svslow

I thought we were boys.

svslow

Made a little bar to hold the bumper up.

tblentrprz

Looking good!

adamantium

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that intercooler is massive

RICE ETR

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Beautiful work sir! I can barely see things this well laid and fab'd in my head, much less actually doing them lol.

Tjabo

What cup and argon flow are you using? And are you backpurging?

svslow

Furick #12 and 25cfh. All the stainless was back purged.

svslow

That is the only way I could make it fit. It has no room to move in any direction.

Gunters96lt1

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Looks really good!

svslow

Current status. Pulled the interior to make the cage a 10 point. Decided I am going to redo the chassis harness. Likely going to get a cheap universal fuse box and wire everything up. Just need lights, wipers and blower motor on the body side.

Pontiaco

i tough ls head bolts couldn't be reuse

svslow

They can be reused a few times.

svslow

Got the 8 point cage done. Was planning to add a couple bars that tie into the upper torque boxes, but I really want to keep the back seat. I ordered a universal fuse box/wiring kit to try and clean up the factory chassis harness, should work out pretty well I think.

Bad Apache

Coming right along!

Forcefed86

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Unlike the mains and rod bolts they are a true TTY fastener. By the book they stretch when torqued to spec and shouldn’t be reused. At least they won’t provide the same clamping load as a new set would when torqued to spec. Whether the amount of clamping load a used set provides is still enough for the power being made is another story. We know Matt Happle made like 1200whp on a reused set with no apparent leaks or issues. I don’t claim to know either way.

svslow

Got some of the wiring tackled over the weekend and started on the exhaust. I was planning to have a vacuum closed cut out but I ordered on that was boost closed, so I modified it to make it a boost opened unit. Need to get some more tube and a muffler.

This is about how its oriented in the car.

ls3fox

whats the little pipe for

408GT

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The smaller pipe will go to the rear of the car with a muffler and be the primary path of the exhaust under normal driving conditions. Once he goes WOT the cutout will open on the larger pipe and exhaust will exit there.

I was thinking you could make the valve go from blow to suck

svslow

In the 10 years that I've had this car its never mad a muffler, so I am excited for that.

ls3fox

i went back up and saw you said you were gonna run 2.5" out the back but when i saw the pic the pipe looks so small compared to the downpipe i was thinking it was like 1.5" for a wastegate or something