After staring at the intake manifold picture for way too long, I have an idea, if it can be fit in the budget. If you can get some matte or semigloss silver that can adhere to plastic, spray the whole manifold, then either sand the paint off the tops of the ribs, leaving behind the black plastic, or paint them some sort of highlight color like red, or something that matches whatever color the car body ends up being (if you paint it), or match it to some pinstriping.
In reply to eastsideTim :
Krylon Fusion.
Not much progress this weekend since I spent most of it working on other people's cars haha. But I got a good start on the trans cross-member. At first I thought I would simply shorten the original one. But I also moved the motor down a bit, so the cross-member would hang too low.
So I raised the scrap bin to fab my own. This will be lighter too.
Then I got distracted by the other cross-member, got it fit up and welded in. Next I'll make brackets for the trans one so it'll be removable.
I also started reverse engineering the exhaust manifold flange to build my own turbo manifold. There is a file on the 4200 wiki that Calvin Nelson was nice enough to share, but it's for a 6 cylinder which is not really matching this engine. This probably be a sendcutsend expense unless I learn how to use the water jet at work.
I found a couple other pics. No great secrets here but here they are.
In reply to NY Nick :
Man that is cool! I need to compile photos of my late grandfather's hot rod builds over the decades.
Only had a little time this weekend to tackle the trans crossmember. I got hung up on how to make it removable. I wanted one that could drop out from below to make pulling the engine easier. After debating a few fully custom solutions (lots of cutting and drilling and welding), I looked at the front of the frame and realized I could re-use this extra crossmember I was planning to cut out anyway. It has a bolt-in center beam that removes from below. That saves me from having to invent something worse. I am planning to brace between the rear LCA mounting points on the frame instead due to the engine setback. This crossmember is a 2WD frame thing only, while the 4x4's use a front differential in its place. So I guess I just inadvertently made room for a front differential...no no, stop that, focus...
I cut down the square tube I made last week that the trans attaches to and welded pieces of the new crossmember to it. This whole piece is removable from the frame and trans from below.
And that's a fully mounted powertrain!
I'm running out of ways to cut up and modify this "stock" frame, so I guess soon I'll take everything apart so I can flip it over to finish welding it up and fish-plate over the pinch joints.
I'm in for AWD 5 cylinder turbo hot rod...
How is the shifter alignment vs. the body?
Not sure if you saw the Zen In The Junkyard post.
Junkyard near me has an entire Ford 8N tractor. Wants $300 for all the sheet metal on it (including rear wheel fenders.)
By weight it would be a good parts lot
Kendall Frederick said:
QuadraDeuce.
I designed some parts to start building the turbo manifold. sendcutsend is awesome.
In reply to maschinenbau :
I'm curious, what did those flanges run you from SCS? Are they stainless or mild steel? Also interested in how you digitized the gasket shape.
In reply to Kendall Frederick :
If mild steel, and 1/4", I'm gonna guess $43 for one
SCS has a sliding scale so the more you order the less it is per unit. Potentially a good way to fool around with Challenge budget if you have the money for it on the back end
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