with a suspended liscense and a gf to drive me around, i was able to dump some money into the car this summer (and buy a dirtbike )

so i tried to get rid of some of the hmt roots and upgrade a few things i saw necessary





ching chang meow manifold ($75 shipped) with a brace that goes to the bottom of the block. I jumped on it and it didnt move. Hoping to get a year out of it


heres the brace


made the dumptube ive always wanted. It exits out in front of the right tire.


got the HF welding pretty good making it. It was my first real practice welding.




i know, i fucked up and drilled with the wrong size hole saw so i ended up ------- up the bumper. But im putting a piece of sheetmetal on overtop anyway, just havent got around to making it yet


str rail, greddy fpr, RC 550's, and a 255lph in the tank. Fuel system should be pretty straight for 20+psi


t3/t4 .48stage III, i think its a .50ar on the compressor but not really sure. new much easier to remove/install and less ghetto oil line (thanks stevemode)




the deltagate and a bonus shot of the crazy dumptube. Whitey bends FTW!

 

nice red x's

 

pics fixed, and i know its ching chong meow.. i've been saying chang recently though

i just ordered a box plenum venom knockoff from obx as well. I'll add some pics when it gets here after the weekend

 

Nice work on the brace for the mani. Did you only make it to one side of the mani?

 

the mani came with the brace, the hole that it bolts to is the only one around really.. so another on the otherside wouldnt really be able to bolt to the block anywhere.

I know the chineese mani isnt the best thing in the world, like i said.. its only to get me buy untill i can get a tig and a bandsaw to *attempt* to make my own.

But whats wrong with a deltagate in the correct location?

Ever since i saw that pic of the 502whp single cam with the dump infront of the tire, i wanted it sooo bad. Now that i have alot of spare time to work on my car, i finally made it. Plus it will be pretty badass if i could blow a ---- ton of black smoke all over some ****** white BMW next to me

 

They just creep, the 2 that I have used always did and they were both in good spots. The only thing deltagates are good for is making your dyno graph look good

The brace will probably be just fine, I was just curious on why you didnt maybe tie into both the braces than just 1. The wastegate pipe exit... eh, I guess thats all in preference, I think it looks kinda tacky myself especially since you didnt even cut it off flush at the bumper. Not to mention the sound of a wastegate exiting sounds like complete ---- and I wouldnt want people next to me hearing that, I'm a big fan of dumping that ---- straight on the ground.

 

i think it sounds pretty sweet. Hopefully, whoever has to hear that sound wont hear it for too long

i plan on cutting it flush when i put the piece of sheetmetal over the hole

 

So it braces the brace. hmmm... When I had a ssauto mani I made a brace from turbo to the block since the flange and collector is where it usually cracks and breaks from the weight from the turbo. I guess as long as it works. I just think you could of spent you money on better things.