Well no news really - been too busy to work on this.

BUT - here is a picture of some other work we have done.

West Coast Chopper/ OCC fans - meet Middle East Choppers



This is actually the second one - the first was even BETTER hahaha.

 

that is ******* hilarious, keep up the good work!

 

Try and get an ejection seat from the Air Force. That would make your high-speed run into the water a lot more interesting.

 

Everyone is trying to kill me......

I told the CO my plan about driving it into the water - he laughed; then got quiet and said, "You know..... that COULD work...." But I am still not quite crazy enough to hit the water at 50-60 MPH.

 

haha, you have their full support! PUSH AHEAD!!

 

Well - we got the interior all done; and the downpipe (or rather up pipe) fabricated.

Got some video too I will be uploading in a second.

Note the high speed interior - hehehehe

Have not yet measured one thing and have spent $0.... still need wastegate and carb which we are not going to find here...... booo!

Interior courtesy of plywood, foam, pleature type material, two seats from a junked LMTV, and rubber mat for the floor. We reused all the tracks and seat frames.



The piping is a combo of Exhaust pipe from an LMTV and the existing exhaust piping all cut up.

 

Listen to the POWER! See the flames!

Next video will be with the turbo on it - or it on Fire....

Turning it over -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L91yTKkouAE
Fire in the hole -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCnyVNUf55M

 

A few more pics.

Working the metal piping (Heating, Cutting and Welding)



Final Fitment -the pipe runs from the left side of the block up between the block and the firewall; then over the block to the right side where it will connect to the hot side of the turbo.

And It is a tight fit - I had to use a 30 pound crowbar to move the block a few inches to we could test fit..... which then promptly slipped and beaned me in the head.



I have a serious headache and a nice goosbump ..... No Pain No Gain.

 

This is gonna be awesome! I can't wait to hear you do some boosted burnouts.

I am trying to think of something you could use as a wastegate if you can't source one. If you can find some sort of pressure differential actuator laying around or even a solenoid you can make a trap door that is controlled by either.

 

This is insane. Instead of rocketing it into the water, have you thought about a snorkel? See how far/deep you can get under power?

 

We have a lot of pressure regulators (der we are divers) - the problem is that they are all for higher pressure than we need; unless we want to boost to 3500 PSI - tempting...

I don't really mind spending 225 for a wastegate (although is ruins the free part fo the build). The real bitch is going to be the carb - since I HAVE NO idea how to make ours blow thru and so may have to buy one of those another few hundred bucks... so it may total 500-600 for the whole project.

Jethrow - We were talking about that today; it would be fun just not as spectacular of an ending.

 

What kind of carb is on the beast now?

Just make a hat to mount on top of the carbs throat. The main problem with blow through setups is if you run too much boost the floats in the bowls can get messed up. I ran into a similar problem when helping a friend turbo his Harley Sporty 1200. At 70kpa or so the floats would "jitter" around and cause a disruption in the fuel flow, and we even cracked a float one time at 82kpa of boost.

If you run low boost it should be a problem, tho

If you can find a really low pressure regulator to use as a wastegate that would be perfect. Maybe even try modifying a spring- the problem is you'll have no idea how much PSI that spring s good for until you start pushing boost through it, which can be tricky.

 

So just a hat would solve my problem?

 

I know I said next video was the turbo - but I lied.

This is the downpipe complete - now you can visualize a 90 right hand turn over to the hot side of the turbo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUtPpTlkDI4 - PS we mostly did this to shoot flames again.

 

My new idea is to run the boost to the fuel tank and equalize pressure that way; with a higher flow fuel pump and less that 10 PSI I might be ok.....

 

Love the flames.

Keep up the good work. If you sell some of the pieces off the car to raise money for parts you could still call it free.

 

Yes.

Just make a piece out of aluminum or w/e to form an air-tight seal over the carb and blow boost thru it. You may actually be able to re-use the stock air cleaner housing and modify it.

A draw-thru setup would be better, but more expensive since you'd have to relocated the carb, make a new intake manifold, redo all the exhaust stuff you've done, etc.

I would disassemble the carb and check the floats and make sure they're good. In a vehicle that old and beaten, the floats might need to be replaced, and boost will speed up the process.

I would also re-jet it so you don't run lean. A jet kit shouldn't be too expensive. Just grab the manufacturer's name off carb housing and a jet kit should only be a google search away.

Good idea to run a reference line to the fuel tank to pressurize it. Just make sure you don't run too much boost or you could blow your fuel tank, and that would be bad.

 

Thanks for the advice!!!!!

I will get on it - got the send and return lines today!!! This is now a joint service operation as the Naval Coastal Warefare had some scrap Turbo parts they let us have.

Closer....

 

Now that the Navy is involved, you can see if a carrier catapult is available. Now THAT would be spectacular...

 

Haa haa....niiiice....

 

Not big Navy small Navy - LOL think PT boats.... the best I could do is get one of the 800 HP Turbo diesels they have....

 

ha, thats it?!

 

Well the PT boats roll with two of them - so they move ok...

 

it was sarcastic if you didnt catch it.

 

Right over my head -

It is late here. Maybe I need to sleep.