http://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/show...hreadid=201208

If you go to that thread, you can see the progress Ive charted.

Enjoy! I know I am enjoying working on it.

 

Awesome job! How many hours do you figure you have invested so far?

 

about 10 hours. Ive been keeping track.

 

Looks good.

What all are you using equipment wise to do it?

 

14" Makita thin blade chop saw
hand file
side cuts
bench grinder and wire wheel combination
110v wire welder (tack weld)
220v Miller TIG (finish weld)

 

Looks good

 

Man, I know who I'm taking my car to if I ever need something like that!

 

Dang I wish you were closer Guido! Looks pimp man...

 

Looks good! I enjoyed making my own headers. Im thinking of maybe doing a single setup this year for a buddies 4th gen. The mig doesnt look to bad as a finished product, but I wish I had a tig Pretty much eliminates any leaks caused by "stop and go" welding. I know I had a few I had to attend to

Curt looks like you might have to take a few pieces off the header in order to get to those tough to reach spots? Did you find welding headers with a mig a pain in the butt, as far as having to stop welding flip the header and continue? Or did you build some sort of clamp to hold the header so you could turn it while you weld?

 

I hammer a short stub into each port on the flange and put three tack welds to hold it. Tack the header and then when it comes to finishing, grind those tacks off and weld each tube, out of the flange. Obviously, you want to weld as much as you can with it assembled so you get less movement from the heat but thats the general idea. At least one of the middle tubes has to come out to get around all the seams.

 

The manz got skillz.....

Nice job man.

Mike

 

Got some updates:

http://www.hustonstreetracing.com/fab/lutes/16.JPG
http://www.hustonstreetracing.com/fab/lutes/17.JPG
http://www.hustonstreetracing.com/fab/lutes/18.JPG
http://www.hustonstreetracing.com/fab/lutes/19.JPG
http://www.hustonstreetracing.com/fab/lutes/20.JPG

 

awesome work curt...........you really make me wanna get out my welder and start learning!

if only my car wasnt the daily driver.

 

Curt,

Where do you get your supplies such as tubes flanges and collectors? Theses are all mild steel correct?

Bill

 

Where did you get your turbo for this setup and how much did it cost?

I'm looking for something like this.

Also, If you're going through the trouble to make both headers, wouldn't it be worthwhile to go ahead and make it a twin turbo, or are the cost of the turbos too much?

One more, How much boost could you generate with this turbo?

Thanks

D Moss