car is coming together nicely. cant wait till the finished product

 

nice bro, looks sick w/ the lights finally in

 

Started running the downpipe for the turbo setup yesterday, as you can see I need another set of V-band flanges to complete it. I dont really need it but if I want easy removal like I do I am putting another v-band right at the bend. Boy is it a tight fit past the steering rack!





More updates to come!

 

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn, thats craazy... you better wrap the hell out of that downpipe

 

again /drool

 

are you planning on jet coating the pipes or just hella wrapping them?

 

I dunno, I may not wrap them or coat them at all for the bling factor, im thinking a heat shield around the brake MC should be all I need, I could be wrong.

 

I dunno... I've seen some downpipes glow red.

 

This is true too hmm decisions decisions, problem is I want function as well as looks, as shiny and nice looking as the stainless is I would hate to cover it up with some dull wrap.

 

make a shield i guess, to cover the vavle cover at least.

 

Awesome looking - I love the turbo up front. Just realized you are in Cinci - you aren't far (~1 hour). If you need anything let me know. Looking forward to seeing the completed thing, hopefully in person

 

PM sent.

 

Incredible build! Looking at some pics through the thread and though I ask you something. Your welder, is he purging the tubing from the inside with argon while welding? This is very important because if he didn't the inside of the pipe will look like there is "crums" glued to it. These metal crums (over time) can fall off and fly through your turbo and damage the turbine. Just something to keep in mind. Whenever I tig weld tubing I use a second argon bottle (tape both ends of pipe shut) and regulator to push any oxygen out from the inside of the pipe. This makes the inside very smooth.

Keep up the great work, and tell your welder to put some gloves on. I have seen guys with 3rd degree burns from the intense UV.

 

Yeah we have not been doing back purging, but I am going to run a hone bit through everything real well before I run it since everything before the turbo is pretty short sections, we just havent got a second argon bottle yet, which is why we stopped going over the welds on the headers. This has been an issue thats been brought up, were going to take care of it. Thanks for the heads up/warning

 

Sorry, didn't relize that it has been covered. Good luck with the rest of the project.

 

No need to apologize it was brought up between me and my welder not here on the thread. I thank you for your concern, its nice to know people are genuinely concerned for others.

 

There have been a few times we've melted casing due to a lack of a heat shield of some sort.

 

FWIW...Jet-Hot's Sterling coatings are very bling:

http://www.jet-hot.com/headercoatings.html

 

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I've just finished readin ur thread and I want more. Great work man and good luck with the project.

 

wow just wow completely amazing read everything single post and everything man propss to you big time +1 cant wait to see when its finished keep up the crazy amazing work