The $600 1988 Ranger project... a twin turbo big block build.

[BBR]

Couple of pics

 

[BBR]

Pulled out a tape measure today and yeah..... the intercooler has to move forward a little because the electric water pump will try to occupy a bit of the same space.

 

[BBR]

Just got back from doing Rocky Mountain Race Week with my youngest son in his project car. We had a great week. If you are interested in reading my recap, click on the link to Bangshift. There is also a quick recap video.

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Adding it here with 2023! Recap video! https://youtu.be/SPyVGY2XYFo?si=6snc9lFUVODTgxyo Day 0 We left Amarillo about mid-morning. The trip to Great Bend is a little over 5.5 hours, so we didn't want to get there too early and have nothing to do. The trip is largely uneventful except for the...

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[BBR]

Raceweek wrap up and I moved the intercooler forward to gain water pump clearance.

 

[BBR]

I've been stalled for a while thinking about how to do the hot side and how to fit the wastegates into it all. Just as a recap, the hotside will simply be some log headers that wiggle up and feed the turbos. It's fairly tight in there and I eyeballed several different places to mount them. Then it clicked. They can be mounted straight off the front of the log pipe and the turbo feed can peel off the log as needed. This will position the top of the wg's pointing forward toward the core support, This should be a very stable position and will allow the dump to go right out toward the ground.

 

[BBR]

Fabrication of the hot side begins! The 3d printed die that I made to form the oval pipes worked amazingly good.

 

[BBR]

Few pics of the progress because who doesn't like pics? Haha.

 

[SenorNoob]

More and more reasons to get a 3d printer...

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Few pics of the progress because who doesn't like pics? Haha.

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I like the pics. The video I don't have time to watch.

 

[BBR]

Log manifold part 2. I was interrupted yesterday by tornado warnings. Haha.

 

[BBR]

Aaaaaaannnndd I have the flanges on backwards.... on both of them.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Aaaaaaannnndd I have the flanges on backwards.... on both of them.

Hopefully still tacked...

 

[BBR]

I feex.