Turbo build pics....Finally!
May 26, 2006 | 02:26 AM
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I ain't splittin' red hairs... NICE work!
... hope you spent enough on a clutch and a hardened input shaft
You are gonna have some fun... I just KNOW it... save for the high performance (and sometimes frequent) breakdowns.
Bill
... hope you spent enough on a clutch and a hardened input shaft
You are gonna have some fun... I just KNOW it... save for the high performance (and sometimes frequent) breakdowns.
Bill
May 26, 2006 | 03:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Keith
Are those welds ugly? Yeah. Do they work? Yeah.
Can't wait for results.
Can't wait for results.
Thanks Keith! 
May 26, 2006 | 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by TURBO8
I think you will be in the 700 club for shure, 20psi that thing is going to be a monster. Can you video your truck when they dyno it? I want to hear it..
But i hope he doesn't ask me to get any of those
welds on video
May 26, 2006 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by mjhoward
That is a neat little project you have there, but I never said anything about TIGing over my MIG. I'll clean up the welds a little with a flap disc before coating. I mentioned that I fitted the intake piping well at most joints that have a coupler so I can go back and TIG it later when I buy one.
I have a turbo and can afford it because I didn't spend the money on a good TIG machine. Not really why, but just to kinda throw another angle to your reasoning. For most of what I do a MIG does plenty good of a job and is faster and cheaper. My truck, nor any of my projects, are ever going to be entered into a world wide competition that grades on engineering skill, expertise, cleanliness and application of design. I think that is one thing you need to understand about the real world and most people on this site. I know it isn't what you have been taught to do but to survive in the real world outside of "achedemia" you have to be able to look outside the box you are currently living in. Perfection isn't always needed nor wanted due to cost or time when something much more simple and cheap will function just as well or well enough to satisfy one's self. Just because it is the best way on paper, or some CAD drawing, doesn't mean it will funtion the best way nor is the prefered way for various reasons. I'm sure you ran into some similar issues like that while working on the little formula 1 project.
Not trying to start some kind of controversy here, nor is this the thread for it, but trying to point out some reasons you may have had some head-buts with people around here.
I have a turbo and can afford it because I didn't spend the money on a good TIG machine. Not really why, but just to kinda throw another angle to your reasoning. For most of what I do a MIG does plenty good of a job and is faster and cheaper. My truck, nor any of my projects, are ever going to be entered into a world wide competition that grades on engineering skill, expertise, cleanliness and application of design. I think that is one thing you need to understand about the real world and most people on this site. I know it isn't what you have been taught to do but to survive in the real world outside of "achedemia" you have to be able to look outside the box you are currently living in. Perfection isn't always needed nor wanted due to cost or time when something much more simple and cheap will function just as well or well enough to satisfy one's self. Just because it is the best way on paper, or some CAD drawing, doesn't mean it will funtion the best way nor is the prefered way for various reasons. I'm sure you ran into some similar issues like that while working on the little formula 1 project.
Not trying to start some kind of controversy here, nor is this the thread for it, but trying to point out some reasons you may have had some head-buts with people around here.
May 26, 2006 | 10:35 AM
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Now someone needs to make an adapter for a T56 to mate to a 4WD transfer case. Your set up with selectable 4WD would really leave sports car owners with their dick in the dirt when you leave the red light
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May 26, 2006 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by MrXerox
Amen!
I agree. Why waste another couple of grand on a TIG setup just to make it
'Pretty' . I don't think he is going to have problems breaking the damn Mig welds. That is why I like this site, people on here just normal guys working most times out of there garage, with no corporate sponsers like you see on TV. Real world stuff.BTW. Awesome truck!!!!
May 26, 2006 | 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by mjhoward
That is a neat little project you have there, but I never said anything about TIGing over my MIG. I'll clean up the welds a little with a flap disc before coating. I mentioned that I fitted the intake piping well at most joints that have a coupler so I can go back and TIG it later when I buy one.
I have a turbo and can afford it because I didn't spend the money on a good TIG machine. Not really why, but just to kinda throw another angle to your reasoning. For most of what I do a MIG does plenty good of a job and is faster and cheaper. My truck, nor any of my projects, are ever going to be entered into a world wide competition that grades on engineering skill, expertise, cleanliness and application of design. I think that is one thing you need to understand about the real world and most people on this site. I know it isn't what you have been taught to do but to survive in the real world outside of "achedemia" you have to be able to look outside the box you are currently living in. Perfection isn't always needed nor wanted due to cost or time when something much more simple and cheap will function just as well or well enough to satisfy one's self. Just because it is the best way on paper, or some CAD drawing, doesn't mean it will funtion the best way nor is the prefered way for various reasons. I'm sure you ran into some similar issues like that while working on the little formula 1 project.
Not trying to start some kind of controversy here, nor is this the thread for it, but trying to point out some reasons you may have had some head-buts with people around here.
I have a turbo and can afford it because I didn't spend the money on a good TIG machine. Not really why, but just to kinda throw another angle to your reasoning. For most of what I do a MIG does plenty good of a job and is faster and cheaper. My truck, nor any of my projects, are ever going to be entered into a world wide competition that grades on engineering skill, expertise, cleanliness and application of design. I think that is one thing you need to understand about the real world and most people on this site. I know it isn't what you have been taught to do but to survive in the real world outside of "achedemia" you have to be able to look outside the box you are currently living in. Perfection isn't always needed nor wanted due to cost or time when something much more simple and cheap will function just as well or well enough to satisfy one's self. Just because it is the best way on paper, or some CAD drawing, doesn't mean it will funtion the best way nor is the prefered way for various reasons. I'm sure you ran into some similar issues like that while working on the little formula 1 project.
Not trying to start some kind of controversy here, nor is this the thread for it, but trying to point out some reasons you may have had some head-buts with people around here.
I think part of my problem is as a welder, I'm **** about welding. I know a lot of other ppl that I work with judge build quality by welding, and its justfiiable. You can spend months preping the tubing to fit together with 0 gaps and clean off the surfaces and have the most expensive welder known to man, but if your welds arent good, then it is all a waste of time, and strength will be an issue. We especially have to worry about that with our tube frame chassie for the race car. the tubes are from 0.035-0.095 wall thickness, 1" and 3/4" so tig weling is almost required. We spend forever notching tubes to fit, nodes(areas where mroe then one tube intersect) are good places for mounting suspension components so they need to be made right and some places 6 tubes come into one node.
anyhew, back to your project since its your thread....are you using aluminum for intake tubing? If so how you weling it? I'm on dialup so I havent seen all the pictures yet. Aluminum, although harder to work with, will obiously save you weight, but will also disipate heat better and keep intake air cooler. If you are welding aluminum, get a stainless wire wheel and clean all welds with it, and only it, and your job will be easier.
May 26, 2006 | 04:07 PM
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Intake piping is a aluminum, thin-wall polished kit I got off of ebay. Intended for the world of rice i'm sure. I think I have $87 in all the intake tubing. I used it because I couldn't turn down the price. If I was to do it again I would use mandrel bent mild steel and mig it together. The weight savings is minimal, 10lbs maybe, on a 4500lb truck. The disipation of heat, well how long does that air actually stay in the piping in order to heat soak at 6000 rpm? If you are really worried about it then ceramic coat it. Like I said before, this build was done quick and dirty and the average person could replicate it. No, it wast done the best way for system efficiency or asthetics. Nor was it done to the best of my abilities. It will win no shows or engineering competitions. Does it work? Yes. Does it work well enough for me? Hell yes. Is that all that matters? A BIG hell yes. 
