Yea I kinda went all over the place . Sorry I was too tired almost about like now But .

I guess I should have just asked if your running your Water to Air Intercooler with water from the Radiator or an independent system unto itself?

And is the TDO4 you are running the same as say from a stock Subaru?

I would also like to add that I like your Air Filter Set Up.

And just an FYI it looks great as usual.

 

Great looking rig, sounds great!

 

No worries! I was just hoping that I wasn't coming off as an *** with my explanations!


Yep, completely independent. There is a learning curve though. Right out of the gate it's 100% better than my little air/air cooler was, but as I've started isolating the lines and such from the heat it's just getting better and better.


It's a TD04L-10K from a Cummins 3.3, the same turbo that FTE is running. The WRX turbo is a TD04L-13G

Thanks!
The air filter is from a Ford Windstar. They used them on quite a few different vehicles. I cut it up a bit and added the cobra head on top of course...

Thanks!

Found one relatively minor failure yesterday. It's been a worry since we built it, because of the amount of stress on the small pipe. It'll be fixed and get bracing added between the plates tonight. It's just another reminder though that if something is a worry, I need to just take care if it. Murphy and all that...

 

I guess I should have asked if the Subaru Turbo is the same size as the Cummins 3.3 Turbo? Or to say will the Subaru Turbo work? As I think it was FTE informed me that the Subaru Turbo was a bit bigger than the Cummins 3.3 Turbo and that the Subaru Turbo was an upgrade for the Cummins 3.3 stock Turbo? If so and someone wishes to have a Subaru Turbo I just happen to have a good one laying around now if someone wishes to trade? Mine does not have the waste gate actuator though.

 

There are quite a few different Subaru turbos, the one I had was off of a WRX. It was too big, and was inefficient until over 2200RPM. The WRX turbo is a lot larger than the one from the B3.3.

I got my turbo adapter fixed last night. It'll need to be re-ceramic coated, but the place is going to redo all of my parts for free, because they started showing some rust anyway. I'll run it for a few weeks to test, then haul a big box of parts down to them to be coated.



My friend was commenting last night that my intercooler was looking a little bare, and could use a decal. I just happened to have one...


Here's a short video I took this morning trying to capture the sound during normal driving. This is slowing down for then accelerating from several speed humps in a neighborhood. The picture is my stereo and mount. I only had a low mount with me this morning, but I just wanted to try and capture the sound.

 

Love the decal! Nice welds on the turbo adapter, did you do that with a TIG? Very nice clean looking Jeep, you should be proud!

 

Thanks! I wish I could take credit for the TIG welds, but a professional welder buddy who builds race car chassis and such did it for me. Much better than the hack job I would have done!

 

the Mr. Fusion sticker may exceed the bottom ends strength. I thought they were outlawed for adding 35 hp!!

Hey Red, quick question if I may? On the FC, how far is it from the crossmember to the firewall? I'm sorta looking at FB's and FC's and wondering if the carrier oil pan might be made to fit behind the crossmember or drag link. I'm not beyond trimming the firewall for it if it's close. Thanks in advance!

 

how is your e power steering working? I saw one from a Nissan pathfinder, I am trying to research those

 

did you ever look into just using a Power steering electric motor and adapting it to a OE PS pump?? you can get just the electric motor for the Saturn's for pretty cheap. Do you have any more specs on your sytems motor. I know you said it pulled 70 amps at full load. Did you get a HP or wattage rating on the motor.
I know the steering effort on the jeep would be much greater than on a Saturn. Plus I don't know if the Saturn is a electric hydraulic or just electric assist rack. The Saturn steering motor looks to be a bit smaller than a 12 volt starter.
Heck I might be able to rig up a test with a outboard engine starter I have that is a surplus
Well I look forward to any updates you have?