HMMWV Project

Wow this is taking a way different direction than I thought. Love it. 

I did not expect this. I am pleasantly surprised that along for the ride

Did you get the 65 turbos from the seller in Ohio? Those were a good deal! I was contemplating getting an engine off of him.

How do yall like the GL?

GrayWolf said:

9 blade turbine wheels and larger billet compressor wheels 

New bearings and seals

Powercoat and ceramic coating

So, this is super cool, but how did you balance the turbocharger?  You'll kill those new bearings pretty fast if the something is out of balance.    

yupididit said:

Did you get the 65 turbos from the seller in Ohio? Those were a good deal! I was contemplating getting an engine off of him.

 

How do yall like the GL?

Yep got a couple 65 things from him, and gave him some ABC lines off my S class for his swap project 

I love the GL, one of my favorite cars i've owned and that's saying something 

rothwem said:

So, this is super cool, but how did you balance the turbocharger?  You'll kill those new bearings pretty fast if the something is out of balance.    

There's a turbo shop local to me that balanced the rotating assembly for me

it's hilariously pretty in there relative to the truck itself.  This project is bonkers.  In the best way.  

Set the whole contraption back 6 inches so accessories can clear. Stock HMMWV cross member worked like a champ. Next thing, engine mounts

too pretty to run a hood!

I had never once clicked on this, and the very first thing I saw was v12tt Mercedes powered humvee.....That's a good intro. 

Well it's one piece

Mounts need to come back off for gussests and finishing but it's a thing kinda 

oh hell yeah 

TT AMG V12 midengine HMMWV

"Dry ice blasted"....tell me more. I didn't know that was a thing.

Sand, sure. Carbide grit, glass, walnut shells, even plastic beads - but solid carbon dioxide? Huh.

earlybroncoguy1 said:

"Dry ice blasted"....tell me more. I didn't know that was a thing.

Sand, sure. Carbide grit, glass, walnut shells, even plastic beads - but solid carbon dioxide? Huh.

Its become a very big thing recently, cleans up parts really well without worry of harming plastic, rubber, other fragile parts.  It has become very popular in restoration and people preparing cars for auctions

fouckhest said:

earlybroncoguy1 said:

"Dry ice blasted"....tell me more. I didn't know that was a thing.

Sand, sure. Carbide grit, glass, walnut shells, even plastic beads - but solid carbon dioxide? Huh.

Its become a very big thing recently, cleans up parts really well without worry of harming plastic, rubber, other fragile parts.  It has become very popular in restoration and people preparing cars for auctions

It also doesn't make a mess, there is no residue since the dry ice just sublimates. We have used it to clean machines at work, no prep no mess, just dry ice blast and they are squeaky clean. 

This is my kind of project, very cool! Watching this one and cheering it on!

Kinda doing all of it at one time

Turbos are clocked and started running lines

Sorting out the intercooler thing, drivers side doesn’t clear the body, either going to make room or do a different setup

Got a minty fresh low mileage harness 

Josh at themercedesswapshop doing the magic box things

In reply to GrayWolf :

Did Josh figure out if the boost pressure required transmission input? Or are y'all going with a manual controller? 

A while back I was talking to him about my w108 being m275 swapped. At the time he had just figured out running the m275 ecu standalone setup.

In reply to yupididit :

He figured out something with SGA, i'm using his controller and Josh set everything up 

In reply to GrayWolf :

That's awesome! 

I mean, why just have one

Picked this up today

2002 M1123

1201 miles

12k axles and hubs

Already titled

Going to finish the fab for the V12 in the other truck then swap everything into this one

In reply to GrayWolf :

Where are you finding these? 

In reply to yupididit :

The ol' Facebook Marketplace