Re-Turbo Comanche

[turbojeeper]

a/c compressor is gone, including the bracket. its was just a glorified idler pulley anyway. rotated the alternator around and it now sits higher.


here is the new bracket for the idler pulley.


next step, removal of the p/s and tensioner, gotta make room for the massive blower right!

[honkysXJ]

hell yea, looks like the engine bay could use a little bath as well!
oh well as long as it goes fast! Thanks for keeping us posted,a turbo is definitely in my future

[turbojeeper]

Nah the dirt helps seal the leaks. Haha I could probably shave 50lbs off if I power washed under there. I'm to a dilema though. Which way to mount the turbo.
Forward facing

Or rear facing

[honkysXJ]

Completely out of my element,I believe "turbo tom" on here has fabricated some bad ass stuff in his ride,worse case you can pm him,someone else will chime in,good luck bro !!!,

[turbojeeper]

talked to a buddy of mine with a 1300hp supra. i am going with the rear facing setup, he agreed with me about the turbo being a little closer to the manifold that way there isnt as much hanging weight either.

[turbojeeper]

well here is a little update. the megasquirt is in only to find my cam sensor took a shit on me while i was swapping out the engine harness. still cant figre that one out. so waiting on that. other than that it in will hopefully be alive this coming weekend

[shawnxj]

i had an iac motor do the same thing to me....worked fine when i pulled it and didn't work at all when i plug it back in

[turbojeeper]

Exactly. And I have been a jeep tech for 9 years. Never once replaced one. I ordered the adjustable hall sensor from diyautotune.com. should fit perfectly in the recess where the wires go in the distributor housing.

[turbojeeper]

so the ms is in and everything is reading correctly except for i can't seem to get a steady rpm signal, so i am working back and forth with a good friend who builds them to get it figured out. here is what the setup looks like.

[shawnxj]

which ms are you running again?

[turbojeeper]

Its an ms1 with the extra code. Its weird I can turn the engine over by hand and see an rpm signal but as soon as I start it with they key the signal goes away. I have some major interference coming from the start for some reason.

[shawnxj]

pull your wires farther away from the starter and starter wires? it might help with cleaning up the signal

[turbojeeper]

I ran them separately. Diy shielded writes and grounded the sensor through the ms. I now have rpm. Now I just have to get it started.

[shawnxj]

congrats

[turbojeeper]

Haha thanks. One step at a time!