[Sparkys Tacoma]

Profile shot mang

 

[Tr00b]

What are your plans for a coating?

 

[paleyjim]

What are your plans for a coating?

For now it will likely just stay bare steel. Once it warms up enough to paint I'll probably just hit it with a rattle can or I may duracoat it.

 

[DieselPro]

Admire all the work you put into it. Guess I need to break out my aluminum casting stuff and see if I can cast one. Maybe when it warms up a bit. From what I see it does indeed need to be "clockable". Never cast an elbow of sorts, will require several casting master molds to assemble a workable piece.

 

[paleyjim]

Well, I was going to hold out on photos 'till this thing was pretty much done, but since Sparkys Tacoma asked for a profile I'll add a couple more photos. I've been blending and smoothing the inside welds so here is a shot of that and the profile.

 

[Sparkys Tacoma]

A lot of porting to go but I like it

 

[paleyjim]

I finished blending the welds on the inside and put the halves together. Still have some grinding/blending to do.

I had the flange pretty flat at one point, but it appears the welding today twisted things up again. I have an idea that might work.... time will tell....

 

[Sparkys Tacoma]

Well shoot looks pretty good

 

[Tr00b]

Gat dammm man that twist is bad...

No more Chubby Checker LP's for you.

 

[turbonator]

anything in mind for the warpage? might be an idea to cut another lower flange out of 1/2" and tack it down to the table, and just weld your piece to it..... looks good, and we commend the work you have into this already....:thumb::thumb:...J&J

 

[paleyjim]

anything in mind for the warpage? might be an idea to cut another lower flange out of 1/2" and tack it down to the table, and just weld your piece to it.....

Exactly what I have in mind. :thumb:

looks good, and we commend the work you have into this already....:thumb::thumb:...J&J

Thanks! Should have some interesting photos to share tomorrow night. Time for some test fitting. :clap:

 

[Sparkys Tacoma]

If all else fails. Boat anchor

 

[paleyjim]

Tr00b is getting tired of holding the truck up.

 

[paleyjim]

But we're making progress.

 

[Sparkys Tacoma]

Motor run. Video!

 

[paleyjim]

Well, it was a good day. We didn't get far enough to get in a test drive, but we made some good progress. This first batch of photos shows the turbo bolted in place. You can see the drain line does not reach in one of the photos. We cut it and added in a piece of hose for now. This will allow test fitting this turbo and then switching back to the GM8. Since the upper intake is not done, I'm looking at hacking the factory upper. That is why it is showing up in some of the photos.
More photos to come...

 

[paleyjim]

Welding the downpipe.
Drain line connected.
Downpipe photos.

The downpipe fabrication is slow going. Getting a 3.5" pipe to twist around all the obstacles takes some care. We nearly made it all the way down to my 4" exhaust, but had to call it quits for the day. You can see the 4 bolt flange on my 4" pipe in one of the photos. The size of the pipe and the twists and turns it takes are making it difficult to install. At the length we have complete now, we have to remove the turbo in order to get the pipe to drop down from the top. Adding any more length will make it impossible to install. At this point, we're thinking of cutting the straight section and doing a 2 piece downpipe with a band clamp in the middle.

The GM8 is back in place and the truck is up and running.

 

[Sparkys Tacoma]

Wow that downpipe has more engineering than nasa can handle.

 

[paleyjim]

I ordered a set of 3.5" V-band rings and a V-band clamp to turn this into a 2 piece downpipe. I'm not sure if I have enough room for these, but we'll give them a try.

 

[turbonator]

I ordered a set of 3.5" V-band rings and a V-band clamp to turn this into a 2 piece downpipe. I'm not sure if I have enough room for these, but we'll give them a try.

maybe time for a bit of lift, 2" or so, makes an amazing difference fitting in the big pipes and stuff....