turbominivan
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ive creeped here a bit and its cool to see other peoples random diesel Frankensteins. i thought id share mine with some specs and pictures.... because everyone likes pictures. its a constant work in progress like any build.
-the body is a 1927 ford coupe chopped 7.5" with suicide doors
-the frame is 2"x3"x1/4" steel, obviously custom built
-the front end is a 4" drop axle set up in a "suicide" suspension design.
-the original rear end was a mid 80s Jag IRS w/ 2.88 gears. that lasted 2 summers before torque eventually tore its outer fulcrums to pieces.
-the current rear end is a spooled 3.25 ford 9" on air bags with triangulated 4 link
-it has 11" GM disc brakes on all 4 corners
-originally had 32" A/T rear tires but now has 37"x13.5" toyos
-it has a 9 gallon fuel tank
-engine is a 94 12 valve P-pump cummins
7x.14 injectors
no fuel plate
modded AFC
4k governor springs
racked barrels
Mack rack plug
25* or 27* timing... i forget
milled, ported and polished head
ARP head studs
valve springs
non-gated HX-40 and HT3B turbo combo
alcohol injection
secondary 255 lift pump
and im probably missing some things
-trany is a 47RH
full transgo shift kit/built valve body (didn't go full manual)
billet servo and accumulator
heavy band strut
filled with hyd. fluid
tightened up line pressure
completely stock converter strangely still holding strong
^ much thanks and credit owed to Brett, Tate and Mike for parts, tips, and help on much of the drive line upgrades and suspension engineering.
the car weighs 3100lbs last time i checked. might be +/- with the new rear end.
other than having huge rear tires bolted to a spooled rear end and manual steering, being loud, and being stinky, it drives around town nice.... or at least better than it looks.
it takes a bit to light the turbos but when it does, its TERRIFYING!!!!
to the point that it has never been pushed past 1/2 throttle for more than a spit second a time or two, yet still has made 94psi of boost or so (i try not to look down and check). if i get on it too hard, too fast, it tries to lift the front driver side wheel. TERRIFYING for the street!!
otherwise its lots of fun and gets lots of looks.
^these numbers were from 2012 with i believe the only mods being 4K gov springs, valve springs, and 7x.10 injectors, completely stock trany, dynod to 3rd gear.
so it should be well over those numbers now, although it hasn’t been dyno’d since.... not that im brave enough to use most of it anyways.
-the body is a 1927 ford coupe chopped 7.5" with suicide doors
-the frame is 2"x3"x1/4" steel, obviously custom built
-the front end is a 4" drop axle set up in a "suicide" suspension design.
-the original rear end was a mid 80s Jag IRS w/ 2.88 gears. that lasted 2 summers before torque eventually tore its outer fulcrums to pieces.
-the current rear end is a spooled 3.25 ford 9" on air bags with triangulated 4 link
-it has 11" GM disc brakes on all 4 corners
-originally had 32" A/T rear tires but now has 37"x13.5" toyos
-it has a 9 gallon fuel tank
-engine is a 94 12 valve P-pump cummins
7x.14 injectors
no fuel plate
modded AFC
4k governor springs
racked barrels
Mack rack plug
25* or 27* timing... i forget
milled, ported and polished head
ARP head studs
valve springs
non-gated HX-40 and HT3B turbo combo
alcohol injection
secondary 255 lift pump
and im probably missing some things
-trany is a 47RH
full transgo shift kit/built valve body (didn't go full manual)
billet servo and accumulator
heavy band strut
filled with hyd. fluid
tightened up line pressure
completely stock converter strangely still holding strong
^ much thanks and credit owed to Brett, Tate and Mike for parts, tips, and help on much of the drive line upgrades and suspension engineering.
the car weighs 3100lbs last time i checked. might be +/- with the new rear end.
other than having huge rear tires bolted to a spooled rear end and manual steering, being loud, and being stinky, it drives around town nice.... or at least better than it looks.
it takes a bit to light the turbos but when it does, its TERRIFYING!!!!
to the point that it has never been pushed past 1/2 throttle for more than a spit second a time or two, yet still has made 94psi of boost or so (i try not to look down and check). if i get on it too hard, too fast, it tries to lift the front driver side wheel. TERRIFYING for the street!!
otherwise its lots of fun and gets lots of looks.
^these numbers were from 2012 with i believe the only mods being 4K gov springs, valve springs, and 7x.10 injectors, completely stock trany, dynod to 3rd gear.
so it should be well over those numbers now, although it hasn’t been dyno’d since.... not that im brave enough to use most of it anyways.
