Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project

RustyPlymouth said

sounds good. you should try the bracket i made. going from the turbo to the water pump. it really helped with the turbo moving. when i wrapped my pipes i took the jpipe off and let the turbo hanging from it. it was solid, up and down anyway. what kind of manifold gasket are you using?

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Your water pump idea might be what I go with. I've seen the "x" bracket you made. It looks sturdy enough. I could copy it pretty simply i hope. I just used whatever the auto parts store had for a gasket, dunno? It's maybe 1/8" thick? I don't think it's leaking after all, I believe the header paint is melting causing a really fishy smell all over.

I did blow up my first hose driving it two blocks to get gas. That was exciting. I thought there was a backfire, but then I opened the hood and one of the hoses had a 1" shred in it and was dangling at the bottom of that white 'T' off the turbo shell. I was kind of scared to do a good pull, but just drove it around. I'm having issues with the AFR gauge. It just says "HTR" as if it is not getting hot enough to read. The turbo shell is hot enough to burn you when you touch it, but somehow not hot enough to read...