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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

well this morning i woke up and thought it was worth a shot to see if there was a turbo at the junkyard:
http://www.newbieforces.com/files/t36063.JPG
60/63 T3 from a 84 Cougar XR7 2.3L....

http://www.newbieforces.com/files/welder.JPG
;D Lincoln '3500HD Weld-Pak' or some ----....basicly a 135amp gas ready MIG and a little gay lookin cart... also got some welding gloves, better mask, and an angle grinder while i was there...

if your woundering...yes i have been welding for MANY years ::)
http://www.newbieforces.com/files/weld1.JPG
yes i know...should have bought a desent camera too...anyway so thats my first weld :-X ....it is pretty strong though, i hit it wiht the hammer a couple times and it didnt break.

http://www.newbieforces.com/files/weld2.JPG
another one, was just ------ around trying to get the hang of using the welder...


anyway so im all happy and ----, just thought i would share :-*

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You went to the junkyard to look for a turbo and found a welder? ???

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umm...




hate to break it to you, but that isn't a turbo ;D

-sean

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think i accidently deleted what i was writing?? anyway...STOP POSTING SO ------ QUICK...dont even give me a sec to fix it :P

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I still havent decided to get mine.Im a cheap basterd and would rather have the money in the bank.Good buy though.Have fun!

Oh theres the turbo now :P

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btw....dont weld on wood :-X haha...

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Nice buy! I was looking at a welder like that the other day, I think I'll be picking up one of those puppies at the end of the month.

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how much did that set you back? i am a complete noob when it comes to welders, i wanna learn through trial and error on how to make my own manifold so what would be the most economical welder and how much will it set me back?

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well the turbo was...'not too expensive' (i will leave it at that) and the welder was $437 + 30 for helmet + 9 for gloves...being able to say i did it myself: priceless :P

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sweet man, i've got a 110, but i want to get at least a 135 so i can weld some decent manifolds, i'm about to take a class at the community college too to learn some skilz. i don't see much room for improvement on your welds ;) btw, i bet that .x/.x turbo spools up nice :P

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See, thats why I dont even go to the local junkyards anymore. Dustin is having sex with all the girls who are working up front and knows when every turbo car is getting processed.. you ass :P

Anyways.. good snag dustin!

Still cant beat my starion intercooler deal with all the pipes for $8.50 at pull a part, lol.. "Ya, its a heatercore out of a van" rofl, I'll never forget that.

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then you put it on ebay....


i tried that heater core ---- last time with an intercooler, it was even a Probe intercooler it looks like a heater core....just with 1.75" pipes ::) she wasnt buyin that, guess there getting smarter there....assholes tried to charge me for the O2 in the turbo, hand to take that ---- out there (usually use a hammer, its a 3 wire, no use to me)...

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:-X I was down there yesterday, and there was some 'questionable' counter chicks lol

That XR7 musta just come in cause' I searched the whole dam yard. I can always tell when Dustin worked on a car, theres coke cans everywhere :P

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Actually I used it, had the end tanks rewelded, then sold it for 220 :)


You just didnt say that.. come on, you live in the state capital of young (oh so sweet) nyphmo collage girls. I get wood as soon as I hit the sign that says "entering bellingham" ;)

that ---- right there is comedy! ;D

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came out in the yard early in the morning...that mean you grabbed the tranny monday then? cuz it wasnt there late monday when i stopped by (the XR7 was hiding in the holding area, just a small "EFITurbo" emblem on the fender, thats why i came back)...

everett doesnt have hot chicks. they are usually hiding at lynnwood ;) no coke can on the XR7....threw it across a row into/onto a sable or something

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Ohh yeah, got the tranny and rear diff. Gonna open that ---- up and see what needs to be done to get a 50/50 torque split outa the poor bastard.

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i got a garrett t25 and an intercooler from a g2 rx7 for about 270 USD. i was pretty stoked about that.

http://www.masterydesign.com/ben/garret-t25-2.jpg

no shaft play, water and oil cooled. i just need to figure out how to rotate the compressor. and i need to get the wastegate welded shut or get a plate to cover it cause i wanna run an external wastegate.

*thumbs up*

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ummmmmmmmmmmmm............ you got ripped off. a good t25 can be had for a little over a hundred bucks, and smic's are a dime a dozen :-\

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^^^^^hahahaaha, WTF? $270?! :o :-X
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Thats not a t25, its a 60./48.AR T3. That still a little high but its a great turbo so not as bad as a t25 for that price.

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You guys are mean....poor fella was so happy with his new turbo and intercooler... :-\

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he could have had a whole turbo kit for that much :-X

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Jeff / Dustin - where is this pull a part located? I go to the one in Kent off of the Williams exit on 167th.

I really dont want to go back there for a p/s pump bracket if I could just go over here thats closer.

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you should have said something earlier, i threw a couple away...

there is one in Lynnwood on 99 across from Bent Bike, and one in everett half a block sound of my work/schucks also on 99....also one in tacoma, but i have no idea where it is...

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there are a few in Tacoma. The U-Fix-it honda isnt a pull a part yard though. billed me $82 for a used 1 wire 02. i really needed it though, so It was worth it. isnt JHill associated with that place?

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U-Fix is a bunch of -----s....I walked into their yard once while the gate was opened, not thinking it wasnt a go grab it place....

Needless to say I got hell for walking in there. So I asked them to get me my Radiator fan....$60 I walked away and laughed (the $5k GSR motor was funny too)

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OMG...i think i might be getting the hang of this...i would get doing better if the ------ breaker in the garage wouldnt pop every 2-5 minutes!!! >:( guess what my first project is? welding mild steel to cast :P so the welder is cranked up to put some heat into that bitch... power goes out... watch fatty weld glow for a minute ;) i will probly post pics of it tomarrow night in the FI forum when im finished (welding a T3 plate to a HF manifold), giving up for the night, cuz its a little hard to find the breaker box in the dark ::)...

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I really need to get a welder. It sounds like so much fun. :D

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yeah, nothing like sparks and fuseing two peices of metal together with fire/heat ;D and this is just the begining...still need a DP, exhaust....this will keep me busy forever 8)

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that's amazing that your welds are holding, I must really suck at welding. does your welder pulse with the wire feed or is it constant? mine pulses and pisses me off.