New Turbo kit
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Joined: Jun 2003
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New Turbo kit
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
mmmm 4:00a.m sparklers. My neighbors just love me
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.
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
The turbo is front facing so it could get a little more of a ram air effect.
The downpipe is 3.5 inches. Its a little overkill but its the only piie I had lying around besides 2.5
Finished product
No need for mandrels on the charge pipes.
I curved this charge pipe so it wouldn't block the flow of air going into the compressor
Stealthmoding the pipework :P
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...
Here's my mandrel bender
mmmm 4:00a.m sparklers. My neighbors just love me
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.
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
The turbo is front facing so it could get a little more of a ram air effect.
The downpipe is 3.5 inches. Its a little overkill but its the only piie I had lying around besides 2.5
Finished product
No need for mandrels on the charge pipes.
I curved this charge pipe so it wouldn't block the flow of air going into the compressor
Stealthmoding the pipework :P
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...
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 21,468
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)
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.
