Group A's group a rebuild

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lmao ian


today
got an extra day of and still no parts so looks like i will be starting on the final lobster elbow in the induction system to the turbo
this the one part i have not been looking forward to ;(

and will also start looking at the top part of the cooling system redesign looking forward to that

 

[group a supra]

got nothing done that i planned today other than teaching myself to weld

nicked my mates mig welder as i needed to reposition the turbo up an inch or so and alter the angle on the flange so after 20 mins of pissing around i was on got it sorted then it has took me all day to get the exact position i wanted and weld up the stay from flange to flange this means i can now look at making all the runners for the manifold now and try and get this lobster elbow made to finish of the induction system.
i know the gt42 looks a bit high but the hood does clear by err well not much but it dosent touch all the same :naughty:

 

[group a supra]

just finished mocking up the lobster elbow to come of the turbo and connect to the first induction pipe then should be able to get this welded hopefully tommorrow to the turbo and all done for induction i hope

 

[IJ.]

Steve: A couple of words you might want to consider

Turbine Coatings and Turbine Blankie!
(Man that things big)

 

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Steve: A couple of words you might want to consider

Turbine Coatings and Turbine Blankie!
(Man that things big)

already on the list brother

you like the lobster :biglaugh: quite a bit higher now is that turbo wouldnt you say :icon_bigg

 

[IJ.]

Looking good!

Still going to be tight packing it all into that corner though!

 

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i know i also have to shorten the other pipe by 1 1/2 inches as i made it to long but hey custom jobs what can i say you dont know where its going to go till you get there :biglaugh:

 

[OneJoeZee]

your thread has a long way to go to catch up to IJs 211 pages! lol

 

[IJ.]

Personally I would have cut the V Band fitting off welded on a 3" 90 degree bend then welded the V Band flange onto the end of that

 

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tj visit more often and maybe we will catch him :biglaugh:

 

[group a supra]

Personally I would have cut the V Band fitting off welded on a 3" 90 degree bend then welded the V Band flange onto the end of that

ahh but the internal diameter of turbo outlet is greater than 3 inches

3.25 to be exact and a 3" elbow would still not be tight enough so if it is all in 4" it will fit a gt47 straight away should i decide to delve that deep :icon_bigg

 

[IJ.]

Make sure ya posts good detailed pics Steve this is gonna be fun!
(A vid during the fabrication would be cool but my guess is it'll be way XXX rated )

I bought a cast 90 to do mine I wonder if they do em in 4"......

 

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what the hell is a cast nintey

and yes my language is terrible when i t goes wrong or i injure myself like five times today

lol

 

[IJ.]

A tight radius cast aluminium 90 degree bend Steve!

LOL @ the language ya should hear mine when something doesn't cooperate

 

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A tight radius cast aluminium 90 degree bend Steve!

LOL @ the language ya should hear mine when something doesn't cooperate

finding a 4" elbow was hard work ian let alone a cast one there are none in the uk state side only

 

[IJ.]

4" Mandrel bends are no problem here the shop that supplied my 2.5's does them, I just checked the supplier I got the cast elbow from and of course they've just redone their website so the info isn't there yet ARGHHHHH .

 

[group a supra]

typical oh well i shall go forward as i am the elbow is very smooth inside anyway side anyway so it will flow ok

 

[IJ.]

Ummm Dude it's 4" it can't do anything but flow well !

 

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Ummm Dude it's 4" it can't do anything but flow well !

very funny very funny always a comedian aint there

lol :biglaugh:

 

[IJ.]

Could almost be an elbow joint from a suit of armour !