turbo ute79 Member 376 Member For: 16y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: gladstone qld Posted 24/03/10 01:05 PM Author Share Posted 24/03/10 01:05 PM happy to report that all my goodies are here. have tomorrow and fri off work to play turbo utes. pretty stoked. hope to have the thing running some time in the next 2 weeks. due to the current workload at work at the moment in am gunna try sneak a few extra days off next week aswell. dirt moto has also been pushed to the back of the shed til ute is done and have decided not to play pisshead for the easter long weekend like I ussually do.... famous last words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tray_182005 Member 1,226 Member For: 15y 6m 6d Gender: Male Location: Wee Waa/NSW Posted 25/03/10 06:02 AM Share Posted 25/03/10 06:02 AM Good luck with it mate . Hope it go's well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBean Member 400 Member For: 18y 9m 7d Location: Melbourne Posted 26/03/10 08:47 AM Share Posted 26/03/10 08:47 AM Very nice setup, Mate, and probably very close to what I'm planning for my UTE closer to the end of this year.Lookinf forward to your finished result, and I am sure you should be hitting 500kw on the wheels with the boost pressure you're looking at.G'luck with her, and hope you can get your butt in the seat soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo ute79 Member 376 Member For: 16y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: gladstone qld Posted 26/03/10 09:03 AM Author Share Posted 26/03/10 09:03 AM engine and gearbox in, intercooler plumbed, surge tank fitted and standard tank modified. few thing didnt go as planned. took a couple of goes to get box in due to technical difficulties. some idiot (me) ordered a heap of fittings that were wrong size for the fuel lines but all in all a reasonably productive 2 days. I learnt a sh*tload too so that was good. doubt it will be going next week but it will be pretty close. its just goin to be niggly little things that hold us up now. il put some pics up later this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPIKO Gold Donating Members 1,924 Member For: 19y 10m 6d Gender: Male Posted 26/03/10 09:46 AM Share Posted 26/03/10 09:46 AM Keep us posted mate, sounding good all in all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo ute79 Member 376 Member For: 16y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: gladstone qld Posted 28/03/10 09:02 AM Author Share Posted 28/03/10 09:02 AM some progress pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo ute79 Member 376 Member For: 16y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: gladstone qld Posted 28/03/10 09:13 AM Author Share Posted 28/03/10 09:13 AM some pics of my fuel tank and the standard sender unit which I modified myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo ute79 Member 376 Member For: 16y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: gladstone qld Posted 05/05/10 08:02 AM Author Share Posted 05/05/10 08:02 AM ute nearly done had a few hold ups but its comin along good now, just got to make screamer pipe do a bit of wiring and fit some gauges, dont think it will be started this weekend but it will be close. keen to have it goin cause my hilux is held together by chemeweld at the moment and really needs some maintenance . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPIKO Gold Donating Members 1,924 Member For: 19y 10m 6d Gender: Male Posted 06/05/10 10:34 AM Share Posted 06/05/10 10:34 AM That is a very clever & extremely important modification my friend... Hats off LOL, cant wait till your done mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo ute79 Member 376 Member For: 16y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: gladstone qld Posted 07/05/10 10:18 PM Author Share Posted 07/05/10 10:18 PM do you mean my fuel tank sender or the chemeweld holding the hilux together ha ha. I am told it will be started early next week. the first time it is fired up will be exciting I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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