Hi gang - long time no see; was in the "blackout period" with our move and all (which has gone well BTW). I updated a picture on my gallery, but Franky has hit the streets! Drove it out to my new place July 18. I didn't have a clutch, but was desparate to have it moved out, so about 11:00 at night, I powershifted my way out with no exhaust system. It ran great...for a while! The next few days it was plagued with more fuel line blockage (did I tell you that story already?) on the return line this time. Those have subsided, so the fuel is flowing. I have a custom 2.5" exhuast (sans-muffler) that sounds nice and mellow (requirement for a minivan you know).
Oh - the clutch - I rebuilt the master cylinder, which had probably been damaged by my use of the PS fluid w/seal "conditioner" but it still didn't work. Well, long story short, air was getting trapped because of the vertical mounting scheme. So my buddy had a great suggestion - draw a vacuum on the system through a bleeder jar, then release the vacuum and the system will draw in the new fluid. Beautiful man; beautiful. Clutch works fine now.
Next step is to get the PS pump hooked up before driving it much longer. Then I need to wire in a wastegate controller, move the ECU from under the hood to a more protected area, plumb in the intercooler (bought a 3" AL tubing kit off eBay) and tidy up the wiring. It really is fun to drive. I've filled it up once at the pump and no one gawked, mainly becuase it was one of those multi-fuel pumps, so it wasn't obvious I was putting in diesel.
Later,
Travis