going to make a dolly to form the lip of the lower part of this monster
Like a 3/4" radius
imagine how solid this will be backed on the 10" slab of concrete
the car will hold the bumper and then ill just walk around it a million times with a hammer

 

[turbomonty]

Not terrible
I think I'll machine up the external shape die to smack on there to tighten it up some

 

[turbomonty]

Got the intercooler done

 

[turbomonty]

More

 

[Turboyota]

Wait, water pump & belt is at the back of the motor? Where is the alternator? Power steering?

 

[turbomonty]

yes, it is a powerful speed hack! you put the water pump on the rear for better weight transfer.
with the bellhousing being completely in the engine bay i imagine there is no need for a scatter shield
the alt and steering pump are going low on the frame.
alternator will be here soon

after i get some more trimmings done i will start the front suspension $$$

 

[turbomonty]

Milled out the flange for the intake....

 

[turbomonty]

2013 f150 V6 alternator

 

[turbomonty]

man, the 4 piston 4runner calipers are just way to massive on the other side of the rotor to use with my wheel combo. defaulting to basic explorer calipers as i am using the hubs and rotors already....

2004 caliper is kind of chucky in height for the mounting bolts but the 2008 is nice and compact in the wheel. i found this style to be much more helpful in packaging when i did the same thing on the montero.

 

[turbomonty]

Machines out another mustang 5.0 throttle body plate. Got the front and rear perimeter done. Now to make the floor and drop in the runners

 

[Turboyota]

Love it! Making an intake from scratch is fucking sweet

Did you find files for that flange you machined or did you lay it out and CAD it?

 

[turbomonty]

i already had it drawn up from a while back.
it takes about 30 minutes to measure and draw up something like this

 

[smokeysevin]

Are you doing anything special to seal the throttle body/throttle body bolts to keep them from leaking boost or just gonna slaz it up with RTV?

I am not sure what SOP is for that setup.

Sean

 

[turbomonty]

generally i do nothing and it works fine. maybe some rtv if there is trouble

 

[turbomonty]

I am boldly/foolishly going to say the hard part is over!
time for lunch

 

[turbomonty]

fucking stressful shit!

 

[turbomonty]

First two ribs in, time for a beer
ill do a little more blending on the first 2 ports when the air catches up and then start the third rib

 

[turbomonty]

Time to get serious

 

[turbomonty]

Yup, it took about 1 hour of swapping tungsten, cups and settings to get the dam thing to make a clean puddle!
stupid mother fucker wasting my time always
1 hour to weld about 8" piece

 

[turbomonty]

There, took 15 seconds as it should