The Project Pad

That wastegat is the size of a stock turbo.

crimson ghost wrote:That wastegat is the size of a stock turbo.

Yup. Its beautiful and fantastic.

Heres a couple new shots...



Fits like a glove....a very big glove





No im not polishingy housing. Lol. I ground down the lip on the intake to weld a 45 right onto the hx40 comp housing to get the future joint location to a safer(cooler) location away from the header. I dont know if itll be a vband or a silicone joint yet, well see. The comp housing also had a casting seam on it so i just wanted to smooth that off, a bump next to "holset" and volvo. Still on the fence about the "vulva" mod. :-)




Thats it for now

all these lookers and no commenters lol

There are no words for this, just drool

Looks freaking great Jim !!............ I really like where this is going . Custom work rocks !!

Cheers,

Craig

hey guys, not mush to report tonight. I emailed a Tial some time ago to inquire where to get a 2.5" "non weave" flex section for my v60 WG tube. a few hours later i got a reply reffering me to a site! Damn!

So heres the place... http://reidwashbon.com/

They got some really nice stuff!

I ordered the 2.5" flex from race parts solution, but the wall thickness was 10 thousandths...so yeah, its being returned. Reid Washbon says theres is .065 wall because it has the sleeve inside unlike what I had gotten from RPS. The bad news is the damn thing its 76 dollars, it better have a fucking ribbon on it. So waiting for that but plenty to do. Hopefully ill have something to report at the end of tomorrow. thanks for the kind words, its nice to hear! Soon I can this damn thing!

ALSO hank I need an oilpan! lol dont make me modify mine further!!!

Nice stuff at Reid for sure.

glibobbo21 wrote:
ALSO hank I need an oilpan! lol dont make me modify mine further!!!

yup

SO..got the primaries all finished. I'll report on lengths when it comes apart to be welded. 4 is def a bit short and everything else is prob -/+ 1", I figure its better than any old 20v turbo manfifold thats non tubular.








about a 1/4' to hood. 1/2' now














holset housing blended to 2.5 pipe size. Its getting a oringed vband joint.


back to header business..plenty of room! ha!




















hope you enjoyed the show...

Awesome work Jim! Looks great

Wow some of those pics suck. Do i already have bandwidth for photos. Im just about sick ok photobucket now!

Hot damn

Small amount of progress...

Fuck photobucket

Yeah! ...and also, forget about that silly plus-sized flex bellow and run open wastegate dump screamer action!

On a more serious note, there looks to be plenty of DP room - maybe that'll make you feel better about all of the other clearance challenges?

Pretty much. Id like to keep open wg as an option, but not a limitation. Although it tempting because itd be so much simpler

So i need to order a 2.5 45 deg alum bend. Aldo need to order fans for the rad, two 12" wont fit due to the 4" IC core. Before i can go further on the dp/wg tube i need the header welded. Then wg tube, dp, axles, oil pan, drain line fans....ummm more welding lol. Most the fab is done on the car besides the WG tube. Just a shitload of final welding to do. I think the car will be driven with low boost unbuilt for carlisle. I really want to drive it there and doubt ill have funds/time to build the block.

Whoa, how did I miss all of this! Now THIS is awesome progress. I guess I am a sucker for turbos and wastegates and headers and stuff.

yeah lotsa traffic here but no comments. Also in the 07k section so its easy to miss. ;-)

getting close..may 1st is coming way too fast

I need to hurry up and quit my job so I can make it to Carlisle I *need* a ride in this thing!

Looking great Jim.

I hope you make Carlisle, you have a crap load of work still, but I;m sure you are more than aware
of that.

Cheers,

Craig

highlander69 wrote:Looking great Jim.

I hope you make Carlisle, you have a crap load of work still, but I;m sure you are more than aware
of that.

Cheers,

Craig

Craig, yes me too. Ill be there either way but would hate to come 3 years ina row with no car.


Chris: youll get a ride, but itll prob be low boost but still prob plenty of fun! Unless i can swing the rods/pistons. Well see...

Just curious, why are you pointing the wastegate forwards ? Looks like there is plenty of room in the back