Finally my 49 s10 frame swap ls1/t56

[49chevy3100]

Finally getting back to it rough time but finally got access to a lift at the shop I work at so since then I now have all the turbo parts already upgraded to a walbro 450 fuel pump bought turbo truck style manifold gt45 turbo front mount intercooler 1200cc injectors 60mm waste gate, tail blow off valve, Holley terminator x ecu with 3.5” hand held also bought the 7” display for my gauges, black leather bench seat from Acura mdx fits nice. Installed 2/3 lowering kit came with shocks spindles and lowering blocks for the rear. Some pics of the turbo cross over need to wire wheel and ceramic coat it

[49chevy3100]

Mocking up down pipe for fender exit also started to mock up the wastegate off the manifold and filling down pipe to fender exit will have more pictures Monday

[49chevy3100]

Finished partial mock up of down pipe installed cross-over pipe and wastegate dump tube, removed front grill to finally align the fenders and do the brackets for radiator support. Once that is done I’ll use 3.5” hole saw on lower rear of fender gif the down pipe exit and finish that off with support brackets and hangers. Also intercooler mounting and pipe routing coming up

[49chevy3100]

Got the radiator support brackets welded up and more parts installed front end aligned intercooler mounted up, intercooler piping get here today so will be installing those tomorrow

[daveshilling]

Coming along nicely! That looks bad-ass! I'm too much of a wuss (cheapskate?) to run a turbo.

[49chevy3100]

Originally Posted by daveshilling

Coming along nicely! That looks bad-ass! I'm too much of a wuss (cheapskate?) to run a turbo.

Thanks, For sure gets expensive good thing I’m doing all the work myself or that would add an extra cost I did cheap out running mostly eBay parts tho 😂

[jjzepplin]

Oh boy! I have to read this whole thread.

[49chevy3100]

Had forgot to mention that I got engine running prior to deciding to just turbo instead of going all motor, I noticed the 706 heads I had installed had the infamous casting crack or bad casting and passenger head was spotless and had coolant build up so removed heads got a new set ended up doing trunion kit up grade ls7 lifters pac 1219 springs ls9 5 layer head gaskets and sloppy stage 2 cam. Forget what heads I ended up picking up 802 I think got resurfaced and engine went back together.

Present day Update got my hands on a 3D printer and been messing around with it found acouple files on thingaverse like Holley 7” display mount and terminator x bulkhead firewall brackets so printed those out including a 3.5” display mount.

[dsraven]

ive never worked with 3d printed parts, how much heat can they handle? is the plastic filament expensive, like how much filament would it take to build one of your spacers?

[49chevy3100]

Originally Posted by dsraven

ive never worked with 3d printed parts, how much heat can they handle? is the plastic filament expensive, like how much filament would it take to build one of your spacers?

You would have to use abs filament or one of the other filaments high heat resistant, I bought a 2 lb roll for like 20$ and been making A lot of stuff and I’m barely hitting half way if that even been making a lot of action figures for my son �� they have a lot of super mario files with move able parts so he enjoying the printer more than I am but I did see they have the radio delete plate file to print so I might print that and drill holes for switches or just have for replacement

[49chevy3100]

My friend got back from his vacation and was able to weld blow off flange for me my aluminum tig welding skills still need practicing 😂 and finished up the rest of the intercooler piping routing now just waiting on fuse/relay box to show up and can start install the Holley harness and wire up the cooling fan.

[dsraven]

thats a lot of stuff packed into a small area. will you fab up some inner fenders or just leave that area open?

[49chevy3100]

Originally Posted by dsraven

thats a lot of stuff packed into a small area. will you fab up some inner fenders or just leave that area open?

For now will be open, just purchased a bead roller came with slot of different dies so will fab something up later on

[49chevy3100]

Got my harness installed wires ran inside the cab wanted to try n start it up and had success finally now just need to properly route wires to make it all look proper lol had fuel issues too much air in the system from not priming fuel to the rails a buddy sprayed starter fluid while I cranked her over started right up now starts every time no issues, need to figure how to convert video to the right format so I can post a video

[daveshilling]

Originally Posted by 49chevy3100

Present day Update got my hands on a 3D printer and been messing around with it found acouple files on thingaverse like Holley 7” display mount and terminator x bulkhead firewall brackets so printed those out including a 3.5” display mount.

You know darn well that's an air fryer from Costco man, that ain't no 3D printer!!