ok, so ive got my car up on the racks this week as i drive the beater honda crv around trying to gather parts to finish up the turbo project. i've gotten most of it taken care of, what i have left to do is finish the charge piping, run oil and coolant lines, and wire up the new injectors. damn, makes it sound so easy when i put just those three things, but i've spent like $100 in couplers/adapters/connectors/etc. just little stuff u have to have to make it work. this thing is a bitch, but i think it'll totally be with it in the end. remains to be seen. anyway i know u guys love pictures so here ya go, my work so far:




homemade downpipe and ghetto cheapass welding setup

 

Looks clean so far
got any brighter pics of the downpipe?

 

i'll get some good ones tomorrow, its just tack welded right now cuz i dont trust the arc welder's ability to make quality welds, i'm having a friend tig weld it for me tomorrow. cant wait to get this ---- up and running, i just got my plx m300 and have no way to test this puppy out

 

looks good, cleanest hf mani ever!

 

looking good....

i have the exact welder..... and its ----.... i'm in prosecc of returning it to the store...

that hf mani has been painted, there is now way its gonna look like this.

 

Looks good man. I've got about the same progress on mine

 

There you go.

 

haha, it won't be for long, i used 1400 degree paint on it, but i doubt it'll hold up with the heat the turbo puts out. i give it about 2-3 weeks b4 it's rust colored again.

 

thanks bro, coulda done that myself on photoshop but i'm too lazy :P i just set it on jpeg on my digital camera and unload it to a folder and host it. saves me a lil time.

 

got a lil bit finished today, mounted up the intercooler. check out the frontal view:

pretty bad *** i think, being able to see the compressor side of the turbo and the wastegate from the front. also- i know somebody's gonna jump on me for putting the intercooler there, since it's gonna get radiant heat off the hot side of the turbo, that's why i fabricated a heatshield to go over the exhaust housing.