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Based on the success of the FB thread, and because im too half arsed to start a build thread, I thought this could be a good place for the turbo 1st gen crowd to showcase our work and bounce ideas of each other.
I'm a bit of a newb at the whole fabrication thing, but have been having a ball knocking up the twin gate manifold, I/c piping ect.
My efforts for today; made up a dump pipe (i think "down pipe" in americanese). Im pretty chuffed with myself, it looks a bit rough, but i think its better than any shop would have done for me.
Its only 3" because any bigger and i would have had to introduce more and more bends , a couple of reducer cones and clearance would have been an issue- its tight enough in there as it is, so what iv got is pretty straight; two 20-25* bends and the wastegate reroute is a pretty much straight shot into the inside radius and down the hole. I put a bit of a twist into it to hopefully follow the vortexing coming from the turbine - its just an idea
I'll be taking all this down to my TIG guy soon to get a pro finnish on all the visible and important welds.
absolutely ******* nothing, its -10F outside and I have no heat in the garage.
only thing that happened to the FB is a mouse pulled a bunch of insulation from the middle carpet carried it over too, and made a nest right next to the turbocharger on my 12 Chevy Sonic; almost started an engine fire.
"Strange that the car almost feels faster with the stocker, probably because the power comes on smoother " Thanks Benjamin, I feel better about my stock Nikki.
(Edit - Sorry didn't realize at some point this became a turbo thread - NA here.)
It's nothing major but ordered some new door aluminum door panels to start on my semi-stripped interior! My interior is currently all over the place as far as quality goes so I feel slightly less shitty for wanting to strip it down a little. Not sure if it's allowed in this kind of forum but the door panels are from LRBspeed, love the look of their aluminum pieces.
12-22-13, 04:49 AM
