I fee normal now. Maybe were long lost amish brothers (outcast perhaps?). Are there ever any kids adopted away from the fold?
I don't know, my parents used to tell people they found me on the front step when I did things like that. I always thought they were joking. LOL
Well folks, it's been a long busy week. Couple big updates, lots of work done, lots more to do, but the guys at ED have been busy. Parts for the truck arrived, were mocked up, then departed for machine, ceramic, paint, and other processes.
Let's continue where we left off.
Turns out, I had a friend I never knew about. This answered a befuddling question Glenn asked when he began the teardown:
Why did you strip the firewall here? *** Points to patch on firewall heat shield just above frame rail on drivers side. ***
I didn't... I've been wondering about that myself.
Glenn *** Shruggs and continues removing parts. ***
Moments later
Glenn, "WTF?" Looks like you've got a little friend."
Glenn: Dude, your truck brings any critters into my shop... (Continues threats at inaudible volume.)
Amish: Crap! Those little bastards...
I hate vermin. God knows how long it may have been there, but I have taken measures in the garage and barn to insure it will not happen again. I can sleep easier now, knowing that any scurrying varmint who wanders out of the woods on Amish Manor and finds refuge in either will meet the most untimely of ends.
Guess I should have put more miles on the truck, as someone thought it was stationary long enough to set up shop of their own. LOL
Fortunately, that is the only thing out of the ordinary that was discovered in the tear down.
For those who haven't seen Glenn wrench, I advise you experience it at some point. He could have easily made a living with "Eye on the Card" tricks on the streets of New York. It was difficult at times to get progressive shots as a steady stream of parts found their way to the bench.
The injectors on their way out to get "DVD'd."
This was only slowed at one point with a single connector tube that insisted on remaining in place. Glenn insisted my presence and (bad) luck had something to do with its desire to hold fast to its position in the head. Leaving little room for rebuttal, I shrugged and walked under a ladder to a pile of boxes that contained trinkets for the build leaving Glenn to curse the misfortune I had brought him.
I began poking around the stacks of boxes, cutting packing tape, removing foam, and destroying perfectly good cardboard in the name of curiosity. Order quickly became chaos with my methods of package inquiry resembling a three year old at Christmas. ( FYI, Some of the fruits of my package explorations have already been posted. )
I knew there was a few unique things that Chris and Glenn had planned to use on the truck, but I happened to come across a component that was "custom" beyond our expectations. Lying in an open box was an aftermarket exhaust manifold with the flange facing upward.
Amish: Hey, man... what's the story on this?
Glenn: Can you tell what's wrong with it?
Amish: *** Scratches beard *** This doesn't line up.
Glenn: Look at the rest of it.
Lets see if you can pick it up:
Yeah, the best of both worlds. Whaddya get when you cross a 12 valve with a 24 valve exhaust manafold? That useless piece, that's what. Must have been a Friday job. The manufacturer will go unnamed, it's not the one you see pictured in other mock-up shots.
Fortunately, Engineered had another one in stock.
Before I could spread cardboard and packing foam in places they shouldn't have been anyway, ED took some shots of their twin pipes for the Amish Express buggy. The primary charger pictured is a mock-up unit, the polished housing will be added on the final build. Pop offs you see will be replaced in the future with a BOV, but funds on my end will likely prevent that from becoming reality on the original build.
Pretty sexy, eh? I thought so.
I actually missed the mock-up portion of the build, but Flash Gordon managed to pause long enough to get some shots for us. Way to go, Flash. :hehe:
The modified coolant tube that lets me keep my heat. Notice the absence of the Hay-soos bracket the factory one comes with. Anyone who has fought one of those off knows that only Hay-soos himself can remove the exhaust manifold without scratching a knuckle; at least that was my experience with the HTT64 that I installed previous to this.
The second gen manifold and spacer for the secondary charger. This open version will be replaced by another of exact thickness on the final build with a few additional changes. Pictures of that coming up in the next few posts.
The mount for the primary from the view of the transmission dipstick handle.
Lucky dipstick.
The primary turbine housing setting on the mount.
Hot pipe in place and ready for secondary.
One two, skip a few, head studs going in.
More updates as soon as I have time to post them.
