custom kit?
now that i know how to make one it's so easy but when i was searching i only got links to people that bought them already made! 
03-27-2008, 07:22 PM
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03-27-2008, 07:28 PM
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wow sideways240sx, that was a long *** read. the car came out super nice the ONLY thing i would have done is have all the hot pipes would have been a little smother but your welds look great for a first timer, ive been weldin a long time and trust me your good. if you dont mind me askin how much for everything?
With the hot pipes, we could of ground down the welds and made them look better, but we wanted to make sure there strong, and dont want it to crack.
Our welding ability even in the last couple of weeks has gotten way better. Once the car is done i plan on learning to mig alot better, but right now all my free time is working on the car.
If we remade the kit right now, and scrapped what we had we could do it better. Again we learned alot, it turned out really good for a first timer's and i cant wait to get it on the dyno. When we redo it nicer i will probably use stainless instead of mild, and it will all get ceramic coating.
As far as everything goes it is really hard to say. I did alot more then needed to be done. I spent more in places i didn't need to.
Without tools, welder, and other suspension stuff/ radiator stuff, and stuff that was not needed for turbo but i did anyway i would say probably 4-4500 for everything turbo + fuel stuff.
I need to get it tuned, and get some tires, and i will probably end up somewhere around 7k.(including tools, welder, mapp torch welding tank, argon c02, wire, welding hood yada yada)...
Chris
03-27-2008, 07:56 PM
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Came out real nice both times. I'll see if I can find a pic of the after...because we didn't take any during the process, just had a job to get done
As for you submitting pics, I'm open to anyone wanting to submit their DIY pics to the truck manifold post so if you want to shoot some to me feel free
03-27-2008, 07:58 PM
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I Have a few more pics but im not to far into the build havent worked on it much in the last 2 days i have a couple pics posted in the stand up radiator thread https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induction/695288-those-who-moved-radiator-up-verticle-here.html
03-27-2008, 09:19 PM
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man you gotta get it dynod im dying to find out? dose any one kno how much the length matters on the header to turbo? like tuned length, or is it still the heat and volume rule?
03-27-2008, 10:10 PM
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As far as piping from mani to turbo, i would try to make it as close as possible, but it doesn't have to be exact. Make it the shortest distance you can. Shorter piping is less restriction which is better spool up.
In a twin setup i could see the piping mattering alot more because unless your building the car to have 1 turbo spool right away, and the other a little later you would want the piping equal lengths.
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With the hot pipes, we could of ground down the welds and made them look better, but we wanted to make sure there strong, and dont want it to crack.
Our welding ability even in the last couple of weeks has gotten way better. Once the car is done i plan on learning to mig alot better, but right now all my free time is working on the car.
If we remade the kit right now, and scrapped what we had we could do it better. Again we learned alot, it turned out really good for a first timer's and i cant wait to get it on the dyno. When we redo it nicer i will probably use stainless instead of mild, and it will all get ceramic coating.
As far as everything goes it is really hard to say. I did alot more then needed to be done. I spent more in places i didn't need to.
Without tools, welder, and other suspension stuff/ radiator stuff, and stuff that was not needed for turbo but i did anyway i would say probably 4-4500 for everything turbo + fuel stuff.
I need to get it tuned, and get some tires, and i will probably end up somewhere around 7k.(including tools, welder, mapp torch welding tank, argon c02, wire, welding hood yada yada)...
Chris
Our welding ability even in the last couple of weeks has gotten way better. Once the car is done i plan on learning to mig alot better, but right now all my free time is working on the car.
If we remade the kit right now, and scrapped what we had we could do it better. Again we learned alot, it turned out really good for a first timer's and i cant wait to get it on the dyno. When we redo it nicer i will probably use stainless instead of mild, and it will all get ceramic coating.
As far as everything goes it is really hard to say. I did alot more then needed to be done. I spent more in places i didn't need to.
Without tools, welder, and other suspension stuff/ radiator stuff, and stuff that was not needed for turbo but i did anyway i would say probably 4-4500 for everything turbo + fuel stuff.
I need to get it tuned, and get some tires, and i will probably end up somewhere around 7k.(including tools, welder, mapp torch welding tank, argon c02, wire, welding hood yada yada)...
Chris
If you did decide to scrap it I would love to take that "junk" off your hands
