My 72 Comet Build.....

Been working on the tail pipe some this week, it just needs the last turn down at the valence and a hanger bracket now..... I went by work today on the way home to cut the last piece of pipe and make the bracket, just need to test fit them tomorrow(they should be ready to weld on).....

Here's what it's looking like.....







I also made and installed the trans cooler lines from the trans to the back of the driver side tower.....

Some pic's.....





I put the driver side header on before I leaft the shop today.....

 

Is the trans cooler in series w/ radiator, or stand alone? I like where you have it mounted, thinking abt moving my cooler from grill to somewhere else.

 

The trans cooler is separate.....

 

Made and installed the oil feed and return lines for the turbo..... I put the pass side header and crossover pipes in, also put the turbo blanket on..... Then I installed the dipstick, spark plugs and 6 of the plug wires(the back coils on both sides need to be relocated to clear the master on the driver side and the heater blower motor on the pass side)..... I think I have figured out how I want to move them, but I will make a final decision and make some brackets.....

Here's the progress for today.....

 

Today I put the alternator on, trans cooler mounted and radiator/water pump mocked up in place..... I made the coolant lines from the block to the radiator/water pump..... Then I went over by work and made a couple brackets to adjust the mounting position of the 2 back ignition coils.....

Pic's of the progress.....

 

I got the coil bracket I made on the car today..... I also made and installed the trans cooler lines from the cooler to the bulkheads in the core support..... Then I worked on making the lines for the wastegate signal, they are pretty much done now I just need to get one more fitting to finish the second one.....

Today's progress.....

 

Finally got the last part of the exhaust welded together this week..... I gave it the same brushed look as the rest of the exhaust and installed it this morning.....






I picked up the fitting I needed to finish the wastegate reference line, put it together and installed it..... I don't know if it would make a difference in the way the gates see the signal, but I made both lines the same length just in case.....





Then I mounted a coolant catch can in the outer fenderwell area and routed a hose out to it from the radiator..... I put it out there just to save some space in the engine compartment.....

 

I also mounted my water temp gauge sender in the pass side coolant adaptor on the block.....




I got the inner fender plastics out and cleaned them all up, the cleaned up really well.....




I put all new speed clips in so I can put the fenders back on..... Before that I decided to clean the front door post area before I covered them up with the fenders, and I found that most of the factory seam sealer in this area was loose..... I probably removed 80 percent of it with no effort what so ever..... I wasn't going to do anything with this area until I got around to painting the car, so for now I just cleaned the area up and painted the bare metal areas with POR15 to protect them until I do paint the car someday.....

 

Oooohh nice! How much you want for those tail light lenses!

haha.. kidding.. well.. mostly anyways. Things are looking good.

Any definitive timeline for the first fireup? Or maybe you're learning to keep the pressure off to help avoid rushed mistakes by keeping it open ended for now?

 

You probably don't want to know how much......

Thanks.....

There is still a lot of stuff to do before it get fired, at this point it runs when it runs..... I want to hear it run but I will not rush it, everything needs to get done before I drive it anyways.....

 

Wow ! Very nice work. Makes me realize I'm a novice

 

Thank you.....

 

Man..you are making some progress! That is going to be one fantastic looking piece when it's finished. Will be a nice business card

 

Trying to get stuff done so it will run someday..... Thanks.....