52172

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Here are some pics of my install. Car is at the shop getting finished. Progress is being made pretty slowly since every step comes another little problem. You can see we got the intercooler to stand upright unlike the way hi-flo was installing theirs. We need to fab a custom downpipe since the Hi-Flo one was not working. We are now working on routing the plug wires and installing gages. We still need to make swaybar spacers to clear the crossover. We are also going to make custom A/c lines and hook up the A/C. Car should be finished in two weeks or so. Work has been going on for two months so far. I will keep adding pics as they come.

52172

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few more pics

Turbo LS1 SS

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looks good. make sure you look over the headers VERY closely. the welds were even shittier than i first thought. i had to weld shut NUMEROUS holes, and seams that werent welded in the first place. Not to mention milling the flanges at my buddy's work. also had to port the inside of the headers because someone doesnt know how to make headers, or weld thin SS properly.

what did it take to mount the IC vertical? im finally in the stages of putting my car back together, i had the chassis stripped down to nothing

52172

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Not sure what was involved mounting the intercooler upright the shop has been doing it, but I think they just did it like any other upright install. The same piping was used.

Turbo LS1 SS

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o rly? thats all i was worried about....the piping. i shall experiment today

52172

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Yea go for it.

smokinHawk

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whoa! why did you put the oil drain on the bottom of the pan? it needs to be above the oil level.

RealQuick

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nice catch on the oil drain smokin! Also, that wastegate was way off! Jeeze, it should never have left the shop like that!

52172

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Not sure why I just emailed the shop the ask that question? I will see what they say.

ABeasst

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yea definitely watch for holes in the welds. I also had to weld up holes. My wastegate dump tube was the same we had to finese it to make it fit.

52172

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Car never left the shop like that, but Hi-Flo did send the parts that were made like that. Hopefully a little finesse will make it fit.

RealQuick

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By leaving the shop, I menat hiflo's shop. By finesse do you mean cutting and rewelding ... cuz that flange has a long way to go before connecting

52172

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Ask Beast he got it too fit with lots of HEAT and special sequence of tightening the bolts? He did not break it. Might have to make a spacer out of steel.

smokinHawk

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id want the wastegate tube to have a flex section or vbands as that is one of the most thermally shocked part as it will heat/cool expand/contract more and be more likely to crack the welds on it.

52172

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Might have to remake it out of flex pipe? I'll keep adding pics of what will be done with that.

RealQuick

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flex section or a spacer would be good options.

SSilverSSurfer

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what size line is on that a1000? -10/-8? im debating on running one of those

52172

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-10an

2002/Black/SS

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hey guys were can me and 52172 get a 1 1/2 inch wide flex pipe????

bc56f100

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Hey is your fuel pick-up in the bottom of your stock tank? Without a sump you better watch the fuel level carefully and not let it get low cause when you get on it and the fuel goes to the back of the tank and uncovers the fitting your F@#$ed!!!!!!!