1dirtyZ's Conversion by 1dirtyZ

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a bit more to report ,
I managed to finish a few odds and ends here and there ; I welded a trans temp bung on the pan , ran the cooler lines , installed the 4L60 to 4L80 adapter harness ( and dimpled the floor pan in the process) , painted the trans cross member , insulated the intercooler , and ran most of the engine harness .


I also got the IAT bung welded in :



also managed to weld the BOV flange on the charge pipe :



new driveshaft fresh from the shop :



and last but not least I got my turndowns clamped in place :



I used clamps for now since I might be racing this heap in a few local races that "might " require full exhaust that exits the rear of the vehicle , so if they do require that I can just unbolt the turndowns and bolt in a set of pipes that go all the way back.

so now that the charge pipes are done , I can take them along with a few other brackets to the powder coaters and after that I can start re-assembly of the blower stuff .

the plan now is to :

- service the blower ( new oring and seals )
- install charge pipes
- Install intercooler and start plumbing it
- install blower
- install driveshaft
- hook up new shifter
- run alternator wire
- figure out engine belt lengths
- start working on fabbing the intercooler ice tank ( torn between an aluminum tank in the spare wheel well or just using a regular ice cooler and plumbing it )

as soon as I'm done with that stuff I can think of starting the engine and checking things over