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New Turbo kit
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Well it was my 2 week vacation from school and I tried to build a new turbo kit. I got everything done except for welding up my manifold. So I have basically a completed turbo kit that I won't be able to drive and feel the results for the next 3 months :'(
Here's my mandrel bender Attachment 38769 Attachment 38770 mmmm 4:00a.m sparklers. My neighbors just love me Attachment 38771 Here's what the insides of my bends look like. They flow just as well as a $25 mandrel bend but can be made for a fraction of the price. Attachment 38772 Here's the manifold that I was unable to finish. I could have welded it with mine but I wouldn't be as confident as if I used a stronger welder. This is the whole reason the kit isn't done right now Attachment 38773 Attachment 38774 The turbo is front facing so it could get a little more of a ram air effect. Attachment 38775 The downpipe is 3.5 inches. Its a little overkill but its the only piie I had lying around besides 2.5 Attachment 38776 Finished product Attachment 38777 No need for mandrels on the charge pipes. https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/Dsc00147.jpg I curved this charge pipe so it wouldn't block the flow of air going into the compressor https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/Dsc00115.jpg Stealthmoding the pipework :P Attachment 38778 Semi finished product. Notice the only mandrel bend in the whole kit. I had to include it so Jeff couldn't give me ----... That's my kit, too bad I can't try it out for 3 months since I'm leaving for school in 10 minutes. The specs on the kit are: T3/T4 .60 compressor .63 turbine 57 trim Tyrus 8.5 inch intercooler Greddy Type-S BOV Custom Whitey Bent charge pipes ;) Custom manifold 3.5 inch downpipe 38mm Tial wastegate uberdata DSM 450's plx m300 wideband Tell me what you think... |
Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
looks good
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
Looks like you had about 3 days worth of welding on your "Whitey bends". ;) Looks good. It looks like the quality is a step up on this one. :)
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
you didn't fail, you just didn't finish yet ;)
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
if I could weld straight I'd use whitey bends, but until then it's free crush bends for me since I have a hookup on that ----.
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
you didnt fail.....just didnt finish but i know it will be a bomb setup though
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
The manifold is pimp, good work. The finished product should be hella nice and different.
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
i wonder how much more that little d can take
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
uhm...
wheres your wastegate? |
Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
Originally Posted by Kyle
if I could weld straight I'd use whitey bends, but until then it's free crush bends for me since I have a hookup on that ----.
I read somewhere where someone did dyno comparison tests on crush bent pipes and mandrel bends and the only difference was about 8hp. yeah, thats alot, but I think it could be picked up elsewhere... if I can find the thread, I will post it in another thread. |
Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
good job
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
I know I didn't completely fail but I wanted to get this kit done before I went to school. And since Saturday was the 1 year annaversary of the TT kit I thought it would be cool if I finished my other kit on the same day. Now I have this badass new setup that I'm dying to try out and I can't even see the car for another 3 months cause now I'm up at school.
I also like this setup cause now there's soo much room in the front of the car compared to my clusterfuck of the other kit. And the greatest thing is, is that I only spent about $150.00 on all the piping, welding and manifold supplies.
Originally Posted by Kyle
if I could weld straight I'd use whitey bends, but until then it's free crush bends for me since I have a hookup on that ----.
Trust me if you used Whitey bends on the third one you'll be welding as straight as an arrow. Just look at how much practice your getting and all it takes it practice to become a good welder
Originally Posted by Dr.Boost
Looks like you had about 3 days worth of welding on your "Whitey bends". ;) Looks good. It looks like the quality is a step up on this one. :)
Actually when everything is tacked and you just sit down to run the beads you can do it pretty fast cause your basically going nonstop. Cutting and cleaning the slices is actually the most time consuming part of the process :-\
Originally Posted by Ravage70
i wonder how much more that little d can take
This d is going to take a severe ass kicking when its together becuase I picked up another Z6 longblock at the u-pull-it for $83.00 so there will be no mercy shown to this motor. And its also my uberdata learning/test motor so it'll definitely be dead in a short time. But I plan to scatter it at the track becuase I have a cool nitrous setup that's been dying to be sprayed on top of the boost.
Originally Posted by ssl2k
wheres your wastegate?
Wastegates are for pussies and since I'm building this for max boost I've decided not to use one. j/k Its just not pictured but the flange is on there. Its closer to the driver's side. It was a little more complicated to get it in there but its easier to run the dumptube out of the car |
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man that thing is sexy. and that manifold gave you an ass load of room for the down pipe. i bought some mandrel benmds for my piping but when i ran out i did the "whitey bends" method. came out pretty nice. but i was using a sawzall but my piping and had to do a lot of grinding to get the surface flat. nice job though. thant manifold looks amazing
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
what kind of blade are you running on your saw? i was getting tired of cutting with my reciprocating saw by the 2nd 90 bend..
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
that looks sweet!
i wish i had the space to do that kind of work. a double garage in a urban neighborhood isn't the best place to do work on your car :( what kind of paint did you use on the piping??? |
Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
lookin good man......how does the bumper fit over the huge ic?
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
so do you just cut a bunch of angled pieces and just take from your selection to make the bend you need, or do you figure out what you need for the bend first?
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
Damn, I could never be patient enough for making whitey bends, but those things are hot. Another HMT original. ;)
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
Originally Posted by green91
what kind of blade are you running on your saw? i was getting tired of cutting with my reciprocating saw by the 2nd 90 bend..
Its a 10 inch metal cutting blade that you can pick up at Home-Depot. Just make sure you get a metal cutting blade and not for masonary. I do go through blades quick, I used 2 making this kit
Originally Posted by EFHatch
what kind of paint did you use on the piping???
Its flat black out of a rattle can. I wasn't going to paint them but I hated how the welds would always rust. Now that I see they look better than no paint I'm glad I did
Originally Posted by djfob
lookin good man......how does the bumper fit over the huge ic?
like ----... my bumper is soo hacked up from the original kit that I'm going to go get a new bumper and start over
Originally Posted by Kyle
so do you just cut a bunch of angled pieces and just take from your selection to make the bend you need, or do you figure out what you need for the bend first?
It depends, I usually cut a bunch of 15 degree angles on both ends so it takes 4 to make a 90. They make it easy to curve pipes around things cause you just rotate the angle a little and you can create a smaller or longer or angled bend. But sometimes I do have to cut some custom ones
Originally Posted by Stealthmode
Damn, I could never be patient enough for making whitey bends, but those things are hot. Another HMT original. ;)
I could never be dicipline enough to pay for mandrel bends. Its funny that you think they're good looking becuase before everyone wanted to vomit when they first saw them. |
Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
Quote from: ssl2k on August 30, 2004, 04:46:07 PM
wheres your wastegate? Wastegates are for pussies and since I'm building this for max boost I've decided not to use one. j/k Its just not pictured but the flange is on there. Its closer to the driver's side. It was a little more complicated to get it in there but its easier to run the dumptube out of the car I was like, "Wait he can't do that" "Can he do that?" "What's going to happen?" "This guy really is crazy." |
Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
i bet the whitey bends flow better than crinkle bends
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
yea they drfinately flow better than crinckle bends, hey it don't look like you got much to go on that setup. those whitey bends look like the take alot longer to put together than a mandrel bent charge pipe though, maybe that's what's holding you back. ---- jc whitney has madrel nebds for $12. for 2 1/2". to each his own i guess. i'd pull a couple all nighters to finish it up.
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
The bends do flow better than crush pipe becuase the idea is to maintain the same inside diameter. when the diameter changes (like with crush bends) it causes the air to speed up than slow down causing a loss in velocity and power.
Again, I can't finish the kit until Thanksgiving at the earliest becuase I'm now at school and a 4 hour drive from the car. :-\ The reason it didnt get done was becuase I never found the time to make it over to my friends house to use his welder to finish the manifold. The entire kit is complete except for running the beads on the manifold. So I only have about 45 minutes left of welding to do and about a half hour to install everything... |
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wow, that sucks. having to wait til thanksgiving to finish it. i had a manifold, turbo, gauges, tubbing, in may last year and not til june this year was it til i got to install my turbo. blame it on lack of funds. i lost total interest in boosting my car for a while, good thing i never sold anything while i waited. well thanksgiving is only 3 months away, it'll get here before you know it. i know i would loose control and come back home for the weekend and finish it.lol. that manifold looks super trick though.
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
Nice job whitey.I gotta try those whitey bends on the next project ;).
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whitey im gonna call that manifold the "green goblin" ;D
yea man i like the charge pipes, good job. so how many kits have been on that engine anyway? |
Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
Originally Posted by crx2fast
whitey im gonna call that manifold the "green goblin" ;D
yea man i like the charge pipes, good job. so how many kits have been on that engine anyway? So far this is only the second, I haven't really had the car that long. I think this is the last one than the car is getting sold. |
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Originally Posted by Whitey
Wastegates are for pussies and since I'm building this for max boost I've decided not to use one.
interesting manifold design, very cool to see things being done differently. and very high tech with that spiffy mandrel bender hehehe ;D |
Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
Originally Posted by Whitey
Originally Posted by crx2fast
whitey im gonna call that manifold the "green goblin" ;D
yea man i like the charge pipes, good job. so how many kits have been on that engine anyway? So far this is only the second, I haven't really had the car that long. I think this is the last one than the car is getting sold. |
Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
Whitey, you rock, i'm hosting your pictures forever.
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
well... your old ones, i'm not hosting these ones.
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
Originally Posted by Turbo90Accord4DR
well... your old ones, i'm not hosting these ones.
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Originally Posted by Turbo90Accord4DR
well... your old ones, i'm not hosting these ones.
For some reason every time I try to load images from my new camera onto your site it won't let me. And yes, I do rock 8) |
Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
Originally Posted by Whitey
For some reason every time I try to load images from my new camera onto your site it won't let me.
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
looks good! im diggin those bends.
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
Your Whitey bends are JDM style yO. I always saw chargepipes and exhausts done that way on JDM tuner cars from various tuner shops. Well done whitey!
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Originally Posted by stillnoturbo
Your Whitey bends are JDM style yO. I always saw chargepipes and exhausts done that way on JDM tuner cars from various tuner shops. Well done whitey!
serenitity now serenitity now, Just becuase one jap did it doesn't make it JDM. I HATE jdm...god bless America |
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damn those whitey bends are badass, I just wouldn't have enough patience to go at that. :-\
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Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
Originally Posted by Whitey
Just look at how much practice your getting and all it takes it practice to become a good welder
Also your my hero !!! Also you can make MUCH more complex bends, vs trying not to use all your perfect, pretty little mand. bends !!! AND THE ICING ON THE CAKE ( which happens to be the reason I used "the Whitely bends"!!! With man. Bends you have to use 800 connectors, which are going to leak/ come off sooner or later, and chasing boost leaks is just gay... You could weld all your mand. bends, but then your a Dumb ass for not builting your own bends since you already have the main tool... I use a $60 14'' abrassive saw for harbor freight ( it works great, minus a litte bit of a sharp edge everytime it cuts ). and Up until just resently I used a 85amp $150 flux-core welder... I liked welding soooo much I bought a 120amp gas mig welder. Whitely, did I meantion your my hero... ( Ok, I'll stop, even I'm feeling a little gay... UUHHHH.. ) |
Re:Tried to make a new turbo kit and failed.... (lots of pics)
Also... that DP is "the ----"... Thanx.
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