DeleriousZ Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 solid looking welds. did you purge the pipes with argon prior to welding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragefear Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 how the hell do you expect to hook? Is that thing tubbed? What rear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6t8vw Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 solid looking welds. did you purge the pipes with argon prior to welding? sometimes but not always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6t8vw Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 how the hell do you expect to hook? Is that thing tubbed? What rear? Well, going to el mirage and bonneville (5" wide tire) to run the car and occasional street. Def will not "hook" lol I do have a 285/35-18 tire for the street but im sure it will spin'em running stock r200 diff now.. going q45 when the time comes. andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnjdragracing Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 the turbo im using has a 75mm comp wheel and someone made 1080hp with it.. flows 98lb min. im guessing yours flows more or less the same... whats the turbine outlet size? 5"?I finally measyred the turbine sde of the turbo and it was 4.75".Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6t8vw Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Little update, progress is slow but it is progress.. Heres the the 6 speed trans mount, might redo the mount plates to be horizontal for added ground clearance if its a issue.. one good feature of this is the plates are tilted 10 degrees towards each other for easy removal and install. I finally got the car to my new house so progress should pick up:icon14: sorry for the x-large pic's WEIR's bellhousing sure does sit low! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNkEyT88 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Nice transmission cross member. Do you have pics of how you welded your main hoop to the floor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPSNZ Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 I havn't had any experience with salt flat racing or real high speed in a Z but I can tell you we had real trouble getting traction in our drag 240z at anything over 170mph, obviously thats on a 1/4 mile and we are trying to put way over 1000whp into it as fast as possible, in your application, winding up slowly, the aero side of it might not be so bad, best of luck, bet it'll be fun, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6t8vw Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 Nice transmission cross member. Do you have pics of how you welded your main hoop to the floor? Thanks, yes i do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6t8vw Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 I havn't had any experience with salt flat racing or real high speed in a Z but I can tell you we had real trouble getting traction in our drag 240z at anything over 170mph, obviously thats on a 1/4 mile and we are trying to put way over 1000whp into it as fast as possible, in your application, winding up slowly, the aero side of it might not be so bad, best of luck, bet it'll be fun, Rob Hey rob i love your car man, that thing is a beast! I've heard others mention a 170mph limit also... I think once the belly pan and rear diffuser is installed ill have better luck pushing that barrier. I know its going to want to spin real bad @ 150+. I'm just going to creep up on it little by little. andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6t8vw Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 some mockup of the 5" dp, just sitting in there for ref. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNkEyT88 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Wow, just looking at that will leave a few people crappin their pants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_hunt Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Were you going to use a flex bellow somewhere in that exhaust or just leave it all hard plumbed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6t8vw Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 Wow, just looking at that will leave a few people crappin their pants. 90% of guys reduce the 5" to 4" so i try to be diffrent, it should flow pretty well also.. Im thinking there will be some vacume effect pulling the gas's out at high speed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6t8vw Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 Were you going to use a flex bellow somewhere in that exhaust or just leave it all hard plumbed? since all the tubing slips over one another i was just going to use t-bolt clamps on all the slip fits.. i think it should flex pretty good? time will tell. hopefully the aluminized tubing holds upto the heat. also i have two 5" vbands to install on the section taht covers the valve cover. I will be able to remove the piping for valve adjustments. andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6t8vw Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 turbo mount and crossover piping tacked up . . . . . . . . heres a die i made to fit 2.5" x060 wall tubing to t3 flange seen above... looks like alum in the pic but it is steel. . I wanted to make a "split pulse" setup but figured the gain would not be worth the trouble of dealing with two wastegates or connecting each bank with a Y pipe to single WG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6t8vw Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 Finished welding the crossover/merge piping. . . . . . i may have gotten a little overly creative with the mount structure kinda just had to work with what i had lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoov100 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Hey I've got a VDO boost gauge that goes up to 10 bar. I think you might need it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6t8vw Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 Hey I've got a VDO boost gauge that goes up to 10 bar. I think you might need it! haha, how much do you want for it? lol . Theres a guy who runs two of these turbos in diesel truck with compound setup he makes 100 psi... pretty wild i dont intend to go over 20 psi but well see:flamedevi Well i just mounted the turbo in the car w/ with mockup block still in it and it sits pretty high DOH LOL well its what i expected... i tryed to leave room for the radiator. . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetFighter Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Nice job. You shouldn't have too much trouble spooling that turbo. It's the equivalent to a GT42, and on a medium displacement engine it should work very well. How much power do you need to make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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