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#126 Uncle Chop Chop

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Posted 27 April 2013 - 08:51 PM

Wow, that's a big turbo

No, it's just a small botle of JD.



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Posted 27 April 2013 - 10:33 PM

wow, interesting build! cant wait to see it finished! the thing will be a weapon!



#128 turbo76lx

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Posted 29 April 2013 - 07:28 PM

No it's a standard 700ml JD the turbo isn't the big when compared to the one on my other hatch.

 

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#129 turbo76lx

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Posted 29 April 2013 - 07:43 PM

Started to make up the exhaust manifold, used the bracket i made to work out where i was mounting the turbo to make up a jig.

 

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Started making the colector by cutting up 4 peices of 1.5" sch 40 pipe and welding 2 together. 

 

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After they were welded together i cut the peak off and cut out the side so they merge to one point.

 

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After that they are welded together and while still hot i hammered the sides flat to make more of a rectangular opening.

 

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From there i started planning how i was running the pipes.

 

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#130 _SLR Torrie_

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Posted 30 April 2013 - 11:53 AM

Holly smolley!



#131 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 30 April 2013 - 02:02 PM

Four?

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Posted 30 April 2013 - 02:08 PM

Wow, your metal work is awesome. A real credit to you.

 

Question... when you make an exhaust manifold, with the welds which are hard or near impossible to get to like some of the ones up above, how do you make sure you weld it all up and don't miss bits?

Do you test it with water that it's sealed up?



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Posted 30 April 2013 - 07:13 PM

Emu after i have all the runners tacked in position i will weld as much of the manifold except for the welds to the manifold flange and one joint on

 

each of the runner near the colector. Then i will brake each runner off and finish the welds off and then put it back in place and weld it to the flanges.

 

Bomber, no 6 just put the side ones on later.

 

This is the shape of the cut out of the side ones.

 

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Posted 30 April 2013 - 08:35 PM

Lol cool, had me scratching my head trying to work out how the frOck that was going to work, but seening what you have done thus far didnt want to doubt the logic  :P


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Posted 30 April 2013 - 09:51 PM

Lol cool, had me scratching my head trying to work out how the frOck that was going to work, but seening what you have done thus far didnt want to doubt the logic  :P

Was doing the exact same! haha



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Posted 30 April 2013 - 09:58 PM

Emu after i have all the runners tacked in position i will weld as much of the manifold except for the welds to the manifold flange and one joint on
 
each of the runner near the colector. Then i will brake each runner off and finish the welds off and then put it back in place and weld it to the flanges.

Nice workmanship! I'd love to see some photos of a runner once you "break them off". I'm having trouble picturing what you described.

Is there enough room to weld around the circumference of the pipe neatly near the collector?

How do you get right into the "V" of the collector? Do you do one side then flip it over and do the other? Any problems getting right into the middle?

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Posted 05 May 2013 - 07:59 PM

Got the runners for cylinders 3,4,5,6 tacked up today.

 

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#138 _ljshawn_

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Posted 05 May 2013 - 10:18 PM

I wish I had half of your skills. This is going to be awsome car.

#139 _LCOOLJ_

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Posted 11 May 2013 - 03:08 PM

This is better than tv, cant wait till the next episode!

#140 turbo76lx

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Posted 11 May 2013 - 08:20 PM

Got all the runners tacked up then welded as much of the welds as possible. Then broke out the runners and finished welding and a quick polish. 

 

Manifold tacked up.

 

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Trial fit.

 

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Cylinder 4 runner welded and polished, ready to be welded to the manifold flange and the colector.

 

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Edited by turbo76lx, 21 October 2017 - 01:00 PM.


#141 _hutch_

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Posted 11 May 2013 - 08:31 PM

looks like a metal spider lol,brilliant work,pity its under the bonnet



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Posted 12 May 2013 - 08:23 PM

Braking out the runners to weld up each one.

 

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Manifold welded up but going to change the angle of the turbo flange and need to work out where i'm pitting the wastegate.

 

 

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Edited by turbo76lx, 21 October 2017 - 01:02 PM.


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Posted 12 May 2013 - 08:41 PM

That's frOckin cool!

#144 _jabba_

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 09:38 PM

Did you have any trouble with the flange warping after welding?



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Posted 12 May 2013 - 10:03 PM

Very nice. This is a very interesting build and you are making me feel lazy with your great creativity.

Well done on taking on such an individual outside of the box build. Considering we are in 2013 I appreciate such thinking. This type of modification has so much relevance to the modern hotrod way of thinking.

Excellent



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Posted 13 May 2013 - 07:32 PM

Thanks guys for the positive comments.

 

Jabba, the flange pulled about 0.5mm at no.5 runner, after i have finish the wastgate i'll take it to the machine shop and get the flange machined.



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Posted 13 May 2013 - 09:29 PM

Mate Awsome Build I can just imagine Brocky driving the Torzilla in Rally Cross



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Posted 14 May 2013 - 09:49 PM

Very nice work Glen. Very neat fabrication. How thick was the flange to start with?

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 06:00 AM

The flange was 12.5mm thick.



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Posted 26 May 2013 - 07:58 PM

Got the pipe from the turbo to the intercooler tacked up and changed the pipe from the intercooler to inlet manifold to allow for a 3 row radiator.

 

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