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ok, so I have a dillema: I am fabbing up a downpipe for my Z, and the problem is that since the turbo's ont he wrong side, I have minimal spacing for my external wastegate. It's a tial 44mm unit, so it's not exactly small... The easiest way to do it is to run it from the wastegate runners (i'll have to cut a portion off to angle it the other way and weld on a vband included with the wg) and dump it straight into the downpipe, because of small clearance. Here you can see the wastegate runner (the part that's pointing towards the bottom of the screen will be cut and rerouted to be straight), no downpipe mockup downpipe mockup, no wastegate. you can see that I have very little clearance Here's the world's dirtiest ms paint diagram of how it's supposed to run. So my question is.... Can I just have everything welded straight up, or do I need to put some sort of a tiny flex pipe where the 3" mark is for the wastegate dump pipe into the downpipe? Will there be significant heat expansion to cause cracks and make something break down the road, or can everything be solid stainless steel? (304)

wastegate only operates when your foot is ON the gas. its purpose is to bleed off excess exhaust gas pressure so the turbine doesn't spin faster and produce more pressure than it should blow off valve operates when either there's too much boost pressure while on the gas, or when your foot is off the gas, and the turbo keeps spinning down and building pressure. Maybe it's just the sound the blow off valve is making... they all make different sounds: my friend put in mopar blow off plate on his srt4, and the thing sounded like truck air brakes when you let off. Swapped it out for an HKS ssqv unit, and it sounded like a high pitched whine being released

mine's 1/8 npt, fyi. garret t04 unit

welcome to 2002

maybe because it looks like a bent over stick figure ready to be taken from behind

yup. those are relatively common

i'm glad the paper took the liberty of posting your name and address publically. i'd be pretty pissed

73 Z cars got crossbeams in doors, didn't they? I forgot to add that my Z also had an r200 in it instead of hte r180, there's extra 15-20 lbs. Don't forget stuff like smog equipment. The smog pump itself is about what, 15 lbs? cast iron bracket and bolt are another 3-4 lbs. Also depends where you had the car weighed: mine was weighed in when coilovers were getting adjusted and alignment done at Roger Kraus Racing, and it was done with individual scales under each wheel (they do corner weights too)

t04 turbo oil feed is tapped for 1/8 npt, right?

I had mine weigh in at 2437 when it had the stock motor, also a 73 240z. variables that made a difference: i had a full tank of gas 20 lbs of tools in the back. no spare tire toyota 4x4 calipers stock 73 extended bumpers.

Welcome back! I remember reading the thread when you originally made it, and I'm glad that ordeal is over with. Good to have you back!

this is what I did: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=95665&highlight=scammer

Wayne, I think you're thinking of Mike D, not Davy. Mike D (73botiz) is the expert resident welder, however, he's been MIA for a while - I've emailed him and never heard a peep back

so wayne, want to sell me your hobart, and buy something bigger?

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big 5 kicks *** for picking up surplus rifles in california. i refinished the m44 on the bottom. mauser still needs work. I've also shot both of these a little while ago: #4 mk1 and the jungle carbine. man, the carbine packs a heck of a punch to your shoulder!

yes, but the one I found is less than half the price of the lincoln... which is why i asked

anyone heard of one of these? Fire power fp90? http://www.welding-direct.com/fpfirmigwel9.html I found one on CL for relatively cheap.

how much would it cost to put sr20det/rb20/25/26det[t] into my 240/260/280/280zx/300zx?

Because I've been heel/toeing my neon, and I get my *** kicked all the time? I bet at least half the members here could kick your *** off the line... we have Zs on this board running 8 second 1/4 miles... I've driven a low 11 second Z that's a street machine... your high comp triple carb Z will net you high 13s at best. You won't make more than 240rwhp on pump gas because your head flow is too restrictive at that point. Scottie: I think the newbie implies that his L motor w/ triple carb setup is faster than your GNZ was. As you can see, race suspension + 60mph+ turns = http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?p=520234#post520234

see link above, and watch ebay. send'em an email, see what they got available

here are some pics of the actual unit I got. I laid it up against a trace of the Z's front end, with circles marking 3" vent holes.

http://www.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/60501029.html that is infact my bike. looks like it changed hands a few times, but same mods, same cosmetic damage, same front wheel fairing i replaced (no lettering, factory had lettering) weird...

nope, still down won't be ready for MSA/rio vista either i hope it'll be running by may, but that's a long shot