Well I have been getting parts in every week and working out issues I am coming up with.
NEW since last time.
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- CNC custom machined 3" pipe to T4 turbo flange adapter
- 4" cone air filter
- 2006 TB MAF sensor + brand new 4" Aluminium MAF housing
- New pcm tune by Limequat (on the p12 06TB pcm waiting to go in in the spring) for my new MAF sensor in 4" housing to read up to 12psi of boost
- 1/0 gauge
USA MADE welding wire for Battery location (10' power 2' ground)
- Misc battery terminals and lug connectors
- Oil feed for the turbo + restrictor to limit the oil flow going into the turbo to avoid blowing the seals
- 2.5" welded flange (welded to a piece of 2.5 aluminium piping) for my HKS SSQV III blow off valve
PROBLEM (solved)
Ran into a MAJOR issue with the oil return line for the turbo ALMOST called off the build.
traditionally a gravity fed return line from the turbo carries oil to the oil pan (tapped and drilled and welded) or to the block. I looked up how to remove our 4.2 oil pan and the first picture I saw was the frame and engine on the ground an the truck body in the air. My heart sank. but luckily I talked to Lingenfelter and some guys at LS1 tech and they told me about scavenge oil pumps that can pump return the oil up hill to the oil cap. So that is what I will have to do because I AM NOT removing the engine or entire body just to drill out the oil pan.
SO now that the issue is resolved I am feeling much better and things are moving forward and have acquired all the parts I needed to relocate the battery to the inside (in a box). Just need to save up for injectors, 2 38mm Tial wastegates, all the piping, the intercooler, the scavenge pump, and a few other random parts and pieces and then I just wait til spring.