Craved - Revamp

[Craved]

next job to complete at this point is the radiator shroud for a thermo fan, this one is incorporating a cross over pipe within it for a legal spec catch can arrangement on the drivers guard that will feed back to the air intake without running a long ugly hose across the engine bay.

[Duncan]

Good to hear from you Chris....I hope the shop move was a move up.

Is there at ETA to see craved on the road again? I reckon it's the only car with a build longer than one of mine

[Craved]

thanks Duncan, shop was a huge undertaking and a big step up - 7m long oven ready for doing full chassis etc

ETA? haha that depends on how busy i get, hoping to have the new dump pipe finished off this week, that could get her back on the street if i just leave it at that.

but that never happens, besides, once shes up on the hoist i keep finding new things to do/fix/improve upon - having a hoist is both blessing and curse

[Craved]

Ended up flat chat last week, so it got delayed again.

New dump is almost completed, just need a long die grinder bit to clean up the inside of the merge a little, then i can weld the rest of the wastegate dump up. Still unsure whether i'll need to run another vband on the WG dump to assist with install, got one on order but ill test fit it without and see how much of a struggle it will be.

Also removed the turbo's water return from around the back of the head, going in favour of a solid line running around the front of the head ready for the 26/30 install. Removed the water feed from the plenum/fuel rail completely and blocked it off behind the thermostat.

[Craved]

another couple of steps....

test fit of the new dump pipe worked perfectly, so rather than remove it to finish the welding i thought i'd dummy up all the lines for the turbo.

New hard line is run around the front of the motor and will connect to some new -8 fittings in the turbo and hardlines with tube nuts.

Old drain still works, just needs to be shortened slightly and the old oil line fittings in the block worked great. just need another metre of the -4 teflon braid to move the turbos oil filter up into a serviceable area.

getting all this sorted out, means i can head straight to ceramic coating everything the next time it is removed and the dump pipe is sealed up with the TIG.