turbofan

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just wow. Beautiful work. Props.

HHammerly

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Here is a home made efr going on my project car, a 99 w PS and AC slow progress one hour here and there kind of pace

3rdCarMX5

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That looks great. I'm thinking something similar. How are you going to route the intercooler? Looks tight.

HHammerly

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Don't shoot me but i am going water to air IC, a similar setup that i used on my M45 1.6 w AC and PS if it can keep intake charge cool on that 1.6 @ 8k it will do just fine on this much more efficient turbo setup.
I moved tha AC condencer 2" fwd and installed the oem radiator w u channel caps in its place for cooling the water and going w a koyo and sumitomo fans.

3rdCarMX5

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Use what you already have, I understand. You can always change later. Do you happen to have a jig for the manifold? Didn't you have a cad file with the flange?

HHammerly

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I made a crude fixture with a head and turbo flange that positions each at the correct location relative to each other and then bolted the actual manifold flanges to it and build it from there, i would use 1-1/4 sch 40 but weld fittings insread of the 1-1/2 i used if i was to do it again, it will make the manifold more compact for a better fit and keep higher exhaust velocity most likley improoving spool; i am considering buildimg another one just for those reasons.

Leafy

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Sounds exactly like what I did, except I did use 1.25 sch40 steam pipe. I also used solid works to print out 1:1 scale side views of each bend so that I could match them up perfectly when cutting.

HHammerly

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I don't have SW and have been asking my boss to let me purchase a seat, for the time being i purchased Inventor LT suite on my own so i can draw parts and get by for the time being, one great trick i started using is a line laser from a small bench top drill that i use for marking the parts before cutting them, that saved a lot of fitting and sanding.

nitrodann

Adding to the twincharged post.



Dann

shlammed

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Start of a top mount BP turbo manifold for a CRAZY NB.




4-1 TiAL Vband Collector by HellaFab, on Flickr

Erat

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This is the result of working in a shop where you're not the only welder.



I didn't have enough time to finish the other night, i come in today to find it "finished".
I think it's pretty clear where i left off.

Leafy

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At least the other guy choose to use the tig rather than a poorly setup spool gun.

Erat

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Implying I used a spool gun?

Leafy

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I was making the ol' swicharoo joke.

Erat

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I've used a spool gun once. It worked but it was kind of annoying to use.

Supe

Nothing exciting, just welded up a rocker box for my roll cage down bars to tie into instead of floor plates. POS Matco MIG welder and .030" wire.

(Note: Looks like SS plate, but is just cold rolled strip)

nitrodann

Dann

richyvrlimited

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That' looks really tidy Dan, very nice work.

Looks like you could almost get the OEM heatshield over the top for an ultra stealth install.

nitrodann

Thanks, thats the idea, we will see how we go

Dann

shlammed

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or a heatsheild from a Nissan sr20 manifold would likely fit even better, being that the manifolds are that general shape.