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tfrasca's 142 Turbo Project

I love the radiator. I still haven't found a solution that i'm "happy" with.

Thanks,

Thanks. It took me a while too, but I like this one now that we got the filler neck on it. I didn't want to run a full size expansion tank, so now I'll just run a smaller overflow/recovery can. Still not sure what to do about the cover/shroud piece, but I'll figure something out.

Your project is shaping up nicely, by the way!
 
Thanks. It took me a while too, but I like this one now that we got the filler neck on it. I didn't want to run a full size expansion tank, so now I'll just run a smaller overflow/recovery can. Still not sure what to do about the cover/shroud piece, but I'll figure something out.

Your project is shaping up nicely, by the way!

I think I may have found something for that... Give me a little bit...

Thanks,
 
Some great info here:
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/5572/1963-volvo-amazon-t5/p1

This guy made his own. Do you have that option with the 140?

That's pretty sweet. It looks like he re-did the whole radiator support, but I only need to address the top cover. I punched holes in my upright support for the IC and oil cooler lines, so most of it is good to go. I'll take some more photos of what I mean later.
 
Got some more stuff done today.

  • Found an air filter that will work
  • Installed all my hot side IC pipes that Noah welded last week
  • Ran my PCV from the stock box to the pre-turbo pipe. No catch can, but this should work fine.
  • Test fit turbo coolant lines, still need to paint the hard lines
  • Put 4 quarts of break-in oil in it and spun the engine a bit to prime the pump and confirm starter/wiring works
  • Got hardware for the radiator top cover, so my IC and radiator are solidly mounted

 
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I've gotten a lot done on the 142. I'm still waiting on the manifold, so it doesn't run yet, but it's at the point that it should fire up as soon as I get that last piece.

The fuel tank ended up being a project in itself, mostly because I made it more difficult than it needed to be. I wanted some amount of baffling, so I had the tank boiled and cut it open to see what I was dealing with. The pick up was tiny, about 5/16" at best, and there was no return at all, since mine is an early carb tank. Still, the tank has zero rust and I didn't want to make a fuel cell or have fuel lines coming up into my trunk.

I had a spare B20 oil pan with a Hi Performance trap door baffle in it, so I cut that out and fashioned a fuel tank baffle out of it.



Then I made the fuel pickup out of 1/2" tube, connected it to a 1/2 NPT bung, and welded that in. The return is basically the same thing, only with 5/16" tube and 1/4 NPT.









Once the baffle, pickup, and return were welded in, I made a patch out of a piece of 16ga mild steel and a piece of the tank I cut out. I migged everything up, and took it to the radiator shop for pressure testing and sealing. Turns out, nearly all my welds leaked a bit (not surprised), but they brazed over them and the tank tested fine.









For the pump, I got a 140e pump bracket and modified it slightly to fit between the tank and the passenger butt cheek. I put a stock Bosch main pump in the bracket, and found a cheap pre-pump filter to run inline, since I couldn't put a filter sock on the pick up in the tank.







All that work in the trunk made me hate looking at the giant Deka that I had mounted back there to give me room for intercooler tubing up front, so I bought a PC925 and made a tray for it to go back in the engine bay.



That's it for now. I'm hoping to see the manifold next week, then I can figure out what fuel rail to run, hook up fuel lines and fire it up. Still shooting for Davis, but it's getting close...
 
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