What did you do today to your 3/S?

[sergechronos]

I finally got my powder-coating system up & running, so now I can finally begin to put parts back on the car (& probably take off some more crappy-looking things to powder-coat, haha)!! I also received a replacement thermostat housing cover to replace mine that had a big factory defect that kinda pissed me off. Oh, & I finished off the rear turbocharger, so it's officially ready to go back onto the car. Now for some pics...

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Looks like you PCed the wastegates. Did you disassemble them before hand? Or test them afterwards to make sure there was no damage from the heat? Thought about doing mine when I had a PCing set up, but decided not to because I was worried about damaging the diaphragm inside.

[Street_Chally73]

Looks like you PCed the wastegates. Did you disassemble them before hand? Or test them afterwards to make sure there was no damage from the heat? Thought about doing mine when I had a PCing set up, but decided not to because I was worried about damaging the diaphragm inside.

That's actually just spray paint...I would have liked to have PC'ed them, but I didn't think the diaphragm would appreciate the heat.


Sent from the garage

[DK77]

Ok good, I was concerned for your wastegates too LOL

And Familyman, what is your set up now? I thought after you blew up the 6G74 your car was going to sit for a while (or am I confusing you with someone else?)

[familyMAN]

You have the right guy. I put in a slightly used stock TT shorty. Replaced bellhousing and Tcase housing. Both were broken from 74 rod snapping.

[2fnloud]

So that is a stock 6G72 sounding like that? Is it the exhaust set-up or do you have different cams in the heads?

[familyMAN]

No downpipe (need to get it modified to fit the 72, since it was modded for the 74.) Mildly ported TT heads and upgraded cams. Idling around 1000rpm.

[akotten]

I finally got my powder-coating system up & running, so now I can finally begin to put parts back on the car (& probably take off some more crappy-looking things to powder-coat, haha)!! I also received a replacement thermostat housing cover to replace mine that had a big factory defect that kinda pissed me off. Oh, & I finished off the rear turbocharger, so it's officially ready to go back onto the car. Now for some pics...

More details on your powder coating setup please.

[DK77]

Sweet, good to see your car running again So is the current set-up something temporary or is it something you are planning on pushing?

[familyMAN]

Sweet, good to see your car running again So is the current set-up something temporary or is it something you are planning on pushing?

Undetermined at this point. Needs a lot of tuning, since a couple things have changed. Warm idle is good. Hot start is good. Cold start is good. Cold idle needs a little work yet and haven't even started on any pulls yet. Hoping to have time to cut and weld my downpipe tonight before daughters game and then do a pull tomorrow with the coldside pipe undone to get an idea of the VE curve of motor and how close I am on fueling.

Depending on how I like this setup will determine if I build my spare 2-bolt block or go for a built 74.

[TwIzTeD_3kGt]

Drove it and enjoyed the new power level. It's as though my gears have changed. 3rd gear feels like 2nd used to, and 2nd gear feels like 1st used to. 1st goes by so quick I can't really gauge it. Wonder how much more power I need to make 3rd feel like 1st used to.