Turbo Diesel Trike First Test Drive! #engine #mustang #cars #chopper #offroad Turbo Diesel Trike

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:00]Oh, that's nice.

[00:00:05]In order to be able to actually drive this thing, it needs brakes. I spent the last little while holding this thing in different places and configurations. And I think the best bet is going to be to mount it right here. I was also thinking about mounting it way back here and using a push pull cable to run it. But I think that's more complicated and more difficult.

[00:00:24]Look at that. What's the rate of speed for that tire to go like 50 mph? Your rotations per mile are very few, >> right?

[00:00:32]>> This bolt kind of sticks into your foot a little bit. It's not bad for me, but it's certainly going to be a little uncomfortable for taller people because of how leaned back it is. Um, it'd be nice if it was a little more forward.

[00:00:42]The reason it's not is because those footboards tacked in place. The panel looks quite nice.

[00:00:48]>> Might be nice having that panel removable so you can work on stuff behind it.

[00:00:52]>> That's why I did it partially. And there's really no reason I would need to remove this switch from this panel ever unless it goes bad.

[00:01:02]So you know when autopilot is working.

[00:01:09]Waiting for the rest of my brake stuff to get here. I figured I ought to make the wiring for the gear shift a little less temporary just to tidy things up.

[00:01:17]So I'm going to work on tidying that up.

[00:01:18]I don't know exactly what I'm going to do with the shifter, but I do know that it's going to go somewhere in this range. So, I could just weld a little tab on there and make it pulled with a cable incredibly easily. And I have a plug for it. I don't want to waste the pins and actually crimp the wires on, but if I put the plug in there, I can shove the wires in there and test it. I have no idea with that Subaru throttle pedal. And then I did some Googling and it turns out it just runs on a totally different voltage range uh for its sensors. The Volkswagen pedal both What's going on? In the meantime, this one will work just fine. brake stuff showed up. And brakes are more important for a proper test drive than all that. Got the line run the way back here. Got plenty left for the two side ones, seeing as how they only have to go to here and there. But what I need is the T fitting that I ordered. A tiny little T fitting.

[00:02:19]piggybacked off of the wire here for the ignition. So, when you turn that on, it'll send power to the to the computer to turn the computer on, but it'll also send power to this switch. So, that this won't work unless the ignition is on.

[00:02:33]So, you can't just crank the engine over without it.

[00:02:44]I really thought I was wiring this so that, you know, it would only come on when you turned this switch on, but that is not the case. Switch is off, which is really, really, really weird because look, this only has power. I know what's going on. This plug here is just backward. It all still makes sense. It's just that the wire colors here are reversed. Yeah.

[00:03:07]So, now this doesn't have the light on.

[00:03:09]Yep, that's good.

[00:03:18]Oh yeah, that sounds way smoother.

[00:03:33]Okay, just to go over things, tighten a few bolts. I was going to try and adjust the steering a little bit.

[00:03:44]Oh, wow.

[00:03:51]Nice.

[00:03:52]Wow. Hey, look. The brakes work. This is hook up the boost control solenoid here.

[00:04:00]There's three hoses on it. I just need to know where they went. So, I found the diagrams. This one goes to like the airbox. Just gets fresh air. So, right now we don't have an airbox that can just go to figure out where all the hoses were supposed to go and then also find a routing for set hoses and an adapter because the port on the vacuum pump is much larger than this hose because it's also designed to go to a brake booster which we don't have. There is a chance we'll need one. This is a big moment for us. Yeah, it's a very exciting moment. Oh man, this switch panel is so satisfying.

[00:04:26]>> What's crazy is how much louder the turbo is once I hooked up the boost solenoid.

[00:04:30]>> Well, cuz it was just opening the wastegate all the time. Yeah.

[00:04:55]It feels like you're going to die.

[00:05:02]>> Amazing.

[00:05:06]And it sounds even better.

[00:05:07]>> Oh yeah.

[00:05:08]>> I love the What a machine. Oh, it turns so easy.

[00:05:14]What a machine, man.

[00:05:17]This is so trippy.

[00:05:29]This does not feel like real life.