the redusing elbows are rubber and all the piping is metal.

 

Well, the rubber elbows fit inside the intercooler reducers/couplers. The way we create the seal was to put a small piece of the pipe inside the rubber elbow. Then we tightened down the intercooler reducer/coupler which has the rubber elbow inside which has the small piece of pipe inside.

That explanify it for you?

 

any updates on this project yet?....

 

Again, i apologize for not updating this thread as often as i should. We have been working diligently on it - i swear. Just so many LITTLE things to work out. We finally got most of them worked out (like the brakes, etc); most importantly - the issue with the FPR allowing WAY too much fuel through and very SEVERELY flooding the motor. Come to find out, we had the return line hooked up wrong!!! lol.

Anyway, the car does finally run AND drive on it's own. Now i need to register it and get it too a muffler shop! lol

It felt sooooo good to be driving it again! Even if it was a short drive. All this effort, time, money, blood, sweat, and tears (did I mention money?) is most definitely worth it! I can't believe it is all finally paying off! I'm not out of the woods yet though. it is running a little rough still and it seems to hesitate just as I am hitting boost. On top of that, my tach isn't working. So, if y'all have some advice on that, i'd be happy to hear it!

Anyway, here are some pix of me driving it for the first time since FEBRUARY!!!!!

 

man thats so awesome. i cant believe i never saw this before. thats some really awesome work you guys have done. congrats. i cant wait to see the finished project.

 

thats sooo pretty

 

^^ Thanks guys! Believe me, I'm looking forward to the "finished project" as well! lol

 

good luck..... looks great..... you've come a long way.....

 

looking good man, glad to hear that its coming along well.

 

not to shaby man mine should be racing this thrus day long as i dont brake anything b4 then woot

 

I'm gonna be do'in a blow through on my 12a as well. I have a T3 turbo, couple carbs to pick from, and carb hat already. It'll be a nice partner for my supercharged SE. I'll have the best of both worlds. The 12a is strictly a budget project, $500 in the car, $600 spent on repairs and new cd player and the turbo project should run under $500. I am thinking about a TII intercooler and a small scoop (only because budget is priority one, goal is to get the most for the least hand have the resale value be greater than the investment).

 

^ sounds fun! good luck!

Well, just a quick update. Got the car registered, the exhaust hung, and took it to paint and body! She'll be gone from the yard for a month or two, so i guess i will have to go visit every now and again.

 

Dropped by the body shop the other day to check on her . . .

 

what kit is that...er was it, and what airdam is that being integrated?

 

man i think if that airdam didnt have them damn corners on it it would look pretty good..

 

I'm thinking that the only thing i don't like is the corners of the front bumper. Been thinking about trimming them off for a while now. If they went, the bumper would look more round, I think it would look more sleek (and less ricey). Then again, i could take my usual **** retentive / demented approach and keep them for the sole purpose of making it a rice sleeper. Meening - It looks like rice, so everyone rags on it, until i blow them away.

I'm not sure what bumper/air dam it is. I wanted a wide body, and the guy i bought it from threw it in with the fenders. So, i really don't know.

 

i dont know if i would remove it all together, maybe just make it more subtle, maybe reduce it some, i think it would be worse in the opposite direction if you removed it completely. i think it also needs to be blended better from the the fender ripple to the airdam rippple. which it looks like is happening.

Edit: on seco d thought, i think it would look pretty good if you took the corners off, if the bumper was blended to the fenders.

 

more importantly how is it boosting?

 

Tthat's one wild *** front end, never seen one like it before. You will need to take the drop line on the front fender and carry it into the air dam, otherwise the cutoff will look wrong.

From my experience with my widebody you will need to be extremely careful with your front end extending out that far. I've torn mine up simply getting in and out of my driveway. Catching the front lip has cracked the fender over the wheelwell in the 10 oclock position. If I could find stock height springs with the same stiffness as the Eibachs, I'd probably use them to raise the front of mine.

 

what gadge sheet metal did you use for the rust repair?

 

Nice projecy mate, Not a fan of the front bumper tho.

 

I kinda like the front bumper...most of the widebody from airdams look funny if you ask me...this makes the car alittle more aggressive looking...need some more pics...is it painted yet

 

that front bumper sticks out too far forward --->be very carefull when you drive that thing. it can really mess up all that hard work put into it.

 

It's boosting quite nicely!

I'm still debating with myself about the corners on the bumper. I look at it one time, and i like them, then i look at it again and i hate them. Ugh. Decisions. Photochop anyone?

 

hey man im with you on the corner thing... I dont like them at all makes the call look like a transformer snowplow