1dirtyZ's Conversion by 1dirtyZ

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guess its time for an update !

this picture should give you an idea of how well procharger treats its customers  
I've hit a dead end with them and decided its time to move on to better things.







these are turbos for the mustang, my 1970 Camaro and a friends drag mustang. comp has given me a great deal and from dealing with them before ( through a friends shop) i have nothing but good things to say about them . plus i already have a set of their smaller ct3 on my Porsche and the results are great !
four of these are oil-less and the other two are traditional units for my friend's mustang.

i also got the front brakes in 



you can tell the stock brakes were put to good use 




while putting the car back together i noticed something ; the balancer was cracked at the hub ,,,, so that was final nail in the coffin for me . the balancer would cost something like $600 to replace ( and about the same to send back and repair and send to me again), so i decided to move on and ditch the procharger setup.




moving on , i also got the new rear end in a few weeks ago, its a strange 9" rear end narrowed 1.5" both sides , here it is after being painted and prepped for installation and having the new upper bushings installed:



and i just finished ( well almost finished ) installing it in the car , i still need to fab the brake line connection , weld the sway bar link brackets and install the driveshaft.
i did also swap the old Lakewood lower control arms and brackets to a set of HPM lower arms and relocation brackets ( the lakewoods would not fit the bigger axle tube ).

and with that being said , i went ahead and installed the new shoes



17" front welds :







if you ask me i would order the wheels with about 1" less back space to have the wheelstick out a bit more since i have to use about a .5" spacer in the rear . here is how the rear tire sticks out :



the fronts fit perfect without any spacers :





so after all of that it was time to get to the main attraction ; the turbo conversion . i decided to go with a set of CT4 ( i 'll get the exact size and post it later) oil-less units cause its easier to install them and plumb them. i decided to install them under the frame rails and inlet facing forwards makes it easier to package and will look cool if i install a regular mustang nose with fog light holes








the plan is to have the exhaust pass from under the frame rail and goes through the k member and joins the original dual exhaust. as you can see i'm still at the " mount the turbos " phase , next up will be the sections from the turbo to the original exhaust , then when the flex bellows i ordered show up i can make the manifold to turbo pipes.
i forgot to add that i went with the ebay manifolds cause they fit my needs very well and require no modification ( to them ) to make them fit , and the come with 2.5 vbands already installed.  



i did have to grind a bit off the vette alternator to give me enough room to remove the vband easier.


i also have to mention that i installed the 4l80 back in the car and removed the air to water intercooler and tank . the plan is to go back to using an air to air unit ( two inlets on the side bottom , one outlet on the side top) along with methanol injection . this should save some weight and simplify things for me.

so more updates as they come i guess wish me luck !