looking good. just found your thread. i'm building a 58 dodge pick up to a dakota chassis. maybe i should post the build on this forum also. i'll be following your build
:cheers:

I love the switch to the 41 body.. my vote would be to mount the turbos above the valvecovers though.. that way they will be slightly visible thru the louvers and it can look prety nice if packaged nicely

here is a pic of a friend of mines 34 ford, TT ls7 with the water to air IC mounted between the turbos.. i kind of like the package..
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...Billede015.jpg

You can see the elbow from the forward discharge if the IC to the TB if you look closely

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...Billede016.jpg

The ballance pipe between the two sides was apparantly nessecary to keep the pulsing down but IMHO its more of an academic exercise

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...Billede014.jpg

The oildrain is just into the valvecovers.. works great and he has almost 10.000 miles on it.. and it runs low 9,s on pump gas.. but if a twin turbo ls7 in a 2600 pound car didnt run 9.s what would?

The only thing wrong with the setup is the Wastegate dump.. its LOUD when the boost comes on.. and he is changing that this winter

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...Billede017.jpg

funny you should mention that... Just yesterday I was thinking that it may be possible to do that. I held the one turbo I have in place and it looks like it might fit and still clear the sides and top of the hood. If I do mount them up front, it will save me a few bucks since I won't need a scavange pump and any IC piping would be shorter I should have room in front of the radiator for an IC or 2. I'll also need make sure that I fab things so I can quickly remove the turbos for maintanace or repairs with out hassles. The draw back would be the extra weight toward the front end instead of further back.

true about the weight... but much less complicated, and cheaper.. and if you mount the turbos with v bands and -an hoses it wont take long to remove them and the headers with the hood sides removed... and they will be visible in the enginecompartment :-)

any updates? hows the build going?

no updates. I'm working on 2 other vehicles and it's a one man show. :cheers:

i feel your pain. i know all about the one man show

more progress- I cut the bottom off of the U shape front fender support after I made some mounts and welded them on.

Here's a side shot. You can see the engine is placed so that it's mostly behind the axle center line.

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/1941dodge-010.jpg

Here's the mount made from some pipe and urethane bushings. It's out of focus because I took the pic by holding the camera up inside the fender and it's a bit too close.

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/1941dodge-009.jpg

Different angle

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/1941dodge-004.jpg

One of the front cab mounts.

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/1941dodge-008.jpg

from the front

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/1941dodge-005.jpg

looking out toward the rear cab mount

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/1941dodge-007.jpg

upward shot of the rear cab mount. I'm not finished welding the mounts. I'll do that once I make the back 1/2 of the frame and pull everything back off of the frame.

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/1941dodge-006.jpg

I've got a good amount of clearance in front of the engine.

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/1941dodge-003.jpg

nice progress can't wait to see more

Installing the main caps and bushings.

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/dana60-002.jpg

alignment bar in place

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/dana60-003.jpg

installing the pinion centerline tool

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/dana60-004.jpg

setting up the axle housing end.

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/dana60-005.jpg

passenger's side is tacked in place and now grinding the driver's side

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/dana60-010.jpg

welding between the tack welds

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/dana60-013.jpg

fully welded end

http://www.bigblockdakota.com/dana60-014.jpg