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  1. Thread: Ramerati Reborn

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    Thanks for the shout out Charlie; honestly didn't see your post till just now. I've had a couple of years away.
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    Thanks Rob, I've printed your post and will check what I have against it.

    I'm having trouble finding 22 gauge fusible link wire.
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    I know SDAC's looming. I was even dreaming of driving the Ramerati cross country.

    So, I was ready to start the engine, fluids installed.

    Code 42 - ASD relay. Relay is good. That was three...
  4. Thread: Ramerati Reborn

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    I tried. Too many details to rush through
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    Cool beans. Will look for full report.
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    I wish. You?
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    Battery relocated and turbo intake pipe figured out.

    Cut the headlight buckets out of the core support. Also had to cut off some of the top of the driver's side frame rail to make room to angle...
  8. Thread: Ramerati Reborn

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    When I bought the Ramerati from Charlie, it had a custom radiator in it that fits between the upper and lower radiator support, not on the inside face of it. The fan was an inadequate non-shrouded...
  9. Thread: Ramerati Reborn

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    Nah, tubes would use more room than that formed sheet. The vertical panels are where the upper core support gets its strength. I can carve out the center between the upper two ears of the AC...
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    Trial fit - up from below with transmission jack and now hanging on side engine mounts. Downpipe needs re-angling, radiator fan needs a different lower attachment idea, and there are reasons why...
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    Good point AJ; will do.


    And, I failed to note that in the first pic in post #52, you can see an air containment shroud that sits on top of the strap and reaches back to the radiator.
    I'm...
  12. Thread: Ramerati Reborn

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    AC condenser is moved to front of core support;

    Second pic shows that the condenser sits on cantilever brackets welded to front of the core support. The condenser is cushioned by Mopar radiator...
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    It is an AWIC heat exchanger out of a Ford Lightning. Be sure to get the bracketry and corner rubbers too. I used a bench grinder to re-shape and grind the Ford steel stampings and the rubbers down...
  14. Thread: Ramerati Reborn

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    Getting back to it. Bumper with heat exchanger inside, fans on backside, and oil cooler below. Holes cut on drivers side for heat exchanger coolant. On passenger side, fitting another fan for AC...
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    http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?82001-PCV-drain-back-instead-of-catch-can&p=1126865&viewfull=1#post1126865

    Installed a drain so oil from PCV will go back to the sump instead of...
  16. Thread: Ramerati Reborn

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    Yes, 4 1/2 inch. A 9" would fit but it would steal space from the air cleaner or battery and back toward the fire wall it would conflict with the master cylinder.
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    Thanks, I'm trying for an OEM look.

    Here are pics of the

    BOV to airbox connection,
    shortened alternator tensioning bracket, sectioned by 1 inch, and
    where I got the barbed flange from - a...
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    More progress - to support the stock T1 L body air box, I bent/drilled/welded a support onto the bottom of a stock steel bracket. You can see the PCV hose connected too. After the engine is...
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    Looking at the big F4/R5 thread inspired me to post pics of my big degree wheel and finding centerlines for the intake and exhaust cams with the help of the two beautiful adjustable cam gears that...
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    Thanks Rob, and yours is over a 568.
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    As you can see from the pics in posts 9 and 15, the top of the IC is not proud of the top of the Masi valve cover anyway, so I don't think the power bulge is necessary, at least with the little bit...
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    Well, with the low flat top of the 520, and by my measurements (but not tested by install yet, the IC can be tight to the block/head, fit under the "power bulge" of the hood and still leave room for...
  23. Thread: Ramerati Reborn

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    Pics of the GLHS aluminum bumper with heat exchanger and Volvo oil cooler beneath as mocked up and then with minivan AC condenser. Rubber mounting brackets for radiator and AC condenser are in...
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    Hey guys Yes indeed thank you very much Rick for your input.

    I am just now coming out of a hole following surgery on the 7th which funny enough relates to Alan's profession.
    I had five level...
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    No, actually this Garrett isn't stock and even a stock Garrett is a good step up from the stock IHI. And, it's on there for now. I have a ball bearing unit in reserve which, with this new exhaust...
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