edit, pics >> http://www.neufamily.org/images/turboworkgallery/

truck has been sitting for about 6 months due to low funds. i am starting to spend some money on it again. i am not going to charge anything for my truck anymore so i still have lots of money(time) to go before i get this thing running but i got a good start.

next week i will have 2 44mm tial waste gates, header flanges, turbo flanges and some vband flanges.














i did a little practice weld on some of the header tubing. i think i can make this work.



the turbos are rated at 850hp each, the local guy i got them from has seen over 800rwhp on one of these in a supra . this is going to be fun.

 

Looks like a good head start to single digit reality

 

I bow before thee oh master of the turbo...

 

Nice. Do you see an end to the quest for more speed?

 

Nice lookin welds there!

 

the truck is prety much as quick as i want it right now. i would like to break into the single digits but i could have done that with a my old set up and some tires. i am just doing this because i like working on the truck and fabricating stuff. i do think i will make quite a bit more power but it might not be much quicker.

last year was a prety sucsessful one for the truck. i spent too much time and money on it and blew off many other things that i shouldn't have. i dont regret any of it but things need to change. from here on out i will be taking my time with things. working on it when i have time and feel like it but take care of other stuff that needs done first.

my goal is to have it running for drag week 06. i will probably just run it in the 11.0 daily drive class and go for fun. after that maybe goto the dyno and see if i can peg that bitch at 1200rwhp , after that.... who knows

 

no *** kising here, just saying your TIG welding looks great . Thats going to be a fun project there! Does your better half know the kitchen table is your work bench?!!

 

I need to learn how to TIG (Stainless and Aluminum)... I can burn a mean MIG weld... but MIG is for wussies... time to graduate ... building is half the fun

Bill

 

FINALLY, someone actually tig welding something here, hats off to ya. I hate when someone spends all the time and money on a custom turbo setup and migs the pipes and makes it look like ***.

Looking foreward to seeing the blue beast bottom out the dyno

 

Looks great Jim. I have a new Miller 180SD but need to learn how to use it.

Jody