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manifold for a super nice turbo setup im building, no one is building anything like this out there. 321, inconel, and all v-bands 
fixture blurred for keeping secrets, fixture does weigh over 50lbs i think, all aluminum.

fixture blurred for keeping secrets, fixture does weigh over 50lbs i think, all aluminum.
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Crappy pictures of an evo surgetank i made. Still need to weld on the bracket for mounting it. three -6 AN fitting and two -10 AN fittings welded from the inside. Box is made from .25" aluminum.


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Radiator pretty much 99% done and welded, then intercooler tanks welded up but not attached. Going to machine some weld ferrules so i can use wiggins clamps. Much cheaper machining your own weld ferrules and o-rings and all you buy is the clamps. Anyways here are pics, kinda different not sure if i fully like the intercooler setup as its not your standard setup but its cool none the less.








kmurphy I would just like to tell you sometimes when I get bored of normal **** I look at all your pictures of your welding and custom pieces, they are so nice! FFFFFFUUUUUUU
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Well I should have some very nice **** sunday night if all goes well this weekend. Building a fully v-banded rotated setup this weeked. Only flanges in the system are going to be to the heads, everything else is v-band throughout the entire exhaust setup. 321 stainless steel headers, inconel 625 uppipe, 321 downpipe. Turbo is a hta86 with the Tial stainless housing.
Pretty much going to sh*t on just about anything out there.
Pretty much going to sh*t on just about anything out there.
Well I should have some very nice **** sunday night if all goes well this weekend. Building a fully v-banded rotated setup this weeked. Only flanges in the system are going to be to the heads, everything else is v-band throughout the entire exhaust setup. 321 stainless steel headers, inconel 625 uppipe, 321 downpipe. Turbo is a hta86 with the Tial stainless housing.
Pretty much going to sh*t on just about anything out there.
Pretty much going to sh*t on just about anything out there.
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ummm maybe, but its not for the excursion, might have posted in the wrong thread, its for a suby.
So i made 2 of these little guys today on the cnc lathe at work. Got a pdf from TIAL a couple weeks ago with some dimensions of the flange, took the dimensions that I needed and made a solid model of what I wanted it to look like in Solidworks, then on to the machining phase. 1 of them is for a fixture for the rotated setup. 2nd one will be used on a welding positioner to weld the v-band flange on. To make sure your v-bands dont leak, you always want to weld the v-bands clamped to another flange or a big chunk of aluminum that has the same dimensions which keeps the flange your welding from distorting from heat and the aluminum also does an excellent job of acting as a heatsink pulling the heat out of the flange.


So i made 2 of these little guys today on the cnc lathe at work. Got a pdf from TIAL a couple weeks ago with some dimensions of the flange, took the dimensions that I needed and made a solid model of what I wanted it to look like in Solidworks, then on to the machining phase. 1 of them is for a fixture for the rotated setup. 2nd one will be used on a welding positioner to weld the v-band flange on. To make sure your v-bands dont leak, you always want to weld the v-bands clamped to another flange or a big chunk of aluminum that has the same dimensions which keeps the flange your welding from distorting from heat and the aluminum also does an excellent job of acting as a heatsink pulling the heat out of the flange.




