As i´ve been down for a while(over a month by now) it turned out that it was all due to pneuomonia.
Really sux,and what´s worse is that someone like me have a REALLY hard time just sittin around-which i HAVE to.
My doctor has downright forbidden me to take on any kind of appreciable load until they see that the pneumonia is giving in.
None the less....i´m AT the shop on occasion at least-albeit just a couple of hrs/day-and then mainly to manage to tell the boys what needs to be done.
Now..Jim and Jonas ain´t at idle however,and..for the first time in my life i get to be sort of a supervisor...which feels kind of odd,but..the show must go on i guess.
So..the boys started out.
Started by fabbing a bracket for the turbo,and that is a BIG ass turbo...no two ways about it.
Turned up in the right location tho.
Then...the exhaust housing for these turbos are watercooled,and as such big as a washing machine.
What to do?
Jonas..soon enough came up with the solution,and that was a close enough fitting turbine housing from a KKK K29.
After a trip to the lathe it all started to fit,with tolerances of the turbine in check(0.4mm)
Now,due to the low placement of the turbo..the downpipe would have ended up right into the passenger side engine mount so a new one had to be fabricated.
One was thought up from 5mm Domex steel,and is to use the volvo rally cushions we put into most of our modded cars.
This way we´ll have clearance for the 4" downpipe with no worries what so ever.
Further.
The compressor outlet of the Schwitzer is cut for a flange and a V-band,so..again hit the lathe and cut a weldbung with O-ring land to seal.
Something often done in the LKW world,and as those boys run way higher boost levels than we´ll ever imagine to see...well..