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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 03:44 PM
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wouldent a long merg like fireball's be better, or is a short merg ok also?
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any thoughts? ^^^^
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You need at a min of 4-5" of straight tubing before the turbo.
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Not really a Rear mount, and Deff not a front mount.

I think i have about the same amount of piping as a front/top mount. My Snail sits right by the tailshaft of the tranny.
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Anyone got pics of the Incon "butt" pipe?
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Originally Posted by TurboBandit






Not really a Rear mount, and Deff not a front mount.

I think i have about the same amount of piping as a front/top mount. My Snail sits right by the tailshaft of the tranny.
Wastegate looks good...You just missed the right spot by 6".
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Wastegate looks good...You just missed the right spot by 6".
Looks like it needs to be quite a bit more then 6 inches towards the drivers side to me.
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Looks like it needs to be quite a bit more then 6 inches towards the drivers side to me.
Drivers side is to the left... u sayin i need it farther away from the turbo????

Nah, if anything, i'd put it closer. but it works great where it is. Holds 8psi steady and is only a 38mm
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Originally Posted by TurboBandit
Drivers side is to the left... u sayin i need it farther away from the turbo????

Nah, if anything, i'd put it closer. but it works great where it is. Holds 8psi steady and is only a 38mm

If it works then it works then there is no reason to change it, but the best placement would be to place the gate right at the 90* bend that goes towards the passenger side with the gate facing towards the back of the vehicle. Placing the wastegate in direct flow of the exhaust will make it work better.

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Example post from a wastegate maker.

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Nice drawing but do all wastegates look like dicks lol
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Nice drawing but do all wastegates look like dicks lol
Nope. Dont you got a friend to be making through pm's? No more thread hijack.
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any one esle have any to share
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I'll be starting on my new hotside tomorrow...

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cad rendering of how I plan to connect them together
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where did you find a pipe to fit in the flange like that? i have a t4 flange and 2 2.5" pipes that feed it
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best pic i have
Attached Thumbnails lets see those merge pipe pics-10161558-2-.jpg  
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Originally Posted by bad6as
where did you find a pipe to fit in the flange like that? i have a t4 flange and 2 2.5" pipes that feed it
bought a dual 2.5" to 3.5" transition from cone engineering
www.coneeng.com

bought the 3.5" to t6 transition from
www.mandrel-bends.com

they offer t4 transitions too
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I took the easy way and modded a premade merge- basically just cutting it down for space issues.

used this one from columbia river


http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog...teel-1008.html

here is what it looks like in a 71 nova. I am pleased
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