big update, mock up is complete! the girlfriend was with her friends tonight so i made use of my time after work, now on my next day off i can get the engine out and rebuild it and paint everything up real nice. yesterday i spent my day wiring up our new compressor. yes its from harbor freight, but our old one lasted 2.5 years and worked great, this was a free replacement/upgrade under warranty. 60 gallon, 3.5hp.
then i took advantage of having use of my air tools again and smoothed out the flange for the master cylinder and welded it to the spacer
fits perfectly on first try
and mounts up as planned exactly how i wanted and works flawlessly
that was one of 2 big things needed to finnish mock up, the last thing was cold side intercooler piping i had debated about pounding in an area so to speak and keeping the piping in the engine bay, but i figured it might not be a bad idea to run it through the wheel well, so thats what i went with, i think it actually turned out really nice. ( i will close the holes up to make it more flush, i just was guesstimating with my die grinder.
pic of it running throughout the well
leaving the inter cooler and exiting the bay
entering the intake
and thats it, i just have to make sure the alternator is adjustable for belt tension and look everything over real good and begin on the fun stuff. getting yet even closer to having it running, its a great goal to reach, so exciting, thanks for reading