CSX-T #707 rebuild

[Shelby5150]

Where to start? I bought this a few years back and finally started throwing wrenches at it. Got #707 for $300, but wound up costing that much more in fuel towing it back with the V-10 Dodge ram. It appears to have some damage in the front and rear, so i've decided to make this the "racer" of my collection.

I'll post more info on the engine later, here's a few pics for now.

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The turbo i'm gonna use vs a mitsu turbo.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/intercoolerturbo.jpg

[Shelby5150]

A super tweaker tore the engine harness off the firewall a week prior to getting the new engine dropped in. I don't really have the time to do the job right, so the engine bay got a quick degreasing and sanding. After laying down some primer, i sprayed it with Dupli-color Engine Enamel w/Ceramic. Curious to see how the paint holds up.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0869.jpg

[raccoon]

oh i love the pbodies, Dupli-color stuff is surpizingly good in my experience. didnt wanna pull the harness eh? its not too bad, remove seat, steering column, kick panel unplug stuff. you might not even have to take out the steering column. its about the same amount of time it takes to mask off the wires.

car looks nice and solid. peace.

[2.216VTurbo]

Progress with one of the P bodies:thumb: Nice job man.

[Shelby5150]

oh i love the pbodies, Dupli-color stuff is surpizingly good in my experience. didnt wanna pull the harness eh? its not too bad, remove seat, steering column, kick panel unplug stuff. you might not even have to take out the steering column. its about the same amount of time it takes to mask off the wires.

car looks nice and solid. peace.

Oh, i'm a noob and didnt know that. But i have been going big :confused:
And thanks for the compliments!:o
Before: fugly
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0877.jpg

After: brand new bearing/hub assembly and seal. powdercoated knuckle.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0880.jpg

[omni_840]

Lookin good:nod:

[Shelby5150]

Progress with one of the P bodies:thumb: Nice job man.

Yeah, i should have done this a long time ago. But i've decided to devote all my free time to wrenching on the whittier cars first and foremost.

Before:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0901.jpg

After: I powder coated the bracket Silver Vein Metallic and installed spiva bushings. Junkyard nippon denso rebuilt at a local ND authorized shop (he said it was capable of 120 amps!:hail:). Ground kit from FWD.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0903.jpg

[cordes]

Are you really going to run that turbo?

[Shelby5150]

Lookin good:nod:

As Presley once said, Thank you thank you!

Before: wtf chrysler, ran out of paint? going for an all organic rust effect?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0931.jpg

After: Completely disassembled the shifter. Powder coated the white bracket, rest was painted with VHT Case Paint. And of course poly shifter bushings.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0932.jpg

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Are you really going to run that turbo?

Yeah! just trying to figure out how to mount it without breaking the exhaust mani. :yuck:

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Just kidding!! Got that thing for cheap/free. Thought it would make for some funny pics at the very least. freakin thing is nearly as big as the tranny. probably turn it into a turbine engine and adapt it to the input shaft on the a520.

[Shelby5150]

My assistant isnt very good at passing the right tools and hardware... I've never seen confusion look cuter
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0883.jpg

Old:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0899.jpg

New:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0900.jpg

Sandblasted & painted:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0937.jpg

Original GP's
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0930.jpg

Disassembled the strut bearings, cleaned and regreased with Mobil synthetic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0975.jpg

Painted the springs and greased the shaft (girlfriend caught me and said i'm having way too much fun greasing my shaft). :confused:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0977.jpg

[Turbo224]

Nice job! Keep up the good work!

[Shelby5150]

Nice job! Keep up the good work!
Thanks, i appreciate it!! :thumb:

This fugly beast got yanked out screaming bloody murder
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0926.jpg

The fabled MockGLH :hail:
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Cleaned up the starter harness. Used some neato Convoshield (http://cableorganizer.com/convoshield/) heat reflective loom and self fusing silicon tape to keep things as they should be.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0964.jpg

Sandblasted and powdercoated the brackets. Painted the calipers with the first high temp paint i could find. Then decided they were too shiny and blasted em with 1500* paint.
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Box o rotors newly surfaced.
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I want to use this filter and i thought about inserting two neodymium hard drive magnets to trap metal for further inspection. I tested my idea and found that having the magnets in the middle cavity is a bad thing cause it stuck to the hole and would have blocked the flow. So one magnet on each side in the outer cavity looks like it will present no problems with flow. What do you think??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0897.jpg

[turbokid]

WOW very nice work man! can't wait to see the final product! I would love to do this to many of my cars! goodluck with the build

[cordes]

If you've got a good neo magnet you should be able to put it on the outside of that case and still trap stuff.

[Shelby5150]

WOW very nice work man! can't wait to see the final product! I would love to do this to many of my cars! goodluck with the build

Thanks!! I like your t-top!!! i also have a 568 and was thinking about the shifter length. any taller and it'd be the picture perfect car for Rat Fink to drive:lol: Mock GLH installed the quaife since i'm total newb. He works too fast, that's my excuse for not cleaning/painting the tranny.

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If you've got a good neo magnet you should be able to put it on the outside of that case and still trap stuff.

Well, i thought about it, but the case is aluminum and would have had to fab up some hose clamps. Plus the cooling fins would prevent close contact unless turned sideways which would then minimize surface area. They dont slide down the outer chamber far enough to interfere with the holes/flow.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0950.jpg

[Shelby5150]

Installing an oil pressure gauge. I've got lots of these -4AN lines which needs to be put to good use.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0013.jpg

So i located a nice spot to drill a hole. Painted it to make sure it doesnt rust.
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Installed a -4AN bulkhead fitting.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0029.jpg

Line installed. looks close to the turbo, but lots of room.
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[Reeves]

Looks like a fun project!

Where you put the bulkhead fitting is where the automatic tran shift cable would go.....but since it didn't have one :thumb: !

[Turbodave]

Looks great!



After: brand new bearing/hub assembly and seal. powdercoated knuckle.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0880.jpg

Brings a whole new meaning to the term "white knuckles"!

[turbokid]

keep up the good work. I am anticipating lots more updates with goodlooking parts!

[83Shelby]

Dude,seriously,is that turbo off of an aircraft?

[mcsvt]

Great work! Can't wait to see it all finished up.

I'll actually be in La Habra on Friday picking up my new minivan.

[johnl]

Missed this thread until now. Looks good, no better than that, great!

[Shelby5150]

Dude,seriously,is that turbo off of an aircraft?
if the 2.5 wont spool it, then i will turn it into a jet turbine and zip-tie it to my go-kart.


Great work! Can't wait to see it all finished up.
I'll actually be in La Habra on Friday picking up my new minivan.
If you feel like stopping by i'll pm you my number. I would like to see your new toy.


Missed this thread until now. Looks good, no better than that, great!
:banaride: I love how you satisfied both clubs by strapping the Norton down in the back of your Masi-Page!!:rockon:

New fuel lines. Cool filter with a sintered bronze element to clean the fuel right before hitting the rail. Convoshield to keep stuff cool.
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Replaced that nasty thing with a heat reflective bubble insulation stuff
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Installed the EGT probe
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Ready to go
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Got the strut tower brace from a friend's crashed daytona. Modified it a little to get it to fit right. Painted and installed.
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[Reaper1]

Nice project! That's a LOT of white to try and keep clean...especially on a TM! LOL

[cordes]

It's really coming along.

[Badger]

wow nice work!! love the P bodies!

[johnl]

White is purity and goodness. So are TMs and Nortons.

[omni_840]

Very nice work! BTW whats that pic of in your avatar?

[Shelby5150]

Nice project! That's a LOT of white to try and keep clean...especially on a TM! LOL
More whiteness!! Yeah, gonna be a nightmare keeping clean, but i had this hair up my a$$ to make things white for some reason. IIRC, the top bobble has "race" bushings. It's definitely far firmer than the other one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0133.jpg


White is purity and goodness. So are TMs and Nortons.
Dang, it's not white but it is purty. Maybe i should sell it and paint the nasty one white. I powdercoated it "Hammertone Black".
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0080.jpg



wow nice work!! love the P bodies!
Thanks! I like the progress on your L body!
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It's really coming along.
I keep getting distracted by friends and their projects!! Helping with the GLHS and a "ford buttstain/rustang/etc".
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0654.jpg

I did blast and paint my pan hard bar and rear anti-sway bar.
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Very nice work! BTW whats that pic of in your avatar?
That's Homer with his 3 favorite things; beer and doughnuts...:confused:
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I installed the second egt probe on cylinder #1. What a phuckin pain to get the clamp around the exh mani trying to snake under the intake. Sad thing is that the hole was drilled when the mani wasn't bolted to the head, forgot to clamp it on when it was easy mode.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0129.jpg
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crap, just noticed that the clamp isn't seated on the probe correctly. guess i know what i'm doing in the morn:yuck:

[SRTboost4u]

:yuck:


Yeah! just trying to figure out how to mount it without breaking the exhaust mani. :yuck:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0909.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0910.jpg

Just kidding!! Got that thing for cheap/free. Thought it would make for some funny pics at the very least. freakin thing is nearly as big as the tranny. probably turn it into a turbine engine and adapt it to the input shaft on the a520.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nRLD-fEO7E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

You need to make one of these with that big turbo of yours. Just a rainy day suggestion.

Damit. I didnt read the second page. Great minds think alike.

[Shelby5150]

:yuck:
You need to make one of these with that big turbo of yours. Just a rainy day suggestion.
Damit. I didnt read the second page. Great minds think alike.

MUHAHAhahahahah:wow1:
I do have a tore up go kart, so i was thinking of combining the two. Would be hella fun running at irwindale drag strip. I could probably store it at Mock_GLH's house since he's 2 minutes from Irwindale. And when he's not racing the Ugly Old Omni, he can race the Ugly Loud Kart. It's funny that most of the peeps making jet engines are using sissy sized turbos. This guy has one that looks close to the size of mine.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-fci_AlNMU&feature=related


So, i lost the key for #707. What to do? um... hell, think i'll change the tumblers so i'll have the same key for all 3 csx's!!:banplease: Woot, works great!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Shroom5150/GEDC0121.jpg

[turbokid]

1 key for three cars huh? What happens when you lose your keys =P