Farmer Joe Posted April 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Messed around a little more. Got the lower alt mount bolted to the block. With the current oil filter, the positive stud on the alt hits it. Im sure i can find a short filter to fix that. Now the upper alt bracket is kinda funny. I need to look at jasons to see what we did there.. my bracket wont work. Its hittin the thermostat housing. Heres the pics from today.. 4 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 so im having some troubles with getting the alternator mounted. the bottom mount is from my l20. i used this same mount on the Z24 while it was in, but on the KA it seems to be holding the alt higher than it needs. does anyone have pics of the various mounts from the L, Z and KA? ive tested upper adjusting bracket from an L, and the single and dual cam KAs. they all interfere with the thermostat housing when the alt swings to where it should... i really just need to look at jasons again.. lol the fan is in SL,UT... next paycheck i can start getting the exhaust built. im gonna order a nice 2 1/8in J bend from amazon so its not just cobbled mess... next weekend, im going to dads to get the carb plate made. going with the 32/36 holley i have for now. might be getting my hands on a 38sync weber. well see at the end of the month. until next time... Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 ive started using firefox again, and i really like it.. anyways, got the fan in today! super nice pece with all the extras for $21... i love amazon. so with that, it comes down to making a new revised list of parts for the current situtation. this was the first list... lol as you see most of the big things have been aquired... heres the idea for the rear suspensions... im still not sure what kind angle the coils need to be at, where to mount the panhard so it does corner funny. thats another story for now.. more to come.. Quote Link to comment
jesusno2 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 build that 3 link wrong it will corner funny. but your still running king pins etc so its kinda a wash. Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 build that 3 link wrong it will corner funny. but your still running king pins etc so its kinda a wash. poop... see, thats why i need a set of those uppers you made :lol: with the way ive layed it out, is it at least a feasible way to do it? i dont wanna do a 4 link, but just looking at other 3 links doesnt make mine work.. yanno. im honestly just trying to get rid of the leaf springs. to keep it this low on leafs is stupid anymore. theres a few things that drawing will have changed. mainly the upper needs to be like 20-25%shorter than the lowers. well see how it goes when i can get the bed off. Quote Link to comment
Peter_Pablo Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 woaaaaaaa another KA in action :ninja: nice work dude give more love to that 620 :wub: .... :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 thanks man! i ordered a 2 1/8in J bend from amazon just now.. gonna be here on tuesday, so i can start fabbing up the headpipe.. gonna try and get the carb plate done at dads on tuesday or wednesday.. he has the panhard bar parts too. i gotta pick those up so i can start building.. 1 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 got my mandrel U bend today! buddy likes it too! time to get to work.. Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 mkay, got a headpipe build.. turned out okay with the flux core wire. its not pretty pipe anymore.. oics.. Quote Link to comment
jesusno2 Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 poop... see, thats why i need a set of those uppers you made :lol: with the way ive layed it out, is it at least a feasible way to do it? i dont wanna do a 4 link, but just looking at other 3 links doesnt make mine work.. yanno. im honestly just trying to get rid of the leaf springs. to keep it this low on leafs is stupid anymore. theres a few things that drawing will have changed. mainly the upper needs to be like 20-25%shorter than the lowers. well see how it goes when i can get the bed off. I'm not a huge fan of 3 link stuff on a rear axle. Its hard to get em setup good, and they always tend to axle steer no matter what. l like parallel 4 links with a panhard, or some call them 5 links their easy and work. triangulated 4 links will axle steer also, One reason we ditched that idea on the 521. With a tubular back half, It could be done, cause you have your choice of where to build your link pickup points etc, but on a stock framed truck we just couldnt make the numbers work for what we want that truck to do. Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 i gotcha... well im gonna have to see what i can pull off with the parts i have. i found a 3 link calculator thats pretty handy.. i dont know how to use the most of it, but its neat to see it all on screen. i did like how you did the panhard on the 521 tho. im getting some ford parts tomorrow to make one like you did sort of. Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 more work done! the intake is almost done. really just have some small bits of grinding and smoothing in the 4 hole area. lol heres pics of the days events. this pretty much deatils how to convert a dry KA intake to a wet intake. plugged the injector holes. theyre convieniently about the same size a .40 cal casing. we cut the casings in about half, and flared the open end with a brakeline tool. with the gnarly flare on the case, we tapped em in from inside the port. this is befor the CA epoxy. ...and after the epoxy we got the holes done, and started on the adapter plate. this is the scribing we did. drilled, cut, and made pretty... and this is how it works all together. top view. now mind the plate with the cross in it is awaiting work from the dremel. also, im getting a different one with a vacuum port on it. and then, i got this killer set of brushes and paint. gonna get back into some small striping when i have time to.. that was pretty much all from today. i did make a little plate with a nipple that connects to the EGR port on the intake. im gonna be using that for the brake booster hose. the port on the plate will be for the PVC and the airvalve that goes with my carb. more to come.. Quote Link to comment
sedition88 Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Some good work here. The .40 casings is bloody brilliant. Does the carb plate cover the casings? Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 oh, no, the casings were shoved into the injector holes.. the plate just adapts the carb to the stock intake. 1 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 helped out jason last night with his weber, and got the plate with the air nipple i need. borrowed the dremel tool also.. tonight, im gonna finish the intake. i wanna start this thing on tuesday... i could even take it for a spin if everything goes right... more to come. Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 got the intake carved out like i wanted, and i bolted it all up to see how its gonna work. this is the only issue... with this goofy carb, and the bullshit i put together to mount the bellcrank, it wont clear. this is idle... you see here this is only like 1/3 throttle maybe.. the secondary is far from being activated, like you see. so now what it comes down to is getting the 38 weber. theres no interference with a real weber, as i just found out with jasons truck. i can still start it with this tho! :lol: its a work in progress still, but at least the intake is done. ready to take it to the carwash now. more to come tomorrow. im off, and i just got paid today. im prolly gonna finish the exhaust if i have a bit. Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 so i cleaned the intake in the tub with some 409 just now... :lol: worked really well.. not too worried about the shit in the tight spots.. drying out the runners on the vent... ollz equal runners... pretty much a single plane intake now.. gonna go get it bolted on.. Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 dun dun dun! gotta go get a drain plug and some oil now.. its close... Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 The hoses are backwards. Bottom goes to bottom, top goes to top. For some reason Nissan changed the location of the thermostat, it's now on the bottom hose. Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 damn! 20 pages later and im caught up!!! So whens a DE going in :P Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 the hoses? really? fuck.. anyways, ill figure that out later.. check this out.. all in a days work.. 1342 1 Quote Link to comment
Wide14u Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 you can use my old carb Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 ive been told my weber 38 is on its way.. my payment for the work on eriks truck! woot as for now, i can focus on the exhaust and the cooling system.. more more more! Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Excellent :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 your a beast...... in a day?? congratz! Quote Link to comment
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