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[Barbbachello]

Got the last final cuts and bends worked out for the first cold side pipe. Very happy with how it turned out


I went and bought some proper stainless wire, fiddled with the settings a bit to account for the different wire and got stuck in


Its not perfect, but being MIG its never going to lie nice and flat like a fusion tig weld. I have trouble keeping a good position when the pipe moves in 3D so thats something to work on. Its going to get painted/coated so all the grinding marks will go away. I then knocked over my bottle and damaged my regulator which let the rest of my gas out and promptly put a halt to everything. In other news ive ordered a 550x230mm intercooler core which should fit perfectly in the mouth of the bar without hanging like a VL

[El_Freddo]

Good effort mate! You should be proud of that effort. Shame about the regulator. I had a leak in a hose dump half my bottle before I found it, not happy Jan!

Keep it up!

Cheers

Bennie

[Barbbachello]

Went and got a gas refill and a new regulator and finished of the welding of the first pipe. Also added a bracket to the manifold where the TMIC bolts to


Also the new core arrived and looks like its going to fit very nicely

[RX25SE]

That looks pretty good. Are you planning on grinding the welds down when it's all done?

[Barbbachello]

Those are ground down. Tricky to do anymore with my grinder as the disc ends up hitting the rest of the pipe as you can see. Id like to get a smaller die grinder esque tool for more precise work

[allpaw4]

What sort of clearance do you have to the washer bottle Nick? Just thinking when the motor torques, the extra bracing to the TMIC bracket may force the piping to hit the bottle as opposed to just flexing the rubber manifold joiner.

 

Looks grouse though!

 

Cheers,

Ben

[Barbbachello]

Solid finger gap clearance to everything so should be pretty right

[Barbbachello]

Got the new core mounted and the bumper trimmed. Ive redone the top bracket in stainless because i could but the design is the same.

 

Had to cut more of the bar than i was expecting but thats how it goes. The jap style plate hides the centre post removal sins

[allpaw4]

Is it just the angle Nick, or is the core not centred? Probably the angle, but it's been a question I've had since I saw the pics initially... Looking like it'll do the job beautifully though.

Cheers,
Ben

[Barbbachello]

Those pics are before i remounted it. I think it needs to come over a few more mm but it was defs on the piss before hand

[allpaw4]

Ah that's good. Thought I was going crazy lol

[Barbbachello]

Did some more trimming and fussing. I think its fairly centred at least visually and that will do. Its tough as the reo and the bumper both have holes bigger than their fasteners so basically everything is infinitely adjustable


Anyway one of the offcucts left over from the first pipe will do very nicely as the first pipe from the cooler


Needs a tiny but cut off just to get it straight but will do nicely

[RX25SE]

Looks good. Would the number plate hurt airflow?

[Barbbachello]

Probably. Dont really care tbh. Learning experience and turbo noises mod rather than performance lol. The BH scoop is basically a letterbox anyway so probably still more surface area than that

[allpaw4]

Looking much betterer there Nick!

Cheers,
Ben

[Barbbachello]

Well import monster shipped the side skirts, but not my bumper or wheels. I was hoping to have at least the wheels for the annual christmas BBQ but thats just how it goes. Given there is no longer a timeline im not fussed about having the car down. So that means I think its time for the turbo to come out and get my HKS 3037 turbo mocked up to start work on a twist mount kit for it. Should be another fun experience 

[El_Freddo]

When’s the bbq happening? Might see if I can make it down for the session. Can’t promise anything though!

Cheers

Bennie

[Barbbachello]

Doing something a bit diffo this year and we're having it up Mt Buffalo on the 18th of December

[El_Freddo]

Doing something a bit diffo this year and we're having it up Mt Buffalo on the 18th of December

Geez that’s a fair hike for some, not that I can speak, I went to WA in 2007 for an end of year bbq… and last year did a day trip to the Wandi pub in the same area “just” for lunch at the pub.

I’ll see what I can do if the invite is inclusive of the older models. I’ll be in the brumby as the L isn’t active atm.

Cheers

Bennie

[Barbbachello]

Borrowed my old twist mount setup back as it went to a friend. My original idea was to basically just weld a T2 flange to a spare subaru flange and use that as a positional jig sort of thing. Unfortunately the GD manifolds have more shit hanging off them and the compressor housing hit the manifold. So i was left with floating a flange in 3D space and hoping it was a good spot. I found a scrap piece of flat bar with two holes in it about 20cm long that i could mount off the bellhousing and amazingly it was pretty damn bang on. One more bracket off the normal up pipe mount and we have a position. 



The outlet will be more vertical but cos of the bracket it doesnt actually fit that far round. But that wont be there obviously. Also chopped up the up pipe to harvest its flange as 3 bolt flanges dont seem to exist separately unless you get them custom laser cut