Land Rover Project: Sexy Back: Love is in the Eye of the beholder.

Bart

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Arm Utah
Nice, and you are a braver person than me. I really liked the reverse manual valve bodies that I've had, but have never been brave enough to install them myself. Well done.
 

sawtooth4x4

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Ok, time to fix the last few issues and call it good. Until its axle time that is.

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The new downpipe. Its getting tight in here. I have to rebuild the floor to make room for the exhaust. Center mount turbos are great, except the exhaust routing.

2.5" upsized to 3" Mandrel bent tubing. I'll have to go down the passenger side outside frame rail then tie back in on the driver side muffler.

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sawtooth4x4

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I'll wrap the pipe in header wrap, I did it to the turbo and downpipe already, because they are very close to the firewall.

Land Rover frames are very narrow. So I couldn't fit the exhaust through the frame, with the driveshaft coming off the transfer-case and the output right there. There just wasn't any room. Wish there was or some way to route the turbo to the driverside, but couldn't find a different downpipe for the turbo.

What was stopping you from running it on the inside of the frame away from the floor? That screams melted wife shoes in my mind

You could apply some header wrap to the section close to the floorboard to keep it from getting too hot.
 

sawtooth4x4

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Finally knocking the rear of the rust out. I’m not a professional body man. Please don’t judge. I just don’t want to be Fred Flintstone.

Driverside repair started.

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sawtooth4x4

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Working on the A pillar now. But as I was welding something inside started a large fire. Luckily I was able to get to my water hose and put it out. So I’m taking a break now. I’ll finish the welding up tonight when everything dries out.
 

sawtooth4x4

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Driverside floor is fixed. Just waiting for the bedliner so I can coat the front floors and sound proof the front. All Range Rover owners should immediately throw away the sound deadening foam sponge that is under the carpet. All it does is collect moisture and rot out your floors!

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sawtooth4x4

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Exhaust is finished. Open, no muffler. Someday maybe I'll fix it. Its becoming more of rock crawler, less expo vehicle. I have my eyes set on a Defender 110 as an overlander in the future now that this is almost done. Just need to redo the driveshafts!
 
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