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Finishing Details
With it running and driving, we work on making it the most enjoyable. And reliable.
Way back, I added extra slots in the dash to fit two 5.25 coaxial speakers.
Not much in the way of low/mid frequencies. So….
Trip to Home Depot for some garden boxes, and picked up a set of used tires to bring my son’s ’68 Catalina home.
Second tank of gas so far this year. Up to 9psi boost now. Oh my giggity goo! Fun fun fun.
And the linelock popped, puking brake fluid on the exhaust:
I need to find some brake-fluid-friendly o-rings, but I tried out a copper washer under the head of the bolt and we’ll see if that helps.
I bought a trailer, since I sold my last one with the matching truck. It needs some love, but more importantly I need the right length ball hitch. In this case, that’s 14″ to clear the sexy bumper.
Mocked up for welding:
And now that I’m making one, I see that they are actually available online….
I also bought the cheapest catch can on Amazon, because I’m pushing oil out of the engine under boost.
Turns out, it’s also the smallest catch can.
Not really a problem, and it actually works out good, because I altered it to act as a zero-maintenance oil-separator and drain the oil back into the crankcase.
I plugged the right side port and drilled out the threaded drain on the bottom and welded a -10AN bung so the can is filled from the bottom. I also welded a -10AN bung on the left side port which I also ported internally. This is mounted using one of the heater box screws, a bracket, and a hose clamp. Then I made up new AN breather lines.
Operationally:
- “Blow By” gets sucked into the intake manifold at the back of the driver’s valve cover.
- In order for that air to move, fresh filtered air comes from pre-turbo, through the catch can, and into the oil fill cap on the driver’s side.
- Under BOOST, a one-way check valve at the intake manifold stops the crankcase from being pressurized.
- Crankcase pressure escapes through the -10AN line out the oil cap to the catch can, oil is collected, and theoretically just “blow by” is fed to the turbo and back into the motor.
- Off-boost, collected oil drains back into the engine.
In theory, at least.
SOMETHING WENT BANG!
And some poop came out.
Turns out the engine sucked apart the Edelbrock air filter, the metal cap inside went into the turbo, and I’m hoping didn’t do too much damage….
Off to LordCo tomorrow to see if I can get a K&N that DOES NOT have a suckoffable cap inside.