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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 05:47 PM
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Very Impressive.

Now clean up that oil in the driveway ..... ; )
 
Old Jan 11, 2012 | 12:51 PM
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heres an update from today

El Papa, thats our welders name, has been working on putting together the waste gate positions

also the mock up turbo flanges, the final ones will be from 304 SS

also got some of the 4" piping and the V-band for the exhaust system...check out the difference between the 3" vs. 4"!!

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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 06:05 PM
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MORE UPDATES!!

almost done with the downpipes...just gota build the transition from the 2 turbo down pipes into the 4" pipe that goes to the V-Band that hooks up to the rest of the exhaust

wow what a sentence lol

also i held up the waste gates to where they will be mounted to show how the setup will look

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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 07:52 PM
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heres the update from today

the downpipes are placed and made...now the transition has to be made into the 4" exhaust which will be done tomorrow

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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 10:15 PM
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side shot of the downpipes test fitted into the 4" transition pipe

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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 01:47 AM
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Sweet.
 
Old Jan 13, 2012 | 03:13 PM
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awesome work.
 
Old Jan 13, 2012 | 10:40 PM
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the turbo setup is done!!!!

they will be dropping in on monday, hopefully starting up next weekend

this thing is so pretty...

oh and check out how amazingly my fabricator polished the 4" transition!!! i couldn't believe it, the thing looks like its chromed!!

also did a walk around video for you guys, just click on the last image and it'll load the video

enjoy!





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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 11:31 PM
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Dude, if you ever sell this car, I call first dibs.
 
Old Jan 14, 2012 | 07:29 AM
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None of the pictures in the last five posts work for me.
 
Old Jan 14, 2012 | 04:53 PM
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hey sorry guys...i exceeded my bandwidth on photobucket but i just upgraded to the "Pro" thing so everything should come up pretty soon


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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 07:26 PM
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Wow, that is awesome! I can't wait to see the results on the dyno.
 
Old Jan 16, 2012 | 02:48 PM
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I <3 rotaries!
 
Old Jan 16, 2012 | 09:04 PM
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manifold test fit...


SUCCESS!!


and the downpipe is completely finished now too!

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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 10:06 PM
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What shop do you work at?
i'm over at ISS Forged


if you guys need any forged wheels hit me up!
 


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