Thread: 200 I6 finally going back togther

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looking good, i'm glad its going smoothly so far.... hopefully it'll continue on the same way it has

I want to see your turbo piping. I'm going to do a 57 with twins so i'll keep an eye out for you pics when you get them going

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Piping should be fairly easy, for the cold side of course. drill a couple 2.5" holes in the front wall's on each side, run piping out, around into the intercooler, and back in through the other side, then up and to the turbo plenum. hot side piping to adapt to the original manifold will get trickey, because the pipe has to go off at an angle in a partial S shape to put the turbo in the correct position, and clear the shock tower.

those darn shock towers are always quite the pain..... i had a chrome monte carlo bar a few weeks ago that fit your car and i didn't even think about it.... i ended up selling it on craigslist for $5

Originally Posted by thesals

those darn shock towers are always quite the pain..... i had a chrome monte carlo bar a few weeks ago that fit your car and i didn't even think about it.... i ended up selling it on craigslist for $5

Monte Carlo bar would probably get in the way anyhow, tho it would probably help the flexing that this car is going to get...

today, I got all 6 pistions in, and plastigauged the rods. all came out to .015
rod cap torque spec is excessively light it seems at 19-24 ft/lbs but, I set the torque wrench as low as it would go to 25 Ft/lbs and torqued them. I would have liked to use a 3/8" torque wrench so I could do 3 step torque but, ours is broke ( ratcheting gear is stripped and catches when it wants to ) so I did what I could, put them snug with a regular ratchet, then went back and torqued them properly.

tomorrow the camshaft goes in, which is a Clay Smith 224/224 @ .050 .495/.495 then I can hook up the timing chain, and install the oil pan and timing cover. after that, I'm waiting on the roller rockers for the lifters and pushrods that come with them, and I'm waiting on valve springs and retainers that I ordered yesterday from Clay Smith.

Matt the hot side piping is going to be tricky!! Looking at your pics of the turbo maybe a 86-87 turbo might be easier to adapt? That cam will give it a nice lumpy idle!! Nice progress!!

cam is in, timing set is in, timing cover is on, oil pump is primed and installed, next is oil pan and then I move on to the cylinder head. I have to cut the valves and seats.

Originally Posted by FFR428

Matt the hot side piping is going to be tricky!! Looking at your pics of the turbo maybe a 86-87 turbo might be easier to adapt? That cam will give it a nice lumpy idle!! Nice progress!!

yeah, the hot side piping is going to be tricky, but I'm going to put it about leval with the rear of the cylinder head, there are 2 holes drilled and tapped in the side face of the intake log near the back, I'll make a bracket that bolts the Turbo to these ( there's a couple bolt holes that are free, I can use on the turbo ) and then the Turbo can stay there whail I figure out the piping to it, and then after, it will be good to support the turbo.