chris r Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 Redone the high pressure hardline to the receiver drier. Few more joins that I'd initially hoped for but they brazed up much nicer than the block did Cut some bends out of the selection of hardline I had. Needed to drill one out to suit the hose Lined everything up Brazed each section individually so only one thing would move I decided it'd be better to have a flexible hose both in and out of the condenser, less risk of my brazing fatiguing and cracking. Drilled out the compressor adaptor fitting to suit the hardline and brazed it on I'll make a little plate and bolt the fitting so it's secured 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 Well that escalated quickly. Figured may as well go ham on this /learn how to do some concentric twisting etc. Got some lengths of dr25 and a bunch of different size pins to suit bulkhead connectors. Have some cable on the way too. Should keep me busy for winter 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 I found some aluminium strap in the scrap bin at work. Drilled and tapped it and mounted it to the rad. I've put some nylocs on the back to be extra safe @Raizer machined me up some spacers and I dummied up the condenser onto the rad. Will get some more screws etc at some point and finish mounting it I was dumb and was looking for a replacement fan as the one I had was in a pusher config. Actually had a look at the fan today and realised I could flip the blade and make it a puller config... Flipped the blade around and that's sorted. Also scored a shroud off trademe for a good price, It will need a bit of trimming 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 Grabbed some M5 stainless stuff in my travels today Drilled and tapped the rest of the mounting holes and mounted the condenser In one of the previous test fits I'd marked out where it would probably hit the body Took a brave pill and took the hacksaw to the offending piece and it clears And it's in position and (nearly) everything clears It's close to the bonnet latch so I might need to give it a trim but will see how it goes I was thinking I might need to make up some ducting but the drivers side doesn't have too many places for the air to escape through Passengers side is a different story but I'll deal with that one turbo manifold and plumbing is done 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 After seeing flash sort the ac in his van (that was the kick I needed to start refitting) and with the diy hoses I figured I'd give it a crack too. Ordered some fittings and a meter of hose Didn't end up needing anywhere close to a meter And sitting ready for crimping I'll probably end up running the wires through the loom in the guard for the ac compressor and pressure switch as I won't any any of the engine loom on the front. Thinking about it I'll run the boost control solenoid with it and tuck it out of the way in that area 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 The shroud arrived, it'll need some trimming to suit but was cheap enough I pulled the manifold off and sat the turbo in place with the v band adaptor bolted on so I can start figuring out the manifold. I'd be a lot easier to fit the tubo without the air con compressor The downpipe is going to be fun and a lot of bends too, it'll probably will do a U-turn then sneak behind the manifold and down. @Raizer trimmed the Drain fitting and that now fits nicely (I'll need to clock the core to sort out the angles ) The sinco merge collector is quite nice, I might need to shorten it a little as its quite long and space is limited I've ordered some more steampipe short radius bends as I don't have enough. The Nissan genuine studs for the turbo are 40mm M8x1.25 and are $12 each, The Honda studs are 38mm M8x1.25 and are $2.50 each so I'll order a bunch of honda studs and hope the 2mm won't make that much difference 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted Tuesday at 05:40 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 05:40 I'll need some tighter radius bends for the manifold and the dump pipe so ordered a donut and some more steam pipe bends. Also got some heat sleeving for the ac lines. If I'm lucky I'll be able to use it for the water and oil lines for the turbo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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