turbo V8, ultimate b2200 conversion, "Stranger". Final pics

just read that issue

Noticed the little write up as well. My truck made the Dropt n' destroyed show coverage in this months issue. Congrats! That's really cool!

i saw yours to kovz. I circle all mazdas and yotas. for inspiration.

Wow, thanks guys! Now I can rag my wife on all the grief she gave me while I was building it...........

I know its been a while since I've done anything relevant to Stranger, but it had, sadly, been sitting in the yard with a dead starter.

I finally got around to fixing the starter, and fired it up. I moved it back to the concrete slab, and ended up doing a little tiding up something that had been bothering me.

I use an aluminum plate to hide some of the butchery I had to do to the rad support. There was a gap between the aluminum plate, and the headlights/grill. I had some new rubber molding left over from my recent Mustang project as I welded the hatch shut I no longer needed the molding to seal the hatch. So, I used this bit of molding on the truck.

Its been raining all day today so forgive the bad pics.
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A little update.

After reading about many failures of the Aeromotive A1000 fuel pumps I had to made a decision. Either spend approx $350 for the Aeromotive pump controller, or just buy another small pump for everyday driving then have the A1000 kick on under boost.

So I ended up buying a new gas tank, and welding a sump onto it, and buying a new Carter electric pump which arrived today.
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Of course with the pump/fittings/braided line, and one way check valve, I'm right at $200.

Today I was able to install the new tank, and fuel pump. Now I need to wire up a switch on the carb to activate the A1000 pump under xx psi of boost.

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Just curious, why aren't my pictures uploading from Photobucket?

Here are some pics of the new fittings along with the A1000 pump.
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I finally got mostly finished with the exhaust today.

All I need to do now is weld a bar across the top of the bed to hang some muffler clamps. That should bring the pipes even further away from the gas tank. [ I plan to put vents in the top of the bed lid to help keep everything cool]

Then fab a bed lid out of aluminum, and I should be officially finished.

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