thirdgengta350

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Looks great! definitely clean. how's the underneath?

themachasy

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im officially jealous. SUPER clean truck!!!!

cobra198

Hello again,

So yesterday eviltwin and I started on the headers. We were able to get the turbo (passenger) side header pretty much finished. Some of the welding just needs to be finished up. Here are some pics:

What the kit started looking like:



Two of the primaries tacked in place:



Ready to be welded:



Top view:



Thinkin about where the turbo will be situated:



Welding it up:



We both got pretty busy today so didnt really have any time to work on the driver side. Looks like that'll be for next weekend.

cobra198

Thanks! The underside is pretty darn clean too. The benifits of living in CA. Never any salt/gravel all over the road to wreak havoc on ur vehicles

Thank ya. The first time we went to check it out we were surprised how clean it is! It was definitely taken care of... Gotta love it!

cobra198

Hey guys,

Here is a quick update from this weekend. Got the driver side header finished. It was a bit more tricky cause we had to get around the steering shaft. Think it turned out pretty good though. We also swapped out the cam for one that is a bit more aggressive ( 229/229 .581/.581 114). Should give us a bit more power and sound nice too. We figured we might as well do the swap now while its easily accessible.











And strippin the engine down to get to the cam:

cobra198

We finally had some time to work on the Ty today. Got the turbo all mounted up and most of the crossover done. Couldnt quite finish, cause we still need to order a flex hose. Its nice to finally see the turbo system starting to come together! We need the tc78 off of the Syclone to start on the downpipe, so hopefully Eviltwin will be able to find a deal on a new turbo soon. Also, we got the alternator situated nice and close to the engine. We are going to make a mounting bracket that will let us pivot the alternator to adjust the tension of the belt. Should look pretty clean! Here are some pics:
















Thanks for lookin!

extremetoy

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sweet work, what size is the downpipe?

Jimbo1367

Looks great. On the drivers side, it looks like the steering shaft goes in between the header tubes. How do you remove the header? Is it that easy to remove that steering shaft or is there something I am not seeing or overthinking it? Just curios.
thanks,
---Jim---

eviltwin_1987

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The steering shaft comes out with the header. 2 bolts to pull it out.

eviltwin_1987

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The steering shaft comes out with the header. 2 bolts to pull it out.

cobra198

We are going to go with a 3 inch downpipe i believe.

I hear you got yours coming right out of the fender. Thats intense. I gotta hear that thing. Do u have a build thread for it? I wanna check it out.

extremetoy

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I had a build thread going but it hasn't been updated for quite some time. Now it has a different motor, front mount turbo, cowl hood, narrowed rear, spool, different seats, etc, I'll update it someday but yea you need to go for a ride in it... http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f213/l...a-week-346186/

Jimbo1367

thanks

gnx7

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this is going to be a sick little Typhoon! Getting me thinking....

Were you not able to run some C6 or truck style production manifolds instead of fabbing your own?

eviltwin_1987

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No manifolds would work in the down and forward position without hitting the shock towers. I was not willing to use them facing up. We have $200 into this hotside so far.

Got some more parts in. Just need to find the time to work on it

cobra198

Well, yesterday we made it out to the junkyard. Picked up a new core support (cause the one that was on the Ty was all cut up) and picked up some wiring stuff. Also got the flex coupler for the crossover in the mail at the end of the week. Now we can finish the crossover, mount up the core support, and start on some wiring. We will see when there is time to work on it again!

philntx

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Are you welding with sunglasses as eye protection?

Jimbo1367

Looks like a plasma cutter. Small box on the ground. Some people use small torching glasses. Some use a light weld lense in their welding helmet.

Just My guess.

cobra198

Eviltwin got his nickname cause he loves to stare directly at the flame while welding for long periods of time

Just kidding...

you are correct. He was using the plasma cutter to cut a hole where the crossover meets the passenger side.

cobra198

Did some good work today. Finished the crossover, made the downpipe, and mounted the wastegate. Love they way its lookin right now. Going to be even better once we get the BOV mounted in there too...