Clutch problems

I have been researching clutch options lately.  I really want to set the car up with a twin disk unit, but it looks like the flywheel will have to be custom machined.  That equates to some serious dollars for a chunk of steel.  It just baffles me that I can't find someone that makes a flywheel for this application.  If I decide to go with the twin disk unit it will most likely be a Quarter Master 7.25" unit.  On the other hand I could use a Fidanza aluminum flywheel and something like a Southbend clutch.  If someone knows where to get a flywheel for the minidisk, please drop me a line.  I know that there are plenty of lower budget alternatives to make it work, but I'm looking for a fast revving engine to get the turbo spooled up as quickly as possible.  Sure I'm going to sacrifice some drive-ability with either setup, but this isn't a DD car either.  I'll keep searching and post the results. 

Tial parts arrive

I wanted to show off the awesome parts that arrived this week courtesy of my new friend John O'Connell at the Turbo Center in St.Louis.  Seems that they are a full service turbo shop located in my home state. They can rebuild, balance, and fab up parts for your turbo system.  I wouldn't have known about them at all, but luckily when I called Tial looking for a distributor they gave me their phone number.  If your looking for competitive pricing in the Midwest and great service give them a call at (314) 481-3778.  I was really surprised by the packaging.  I'm not sure what I expected, but I was impressed.  The parts are really nice looking also, hopefully they perform just as well.  BTW the wastegate is the newer Tial MV-S and the BOV is the Tial Q.  Here are a few pics.

 

  

  

 

 
Now I need to return to the shop and finish the oil pan today.

Oil pump pickup tube

The pickup tube is complete.  I ended up using parts from two pickup assemblies and some new tubing also.  I didn't want to have so many joints in it, but I don't have a bender for this size of tubing.  When you make this take your time and make sure that it follows the windage tray closely so it doesn't hit the shallow pan.  I didn't care for the amount of tube that extended past the point for the braces so I added in a piece of strap to protect the assembly from vibration.  Hopefully this design is adequate because if it breaks the motor isn't going to be happy with me.  I'll finish the oil pan this week and post some pictures.  By then the rest of my parts for the turbo manifold should be here and I can get started on that.  Here are a couple of pics of the pickup tube.

 

 

Exhaust manifold flange

Well I had every intention of making my own manifold flange from some bar stock to save some money and also to get one in mild steel.  However I am running out of time to get this project wrapped before the autocross season starts and just happened to notice that EFI Express is now carrying one in mild steel.  So I ordered one from them at the end of last week.  This thing is nice!  If you need one in mild steel this is the only place I know of to get it.  If your tastes are stainless, then 034 Motorsports can hook you up.  Here are two pics I snapped for you guys.

 

I almost have the oil pan finished up I just need to wrap up the pick up tube assembly before I weld the back of the pan into place.  I'll drop it off at the powder coater as soon as it is finished.  Also on the way are some Tial products and the t3 flange.