Good morning Wade. Sometimes just a BFH is all that is needed

got the turbo on the excursion last night. That was real fun, not. I bought some dorman bellowed up pipes and had them bolted tight. I wrestled with the turbo trying to line it up. Said screw it and loosed them up at the exhaust manifolds. Still couldn't get the two flanges to sit flush. So I never did test fit the dorman to the turbo intake flange. I think dowel pin was bigger than the hole. So i took my dremel like tool, and reduced the diameter of the dowel. I also was using an turbo exhaust housing from a turbo that I had bought a few years ago, I did the EBPV delete on it. I noticed rust in the hole the dowel goes into. So the old trusty dremel like tool cleaned that up and had some rust around the rim of the flange i cleaned up at the same time. After that, they fit together. Then I had to wrestle the clamp on. Then I tighted the up pipes at the exhaust manifolds. puttting the down pipe back was just as fun. Had to drop the passenger side transmission mount then had to use my jack to hold the pipe up so I could aligne it and get that clamp on. I had to dissasemble the rest of the exhaust to put it back together but need to buy like 3 more 4" clamps because the U bolt sheared due the nuts being rusted on. was up until like 1:15 this morning working on it.

 

Damn, Jim. And the battle rages on....

 

pict of the shiny Wicked Wheel 2 installed

showing the delete of the EBPV. the one with the butterfly still is the original excursion one

 

Stupid I/T people....

I'll come back tonight and check out the pics, Jim.

 

but I'm slowly advancing to capture their flag

Rust sucks!!!!!!!!!!! Probably in a year or two will have to replace the rear part of the exhaust. The pipe thickness is only about half what it was after pealing the layer of rust off

Body getting rough also. Rocker panels will need to have major surgery along with the upper lip of the windshield

 

if you weren't caught so many times watching ****, you would be able to see them.

 

Jim its looking good man. I am VERY interested in the outcome of the WW2 and the EBPV delete. Gains, sound etc. The anticpation is killing me !!!!!!

 

Hey, quit bashing the I/T guys! It's those pointy-heads in management that make up the rules.

 

Well then, get your butt over there and help Jim get it finished...

 

Me too!!!!!!!!!

Finish exhaust, finish putting in headlights and front grill, intake, inter cooler pipes, fluids, reconnect any hoses wires that I don't know where they go, fluids and hopefully start

 

But you guys snicker and giggle while doing it

 

May want to think about doing it now, while you've got it all apart. I had to replace the Y pipe on mine, about a month after I had the engine done, had a leak in the bellows section, and that thing would whistle like crazy!

Hey, I sent all of those guys the links, so they could enjoy them also, I don't understand!!!

Yeah, yeah, whatever! Don't try and talk your way out of it, pal.....

 

Still time for you to drive up. This way you can get away from the impending snowstorm approaching Massachusetts. It won't snow here so you would be safe

 

The rear section will be easy enough to replace. The up pipes are new, hopefully be no leaks at any connections

 

But I like the SNOW !!!!! I'm not one of the dis-placed Arizonians living in MA.