Turbo Update...

[01SportChic]

So I finally got the car in the shop this past Saturday, and got some of the piping up. I tacked it all together with the mig, then pulled it all off so I'll be welding it all together with the tig this Thursday on my day off. I'll keep you guys guessing as to how the setup will come out to . I forgot to get more pics of the driver side, but we got the down pipe and turbo -> headers both just about past the a-arms.....

p.s. don't make fun of my welding on the turbo flange...that was my first time using filler rod with the Tig :X LOLOL

Pass. side v-band

Under the turbo, Downpipe started

Pass. Side turbo -> Headers

Driver Side Downpipe

I just thought this was funny. The inner pipe is my 3" downpipe inside of one of my b/f's customer's 4 1/2" downpipe LOL! :violent4:

 

[Win]

Which Turbo are you using??? What power to do you expect to make ??

 

[ProKiller]

good start you got there. that bracket by the crank looks awefully close. make sure its got some room.

 

[01SportChic]

Which Turbo are you using??? What power to do you expect to make ??

I am using kinda a mutt turbo, but it should work out pretty good for my car. It is a Garrett 67mm compressor housing with a Master Power exhaust housing. With the current setup on 10lbs of boost my car should make around 400-450rwhp. With the new motor, definitely will be looking at higher numbers

good start you got there. that bracket by the crank looks awefully close. make sure its got some room.

Thanks! Oh everything has plenty of room..the bracket looks alot closer than it really is because of the angle of the picture.

 

[Steve-Oh]

Using all stainless pipe?!

 

[Hoseitdown]

Looks good Danielle.

 

[blown98gt]

use a master power T72 lol

 

[foss_94gt]

looking good

 

[01SportChic]

Using all stainless pipe?!

Hell Yea!

I'm going baller status!!! LOL

 

[eliyarbrough]

Looks very good! You won't see me typing about you welds. I doubt I'm even smart enough to turn it on! You are doing it yourself, will never talk bad about this work. Can't wait to see more of it!!

 

[blown98gt]

hurry finish, pull it all off and make a replica for me i'll pay

 

[Petek]

the tig weld on the turbo flange doesnt look sealed at all. glad to see ur atleast stepping up to the tig though, mig welding pipe, butt-end always looks horrible to me. why arent you using SS filler rod and SS mig wire though?

 

[01SportChic]

the tig weld on the turbo flange doesnt look sealed at all. glad to see ur atleast stepping up to the tig though, mig welding pipe, butt-end always looks horrible to me. why arent you using SS filler rod and SS mig wire though?

the turbo flange is sealed completely...maybe because of the angle or distance of the picture it doesn't look right. I did use SS filler rod with he tig on the flange, but I am not using rod when butting the pipes together. As for the mig, I only tacked them on, now that the piping is off I am grinding down the tacks and welding it all with the tig.

 

[Dalamar]

Looks good!
it's tight fitting all those pipes infront and under the motor - I know this from my car
You've got some welding ahead of you! Good luck on the progress of the build.

Hell Yea!

I'm going baller status!!! LOL

LOL, that's awsome.

 

[94darkhorse]

Nice progress so far. Can't wait to see the final product.

 

[Petek]

the tig weld on the turbo flange doesnt look sealed at all. glad to see ur atleast stepping up to the tig though, mig welding pipe, butt-end always looks horrible to me. why arent you using SS filler rod and SS mig wire though?

the turbo flange is sealed completely...maybe because of the angle or distance of the picture it doesn't look right. I did use SS filler rod with he tig on the flange, but I am not using rod when butting the pipes together. As for the mig, I only tacked them on, now that the piping is off I am grinding down the tacks and welding it all with the tig.

buety, from the distance it looked a little dirty for SS rod. do you plan on purging the insides of the pipes will melting them together?

 

[01SportChic]

the tig weld on the turbo flange doesnt look sealed at all. glad to see ur atleast stepping up to the tig though, mig welding pipe, butt-end always looks horrible to me. why arent you using SS filler rod and SS mig wire though?

the turbo flange is sealed completely...maybe because of the angle or distance of the picture it doesn't look right. I did use SS filler rod with he tig on the flange, but I am not using rod when butting the pipes together. As for the mig, I only tacked them on, now that the piping is off I am grinding down the tacks and welding it all with the tig.

buety, from the distance it looked a little dirty for SS rod. do you plan on purging the insides of the pipes will melting them together?

When my b/f put together his tt kit, he used no filler rod on almost the entire hot side. The only time he used it was at angles like flanges and whatnot. We tested the weld without the rod beforehand by welding a 2 1/4" pipe, then crushed it in the vice and took a hammer to the top of the pipe to see if it would break at the weld, but it melted together perfectly.


And I agree with the dirty part. I am thinking it is because the pipe we used to weld onto the flange was a piece we cut off an 05+ factory exhaust...the bends were Perfect! LOL Although the pipe off the exhaust is definitely ss, my b/f is thinking it is just a cheaper made stainless.

 

[Petek]

the tig weld on the turbo flange doesnt look sealed at all. glad to see ur atleast stepping up to the tig though, mig welding pipe, butt-end always looks horrible to me. why arent you using SS filler rod and SS mig wire though?

the turbo flange is sealed completely...maybe because of the angle or distance of the picture it doesn't look right. I did use SS filler rod with he tig on the flange, but I am not using rod when butting the pipes together. As for the mig, I only tacked them on, now that the piping is off I am grinding down the tacks and welding it all with the tig.

buety, from the distance it looked a little dirty for SS rod. do you plan on purging the insides of the pipes will melting them together?

When my b/f put together his tt kit, he used no filler rod on almost the entire hot side. The only time he used it was at angles like flanges and whatnot. We tested the weld without the rod beforehand by welding a 2 1/4" pipe, then crushed it in the vice and took a hammer to the top of the pipe to see if it would break at the weld, but it melted together perfectly.


And I agree with the dirty part. I am thinking it is because the pipe we used to weld onto the flange was a piece we cut off an 05+ factory exhaust...the bends were Perfect! LOL Although the pipe off the exhaust is definitely ss, my b/f is thinking it is just a cheaper made stainless.

didnt mean to sound like a jackass, just curious. Yah we do a lot of 14g and 16g Stainless work. if its melted together right, its pretty strong. my only fear with SS is it doesnt hold up well to years of repetitive heat cycles, it gets hard and cracks in the stress areas, which usually isnt a problem because people that run turbos seem to change up for bigger and better all the time. But the work looks Great! keep it up.

 

[01SportChic]

the tig weld on the turbo flange doesnt look sealed at all. glad to see ur atleast stepping up to the tig though, mig welding pipe, butt-end always looks horrible to me. why arent you using SS filler rod and SS mig wire though?

the turbo flange is sealed completely...maybe because of the angle or distance of the picture it doesn't look right. I did use SS filler rod with he tig on the flange, but I am not using rod when butting the pipes together. As for the mig, I only tacked them on, now that the piping is off I am grinding down the tacks and welding it all with the tig.

buety, from the distance it looked a little dirty for SS rod. do you plan on purging the insides of the pipes will melting them together?

When my b/f put together his tt kit, he used no filler rod on almost the entire hot side. The only time he used it was at angles like flanges and whatnot. We tested the weld without the rod beforehand by welding a 2 1/4" pipe, then crushed it in the vice and took a hammer to the top of the pipe to see if it would break at the weld, but it melted together perfectly.


And I agree with the dirty part. I am thinking it is because the pipe we used to weld onto the flange was a piece we cut off an 05+ factory exhaust...the bends were Perfect! LOL Although the pipe off the exhaust is definitely ss, my b/f is thinking it is just a cheaper made stainless.

didnt mean to sound like a jackass, just curious. Yah we do a lot of 14g and 16g Stainless work. if its melted together right, its pretty strong. my only fear with SS is it doesnt hold up well to years of repetitive heat cycles, it gets hard and cracks in the stress areas, which usually isnt a problem because people that run turbos seem to change up for bigger and better all the time. But the work looks Great! keep it up.

no, don't think you are sounding like a jackass at all!

Although the stainless would look pretty good bare, I'll definitely be getting it all coated once it is done, hopefully that'll help keep it strong. I'm hoping to have this setup for a while, and when it's time to upgrade hopefully I'll only need a bigger turbo, and not a whole new setup LOL