Nothing wrong with next Summer B. I have been waiting since '03 to get my car done...and I just now started working on it...lol. When I decide to twin-turbo the Hayabusa for the heck of it, I will be coming to you for welding tips...and a prayer.

 

Why not exactly, I thought people did this all the time for the shear heck of it.

 

Well, if next summer is your goal, stick to it. Better to get it done right the first time. Mine took a few years, but it was my first ever swap and I procrastinated a lot. Now I see people do these inwhat seems like a month or two and I gotta wonder how. But seems like they're also the guys who can weld for themselves and have decent garages and that whole motivation and time thing.

 

I meant to ask last time, the stuff you painted on the wheel wells, is that POR15, or something similar, or just some sort of regular paint?

 

ya i didnt understand that one either. i know it could be squirrelly on the road if its driven a crazy which i'm sure i will do OCCASIONALLY but i'm not going to be flooring it as ever stop light.... every other one maybe lolol

i'll get the name of it when i get back home (i'm out of town right now) but no it is tractor paint.. a lot cheaper and IN MY OWN OPINION holds up a little better. the stuff is awesome and goes on amazingly.

ya i want to do this one right. i want to do the welding painting, fab work etc. so taking my time to make sure i'm happy with it is ok in my book

thanks for the comments guys i appreciate it more then you know.

kain i owe you a pm reply but i'm sorry i'm out of time tonight i'll get ya tomorrow

 

more new parts acquired i know eventually I'm going to have to start putting these parts on the car lol now that the radiator is here i can cut out the front, put the motor in and start mocking it all up.

i wanted a shorter rad so my piping would have plenty of room to come over the top with out doing a cowl hood. i also wanted a 3 core radiator to help with cooling so this one for 130$ through northern i thought was a good deal and went with it. its' 16x31x3. between the rad, tans cooler, and oil cooler I'm really hoping to keep heat down. anyway hopefully more to come this weekend.

 

Nice Rad Brian, now where the heck did you get "tractor" paint from.

 

4431-16, valspar "tractor and implement paint". i paid $19 for a gallon and the stuff is amazing. i purchased it tractor supply which you can get to online if its not in your area.

some may say its not as good as por15 but this stuff is intended for machinery that's sits in fields and from my experience I'd buy a gallon of this over por any day. just my opinion

 

Good enough for me brother.

 

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thanks, its going slow but it will be a beauty when its done.

 

Dude...you need to lose that stock torque arm for something a bit more beefy

Otherwise, looks good so far....I'm catching up on all the different 3rd gen turbo build threads since I'm getting ready to start one myself.

 

better torque arm could happen. but that one will do for a short time. i'm sure i'll upgrade quite a few things before its all done.

thanks

 

B,

You own a mig welder right?

 

I'm not sure lol i have the wire feed kind. i used to weld years ago for a die shop i worked at and they had a nice welder and it made welding easy. i just don't do enough welding to justify buying an expensive welder now though. for what I'm doing i think this one works just fine. i think i paid somewhere around $300 for it. if my surface is clean with the right feed it lays a decent bead.

 

for 300 dollars its probably a flux core / mig welder

 

Hmm, does it have attachments for gas Brian? Having a hard time finding people to weld who won't charge me close to what a set obx headers cost. Might go with an Eastwood 110 for $299.

 

I would replace that torque arm, I know you had it powder coated but its going to flex really bad even at half the power you are expecting.

 

you found a pair or turbo headers for $300? i ordered a pair of header flanges but that's because i couldn't find a decent pair of headers with out breaking the bank. I'll probably end up making my own


ya i probably will, might just make one of my own.

thanks guys.

 

well i had some time out in the garage today. any opinions on the fans in the pics for mounting? i'm thinking about boxing them in beneath the surface they are resting on in the pictures i think it would make it a little cleaner. so they are flush with the battery tray surface. that would also give me more room for the turbo piping going to the intercooler.