LD20 turbo wagon build
Posted: 24 Nov 2014 01:18
Well, I'm slowly getting going on my LD20 turbo wagon swap. It's a bit of a slow go right now as I don't have a ton of time to work on it but I'm just about ready to pull the L16 out of the wagon once I get an extra set of hands, and I'm stripping down the LD20 to figure out how I'm going to get it in.
I got my wagon from a guy in Maple Ridge who'd had it for some years. It hasn't been modified a lot, so it hasn't really been hacked up too much. Good and bad I guess, I'm definitely the first person trying to take off some of these bolts in over 40 years.
The wagon - it has some slight rust discolorations : Coming apart, with more broken bolts that I had hope fort: Not too bad under the fenders: L16 getting ready to come out: LD20T in a lovely smelling rosewood crate: Front sump oil pain with alternator oil drain (front) and turbo drain (rear). I'm going to have the swap the alternator out, it has a vacuum pump on the rear - I'm trying to figure out whether to put it on the usual L series passenger side or stick with the driver's side. Here's the huge stock mount (also for the AC compressor) with idler pulley. Weird oil cooler that was a huge pain to get off, with the power steering pump in front: I'm a little stumped as to how to put on a remote oil filter setup where the oil cooler came off. It's a non-threaded inlet that I'm not familiar with, I don't know if this can be swapped out for a threaded piece or if I have to find an adapter. Badf pic, I'll try to shoot another one. The oil cooler was a huge pain to get off.... I hope I haven't got myself in over my head - sounds like the engine should almost bolt up once I figure out whether the L16 pan can be modified to fit or get a flipped cross-member. I've read up a bit on the pan and it sounds like the pickup is different than the L16 so I may only have the choice of a crossmember. Hoping to head out to Specialty next week to pick Andy's brain and see whether he can do a bit of work for me, sounds like he's swamped.
Anyway, I thought I'd upload a few pics as a start. I'll post progress once I get the old engine out and figure out how I'll set the LD in there.
Jon
69 2dr z20 turbo
71 wagon LD project
I got my wagon from a guy in Maple Ridge who'd had it for some years. It hasn't been modified a lot, so it hasn't really been hacked up too much. Good and bad I guess, I'm definitely the first person trying to take off some of these bolts in over 40 years.
The wagon - it has some slight rust discolorations : Coming apart, with more broken bolts that I had hope fort: Not too bad under the fenders: L16 getting ready to come out: LD20T in a lovely smelling rosewood crate: Front sump oil pain with alternator oil drain (front) and turbo drain (rear). I'm going to have the swap the alternator out, it has a vacuum pump on the rear - I'm trying to figure out whether to put it on the usual L series passenger side or stick with the driver's side. Here's the huge stock mount (also for the AC compressor) with idler pulley. Weird oil cooler that was a huge pain to get off, with the power steering pump in front: I'm a little stumped as to how to put on a remote oil filter setup where the oil cooler came off. It's a non-threaded inlet that I'm not familiar with, I don't know if this can be swapped out for a threaded piece or if I have to find an adapter. Badf pic, I'll try to shoot another one. The oil cooler was a huge pain to get off.... I hope I haven't got myself in over my head - sounds like the engine should almost bolt up once I figure out whether the L16 pan can be modified to fit or get a flipped cross-member. I've read up a bit on the pan and it sounds like the pickup is different than the L16 so I may only have the choice of a crossmember. Hoping to head out to Specialty next week to pick Andy's brain and see whether he can do a bit of work for me, sounds like he's swamped.
Anyway, I thought I'd upload a few pics as a start. I'll post progress once I get the old engine out and figure out how I'll set the LD in there.
Jon
69 2dr z20 turbo
71 wagon LD project