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Thanks Andrew. For some reason I assumed they would of used material a little thicker. I can imagine this is a lot cheaper to produce than one with some flex joint.
Has anyone ever hear of the bellow type flex joint cracking after time?
Last edited by Jimbo1367; Mar 25, 2022 at 02:05 PM.
Thanks Andrew. For some reason I assumed they would of used material a little thicker. I can imagine this is a lot cheaper to produce than one with some flex joint.
Has anyone ever hear of the bellow type flex joint cracking after time?
The bellow cracking is well documented. This is why they switched to the slip joint.
Turbo isn't mounted yet. That's the "wrong" rad in there while waiting for the right one but as you can see there's a spacing issue.
Looks like the rad will get modified.
All issues aside, I think the car will be running in the next couple weeks and all that will be left after that is to finish up the exhaust.
Pretty much all major things are complete:
-Motor / trans install (still have to install shifter)
-Fuel system is built and run. Still have to make fuel filler and final install tank.
-holley is mostly run, have some tidying to do but it's there
-cold side pretty much complete
-downpipe still has to get made
-driveshaft still has to be built (2-3 day turnaround they tell me)
Some other stuff I'm sure I'm forgetting right now but lots of progress made the last few weeks. Getting very excited.
Anyone have any recommendations for a decent stubby filter? (highway use) likely going to run a "cage" around town. Going to run off the 10psi spring. That'll be plenty of power to shake down the car with.
Last edited by brucebanner; Mar 26, 2022 at 11:11 AM.
Hoping to get it like a 45° angle away / above the manifold. That'll give me a great location for the downpipe. Also, there's a filler panel behind my grill, which I'm going to cut a hole out of inline with the turbo for maximum air flow.
It's all coming together.
Even though there was motorcycles out yesterday and I saw a newer audi R8 driving around, still at least a few weeks before I bring the car out. It snowed a few inches here overnight haha.
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