So I took everything back apart to do all the port matching from manifold, spacer and secondary turbo inlet... kind of time consuming, but needs to be done.
Finished up the primary turbo mount... not a lot of room to get that drain hose past the motor mount. I have two direction that I can go with it... to the stock location on the block or one of the two npt bungs that I added to the oil pan....
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And I think I'm finished with the hot pipe and it's to the oven for curing... that should make the little woman happy. Besides whats a Wolf stove good for if I can't cure some paint!
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Originally Posted by 79F150/F600
Nice job you now have yourselfa real solid and good looking truck. This thread is just the kind of inspiration I need to get me going on my body swap for my 74 highboy. Unfortunately even with doing a body swap I will have a good deal of welding to do. Your truck looks 300% better now.
I think that I have the hydroboost booster figured out, but I can't seem to identify the PS pump that I have in my pile of parts. It looks to have had a divorced reservoir and I can't find a picture on line that looks anything close? So that mystery continues...
Then I spent half of the day laying under the truck looking and measuring this four-link setup and I'm not feeling it.... there just isn't enough room on the passenger side to run that upper link anywhere but under the frame rail.... unless I do a hood stack!
It was recommended by several in the know, to do a three link with two lowers and a single off center upper. The only reason to do a four link was for the extra strength of the fourth link. So now I'm rethinking that direction.
The easiest (and less strength) of all is to just do radius arms... just don't like having only two attachment points at the frame. Think I like the three-link better.
I need to do some more calculations.... the hard part of that is trying to figure how the link geometry reacts with a leading link configuration (compared to a trailing link) and what effects that has on anti-squat. There is plenty of info on trailing links under acceleration, but I can't find any good write ups on linking the front and the effects on lift and squat.
When you have a track bar it is like a panhard bar. === 3 link with stock rad arms. When you wake up you will see the light. Just stretch the arms 12"
I wasn't including the panhard bar as it would be universal in all three setups. The lower links in all three configs will be aproximately 48" in length to minimize arc.
As far as which system to build revolves around 1. Safety 2.Strength 3.Maintenance
In my opinion the 4-link resolves all these. With 700HP trying to tear the front end out from under a 8000lb truck... I feel better with multiple attachment points to distribute the load. With the load spread over 4 joints @ each end, the maintenance interval is also increased.
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