BassAckwards' AWD Turbo 2TR-FE

Is this the weekend for oil pan, and down-pipe mock-up??????

 

Good morning John

Downpipe for sure, im starting on that now. Figured out the pie cuts are slightly larger than the outlet flange, so im welding the flange to a piece of 3” pipe then im gonna cut that off and start mocking up from there

 

Hey Robert

 

You do the same brother

Howdy Bill, how’s it goin amigo?

 

Good thinking.

Which brand are the pie cuts, and which brand is the v-band flange?

 

Ace race pie cuts and stainless bros flange. Also had the same issue with a Fab pros flange though.

 

That's right. Nothing some resourcefness isn't overcoming.

 

Been ok. Very busy with life. Kind scaled back my TW time the last few weeks to focus on other things

 

I did that myself a while back. Good to give yourself some time away every once in a while. We aren’t going anywhere. Hope all is well brother

 

Started mocking up the downpipe today. It’s gonna be a tight fit near the AC lines for sure. Very happy with it so far though

 

I wonder if in the long run it might be worth it to take the AC pipes and reconfigure them to exit the firewall and turn 90* and tuck them up against the firewall/fender. I can only imagine that down pipe is gonna get a little "warm". I don't think freon minds an extra turn or two unlike other stuff. Nice fab work BTW!!!

Cheers,

Doc

 

This may be a something i pursue in the future if it becomes a problem. I’m going to try and wrap it in some reflective heat tape first though and see how it holds up. If I can leave it alone though I’m going to try, as I haven’t had any issues with the factory ac up to this point. Thank you for the kind words

 

making some good progress. Got to another stopping point. Got one more pie cut welded in, and then got the downpipe started. The next steps will be to build my 3” midpipe/mate it to the downpipe and then add the flex pipe and o2 bungs and the exhaust portion should be doneskis

 

Once you have the down-pipe bolted to the cat-back, and all is good, make a bracket to go from the D.P. to the transmission somewhere. Otherwise, the vibrations and engine flexing will continually loosen the turbine outlet flange clamp.

Gives it more structural rigidity.

 

Thanks for the heads up, I will add this to the list. Hoping to get some more time at it next weekend.

 

Engine flex - that means you're not joking around.

@BassAckwards this is totally badass. Crazy what you can do now with the welding. At work, we call that "orange peel" fittings, haha.

 

Flexing with the vibrations of the engine mounts. Relative to the static "off" state. To clarify.

 

Oh. Okay. That does make more sense. I was thinking of when guys put 800+ horsepower through the engine that's in my car, then the block itself starts to flex.

 

Thanks man! My skills have come quite a way in a year, i am pretty excited with the progression for sure. Those pie cuts definitely arent fun to weld lol. I'm surprised they turned out as good as they did

This reminds me.. i need to open the hood and see which way the engine torques whenever it's revved. If it moves toward the passenger side, then i'm gonna be in trouble with downpipe clearance. IIRC though, it seems like the engine moves towards the driver side. Do you recall by chance?