Does the turbo touch the panel?
I'm as far as I can get without buying stuff. Gonna have to wait for a bit.
Edit* well, I guess I can start plumbing the cold side.
Looks badass man
Build Thread The Hoopty Chronicles - New House, New garage, New Car?
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I'm as far as I can get without buying stuff. Gonna have to wait for a bit.
Edit* well, I guess I can start plumbing the cold side.
Looks killer! How's hood clearance looking? I'm gonna be impressed as heck with you if that all fits under the stock hood... Then, I get to copy you!
Yes, but I have to cut a hole for the filter
Looks killer! How's hood clearance looking? I'm gonna be impressed as heck with you if that all fits under the stock hood... Then, I get to copy you!
I was wrooooong. I'll explain later
So, no - The elbow does not fit under the hood as it sits. Also, the attachment point for the TB linkage already hits the valve cover, so I'm going to need a 1" spacer to boot.
Helloooooo reciprocating saw.
Helloooooo reciprocating saw.
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Well, I can't afford to buy/paint a cowl right now. Gonna do something like this:You're going to chop your hood open?
BTW - That's the car I based my build on. 8s on a stock bottom end. I think it now has forged pistons and chinee rods, but it's still very mild and runs haaard
Buddies been 8.51 . Stock rod and crank . .30 over piston . Victor juniors , gt40 lower , downs upper . 76 mm turbo 60 lb injectors and a Pms . On a stock 79 w block
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I happen to think if executed correctly it will look sinister
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Made a quick/dirty tube bumper and mounted the intercooler. Then I ran what piping I could before running out of straight pieces
looks nice but the IC sits a little low IMO. if the car is lowered at all you run the risk of stuff hittin it. mine [same IC] mounted flush with the radiator support.
have you given any thought to facing the tb twards the fire wall? may alleviat some fitment issues...... maybe.... the IC piping will be more intricate but it would be worth it if the hood fits.
have you given any thought to facing the tb twards the fire wall? may alleviat some fitment issues...... maybe.... the IC piping will be more intricate but it would be worth it if the hood fits.
Last night I pulled off a feat I was hoping to prove possible - albeit crudely. I was able to snake the downpipe between the fan shroud, fan, alternator and bracket... Again - very crudely.
Why do I say it like that? All those pics you see on the internet of the fancy-pants stainless turbo systems with the cool heat coloration and beautiful welds - THOSE GUYS ARE ARTISTS.
Take this picture for instance. It's frame worthy.
Who knows how many hours of cutting, shaping, welding, scrapping and starting over are in there - all with thousands of dollars in fancy tools. It's a bit ridiculous, really. It sets false expectations. It's like women with fat shaming, only this is weld shaming.
So that leads to my sloppy-assed work. I spent a couple of hours last night attempting to cut 3" tubing with my portable band saw in straight lines. Iwant need a chop saw. One look at this picture and you'll see why.
At the end of the day though, I'm not ashamed of it. I did what I could with what I had and it's going to work. And it's getting wrapped in header wrap, so you'll never see it anyway. But, with that said, I am going to finish welding it up this weekend and it may actually turn out half decent. Or I may go buy a chop saw and do it all over again. I could make magic with straight cuts and measurable angles, I swear!
Why do I say it like that? All those pics you see on the internet of the fancy-pants stainless turbo systems with the cool heat coloration and beautiful welds - THOSE GUYS ARE ARTISTS.
Take this picture for instance. It's frame worthy.
Who knows how many hours of cutting, shaping, welding, scrapping and starting over are in there - all with thousands of dollars in fancy tools. It's a bit ridiculous, really. It sets false expectations. It's like women with fat shaming, only this is weld shaming.
So that leads to my sloppy-assed work. I spent a couple of hours last night attempting to cut 3" tubing with my portable band saw in straight lines. I
At the end of the day though, I'm not ashamed of it. I did what I could with what I had and it's going to work. And it's getting wrapped in header wrap, so you'll never see it anyway.
But, with that said, I am going to finish welding it up this weekend and it may actually turn out half decent. Or I may go buy a chop saw and do it all over again. I could make magic with straight cuts and measurable angles, I swear!
I wouldn't worry too much about it on engine Masters they took a hammer and almost smashed the header tubes flat engine lost all of 2 horsepower
I feel like that picture was expectation.....reality comparison. Also, if your worried about the way it looks, look a sloppymechanics builds on youtube, he's used junk piping and crappy steel and made 700 horsepower on the junk. Then he spent money for a cleaner look and lost hp.....irony some times
Looking good, keep it up
Looking good, keep it up
I feel like that picture was expectation.....reality comparison. Also, if your worried about the way it looks, look a sloppymechanics builds on youtube, he's used junk piping and crappy steel and made 700 horsepower on the junk. Then he spent money for a cleaner look and lost hp.....irony some times
Looking good, keep it up
Well, I am at least coherent enough to know that what I should expect is subject to the amount that I practice, the resources I have, and the patience to work at it. That said, I expect my work to fall exactly half way between WeldPorn and Matt Happel, hahahahaha. Based on that, I'd rate myself as "Meets expectations".
Jesse James would punch me square in the d*ck for saying I'm ok with not having it perfect.
Perfection= it runs well with a minimum of bs. IMO Welds/pipe look pretty darn good. Good job!
I have to agree, let me dig up the pic of the down pipe I made for a civic.... all so he could keep ac and ps....
it had to do a literal 180* turn. I already had the smallest 3" donut to cut pieces off of and still had to pie cut that in order to make it fit. Bandsaw=sloppy cut.
When in doubt make a small "coupling" out of the same pipe slit down the middle to pop over the joint then weld both sides of it. After that I take a flapper on a drill and clean up the inside of the weld.
When in doubt make a small "coupling" out of the same pipe slit down the middle to pop over the joint then weld both sides of it. After that I take a flapper on a drill and clean up the inside of the weld.
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