Shop project update for Fast Specialties

Our own personal/shop projects have been moving along last few months.

 

The 64 turbocharged Fairlane has logged quite a few miles as the summer came to an end. Its racked up around 9K as of recently with no issues thus far. Drivabilty is good, power is great and economy on road trips seems to be settling out to around 16MPG or so. NICE!

Recent trip to the coast and we grabbed this picture.

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Camping in the hot rod!

Had a ton of fun this trip.

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Marks turbo truck is getting Swapped over to LS power so out with the old “we have no idea what you are small block Chevy” and in with the new 5.3 engine (that we still don’t know a lot about). Swap mounting plates and most likely a car manifold will make the swap pretty strait forward. It will of course stay turbocharged.

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The turbo van is moving along as well. We killed the mitsu turbo and came up with a good gt3076 garrett ball bearing unit. We pulled the head, lapped the valves, replaced the head gasket, bolts and timing belt, bolted on the turbo manifold and started making the turbo fit the van.

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We had to build a new waste gate actuator bracket for the bigger compressor and also to relocate it for intake manifold clearance.

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