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Just absolutely gorgeous.

It works so well together.

Well done.

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Thanks!

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Decided to sell my (formerly) daily driver '77 C10. Haven't quite figured out what to ask - the problem I have is the mechanicals have ALL been rebuilt or replaced in the 60,000 miles I've owned it.

The body, on the other hand, is showing the typical rust for a 46 year old Chevy that sees winter.

People really only see the body, not the stuff underneath.

I really, really, do not want to do more bodywork.

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Sold my '77. Ordering more parts for the '61 tonight (BIG-HONKIN-GRIN).

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Haven't been working on the truck at all over spring break. Largely doing things for family.

I did, however, get a pretty thorough clean on, got the '61 over to the hoist, and finally found the top of my work bench.

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Picked up some 8th Gen Civic Coupe door seals, as I'm not delighted with the fit of the Precision door seals I installed.

Also picked up parts for SkinnyKid2's car; he just got his learner's.

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Moved over to the hoist:

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The Precision door seals look better, but the doors close with the Honda Civic seals. I'm probably going to be ok with it over time.

Hooked up the shifter.

Poked around in the shop, tidied, and made a list of what I think I need to finish things.

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Finished the zig-zag through the front X:

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Next the corkscrew through the rear X.

Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
 

Nicely done. That's alot of patience.

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First, we need to go UP from the unmuffler:

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Then I'll need a 6" straight to connect to the left side of this, up over the frame, and into the fenderwell ahead of the wheel. Man, this took forever.

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A tricky job, beautiful welds,
they will conjure it up in the truck with their skills.

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Whoa...that last run of pipe you welded together had to have taken forever! That is awesome though!

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Yes, especially since my horizontal bandsaw blade is not designed for Stainless Steel, and I had to cut about ten of the pie-cuts with an angle grinder by hand. New blades coming.

For those who have forgotten (grin) - this is at the motor:

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Christmas!

HP Tuners, AEM Wideband, Spider Caps, Plug Wires, AND a Classic Instruments panel all arrived today!

I'm enjoying the selling of my '77

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Spider Caps:

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I have a stupid question for you, why do gas jobs need a waste gate and diesel don't?? nice work by the way should be a fun truck to drive. that pipe work is awsome job

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If the turbo is properly sized that you don't overspeed the turbo, you don't need a wastegate. That might be a small turbo, relatively speaking. A small turbo will spool quickly, but you'd get more power from a bigger turbo - and then need a wastegate.

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Definitely need another band clamp - there is no way this psycho corkscrew of a tailpipe can be one piece and installable.

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Line Lock arrived. Good, as I'm going to be doing the brake lines soon. More of a novelty than required, but I've never had one before, and kinda want one.

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And fabricated an air filter elbow as well:

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Except I did have to cut a bit off to actually fit the filter. Just.

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Back on the fuel filler, with the vent to make filling much easier:

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Been looking for these honda door seals, most I am finding have pins for retention, not the pinch style, would you have specified part numbers by chance…
Thanks….

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I did not order these new, I took them form 8th Gen Civics at the junk yard. Get passenger side ones, as they are less worn.

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2006-2009 Civic coupe:
72315-SVA-A01ZA R side sub B at end for grey inner portion
72355-SAV-A01ZA L side

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Brake Brakes are plumbed from the Wilwood proportioning valve back.

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You have GOT to get one of these:

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Fuel and brake line clamps made from some sort of plastic I bought two years ago.

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Four large ones, and that one wee one on the right. Air lines and wiring dangling:

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Brakes are bled. Good solid pedal. Yay.

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It's all coming together now man! Can't wait to hear about first trip out.

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Working through one of the parts I really enjoy. Sorting out and stripping down the LS harness:

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Taking a bit of a break from wiring, I plumbed the trans cooler lines to the rad and external cooler and back, I had to use a compression coupler as I couldn't do it all in one piece:

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Then I finished fabricating the A/C lines. Out of the firewall:

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Into the compressor. I had to relocate the Low Pressure fitting on this generic hose kit:

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Also trial fitting the Methanol Injection tank:

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And mounted and plumbed the manual boost controller:

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PCM is mounted behind the stereo in the middle of the dash. I made a bracket that works with an under-dash AC bracket I made, all using existing holes.

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A/C is all connected, and currently (finally) holding a vacuum (the exceedingly cheap LS AC adapters were pretty junk, and the seals they came with were garbage). Frankly a surprise, since I cut and welded many of the hose ends to have the angle I wanted.

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I know the feeling, even though I didn't hack up my hoses. I did have to have all three crimped on one end locally, since my A/C was a little non-standard. I was thrilled and relieved when it held vacuum.

Sounds like you are getting really close...

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I bought everything to fabricate my entire AC for about $300US. All of it. I crimped my own hoses, fabricated my own brackets, and I reaLly like this under-dash unit, though I fear it's going to be a noisy useless piece of trash; it WAS cheap...

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That's great. A great deal, if it works at all. Mine will blow in the mid-30s at the vents, but I spent about 6 times what you did.

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Charged the AC with one can of oil, and what was left of a can of R12a. Haven't checked pressure since. Need to source a low pressure switch. My AC kit(s) came with a trinary switch, which serves as a high and low pressure switch, AND can turn on a fan. The PCM seems to want a HP input and a LP input, and allegedly can control a fan itself. I think it might be better to feed it what it wants.

I started wrapping the down pipe in header wrap, but truthfully I need a whole lot more than the 15' that came with the turbo blanket. On 4" sewer pipe with 1/4" overlap, that only covers about 26" of pipe, and I need a whole lot more than that.

Also mounted the Meth tank and pump and plumbed the nozzle.

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I'm using a trinary switch on my truck as a secondary trigger for the fan controller, and it works well. The one I have only activates the fan if the high side pressure exceeds 227 psi. I'm getting vent temps in the mid-30s with this set up.

Trinary Safety Switch specs:
Low is off @ 28psig - and on @ 29psig
High is off @ 454psig - and on @ 369psig
Fan is on @ 227psig - and off @ 185psig

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I think the Trinary Switch is genius.

I'm just not exactly sure how the LS computer uses the information it would otherwise get from the two inputs. In theory, it would increase idle speed and run fans, but I don't know for sure. What PCM are you using??