My LSX foxbody turbo hotside
07-19-2012, 02:34 PM
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My LSX foxbody turbo hotside hey, i never said i had a chance to Tig weld it yet...LOL
actually, i just got all the mild steel piping today in the mail from Columbia River...it was roughly $200 shipped for everything...i plan on running truck manifolds with V-bands welded to them...i need more agon for my tig welder and i will be starting to fab work
actually, i just got all the mild steel piping today in the mail from Columbia River...it was roughly $200 shipped for everything...i plan on running truck manifolds with V-bands welded to them...i need more agon for my tig welder and i will be starting to fab work
07-19-2012, 06:23 PM
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meh. its temporary. plan on doing the whole thing in stainless next spring. this was mostly to get fitment and everything right. and i dont plan on trying to run anythying less than 12 psi so it should work OK. not good but just OK lol
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07-19-2012, 06:29 PM
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i told him to put it in the merge and thats what he did. like i said its temporary so im not worried about it. its actually an easy fix just some cutting and rewelding. im so far away from the car being running that this is one of those things ill deal with next year 
oh and far as the vbands on the cast manifolds i guess you just have to heat the manifolds first and make sure theyre very clean before you weld on them. or so im told
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07-19-2012, 06:57 PM
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thanks for the info man
i didnt do any oif the welding or fabbing. im not that guy. my buddy did it. he wanted to put the wastegate off one tube only i told him to put it in the merge and thats what he did. like i said its temporary so im not worried about it. its actually an easy fix just some cutting and rewelding. im so far away from the car being running that this is one of those things ill deal with next year
oh and far as the vbands on the cast manifolds i guess you just have to heat the manifolds first and make sure theyre very clean before you weld on them. or so im told
i told him to put it in the merge and thats what he did. like i said its temporary so im not worried about it. its actually an easy fix just some cutting and rewelding. im so far away from the car being running that this is one of those things ill deal with next year oh and far as the vbands on the cast manifolds i guess you just have to heat the manifolds first and make sure theyre very clean before you weld on them. or so im told
07-19-2012, 08:55 PM
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Stress releive the welds with a small hammer and let them cool slowly. I used SS309 rod and it seemed to work pretty well. Clean, clean and clean again before doing it and it will go much smoother. The ones I welded last were not cleaned before they were tacked in place and it made welding them a LOT more difficult.
07-20-2012, 04:03 PM
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i "talked" to my buddy and hes gonna run a tube from each bank pipe at a 45* angle and merge it into the existing pipe and patch the existing hole. thanks for your input guys. i didnt think it would be a big problem but after doing some research you guys were right. that wouldnt have worked at all.
07-20-2012, 04:06 PM
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on a 302 ford kit i fabbed up i installed the wastegate on the outside radius of the pipe on the crossover...it seemed to work great...a big problem most people have is with boost creep and where they reference boost for their wastegate....best place to run your line is from the compressor housing to the wastegate..make sure it isnt shared with anything else. 
i "talked" to my buddy and hes gonna run a tube from each bank pipe at a 45* angle and merge it into the existing pipe and patch the existing hole. thanks for your input guys. i didnt think it would be a big problem but after doing some research you guys were right. that wouldnt have worked at all.
07-20-2012, 04:13 PM
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on a 302 ford kit i fabbed up i installed the wastegate on the outside radius of the pipe on the crossover...it seemed to work great...a big problem most people have is with boost creep and where they reference boost for their wastegate....best place to run your line is from the compressor housing to the wastegate..make sure it isnt shared with anything else.
07-20-2012, 04:46 PM
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