Pimpin my whip

 On day 7 I called around to some local shops to try to get someone to weld the kit. Couldn’t find anyone who could take on the job at this point. I took my fuel rails and injectors back out to put some heat shielding in between the manifolds and my injectors, total time spent was 8 hours.

 Day 6 I began shopping for piping in the morning to weld into the pre existing turbo kit, me and Chris drove down to Boston to pick up a y pipe that will split under the front pipe on the bottom of the car. We were out for about 3 hours on the morning then came home to pack up the rest of the turbo kit to bring up north. This was a total of 9 hours considering the drive time up and down from Boston and Andover.

  Tyson D’Orio Senior Project  May 14, 2023 Week 1 of Senior project was very successful considering the amount of time I had put in. It didn’t take me long at all to get the car started up so I could test what was wrong. I was concerned about how productive I was going to be considering I didn’t have much packed on Monday. Things ended up taking a turn on Tuesday morning.  I had a friend go over to the house and pack my tools into the Jeep and coordinate a tow truck to bring it up. The towing company came Tuesday morning and picked the car up. They hauled it through Mass and up to Wilmot. When it arrived I had already spent Monday morning disassembling an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold. This helped me out big time. On Tuesday afternoon when I got back from practice, I began assembling the sensors on the new throttle body. After that, I got my injectors mounted inside the fuel rails and sealed them to the intake manifold. I spend some time that day putting togeth...

 Day 5 was a drag since I didn’t have any new parts to put on the car. I worked for an hour or 2 checking for exhaust leaks and making sure those new gaskets were sealed up nice. Ended up braking my garage door so I needed to move my tools out of the garage so they didn’t get stolen. Called the garage guys and got a date on when they could come. Had lunch with Don McCarthy mid day to take off some weight. Got back to an hour of wiring work in the afternoon. Total of 4 hours of work on Friday. 

I started my Thursday morning off going for a (little ride) this turned into a coolant bust that covered the motor in coolant. It was originally leaking powersteering fluid, I went over to the hardware store to fix the leaks but it ended up being an hour in the parking lot waiting for the engine to cool down. I couldn’t get my hands in there to fix it without burning them. This took up 2 and a half hours of my morning. I spend a few hours flushing that coolant again since it was a funky color. I might need to replace a gasket or 2 starting next week so I don’t get any more leaks. Spend a total of 6 hours in the garage and 2 hours on the road fixing the jeep, another half hour of driving time. 

 On day 3 I swapped the valve cover gasket and tuned the throttle body. Worked on sealing up the coolant lines and also patching the power steering system. It was leaking fluid after the first drive. Worked for about 6 hours in the morning then had a game. First day I logged 7 hours, and day 2 I logged 8. Work will be slowing down for a few days before the test pipes come in. 

 Day 2 was a big day for the operation. Jeep got hauled up to wilmot in the morning. I began unloading tools and parts out of the truck to get me ready to roll. Headed out to baseball practice shortly after the arrival of the jeep. When I got back I began assembling the sensors on the new throttle body (circular part with butterfly valve in the middle). After that I got my injectors mounted inside the fuel rails and sealed them to the intake manifold. Spend some time putting together a list of what I needed from Massachusetts and the hardware store.