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Pop Rivet the braces in

Bottom View

Fiberglass over rivets to help keep them from leaking.

 
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The tabs should get welded tonight.
Welding upside down sounds fun.....

 
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It's not really that pretty but it'll work.
Just needs to be cleaned up a bit.

 
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Time to work on a new manifold.
This is just a simple mock up.
Going to use mild steel since that's what i can weld.
I'll be utilizing a header built for the A-1 and going from there...

 
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Here are some better pics of the mockup

 
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Looking good man 😁

 
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I had to do some extra welding on top of the welds....for pin holes.
It's mounted with the turbo in the car.
Started it up and man it sounds smooth...wayyyyy different tone.
I'll be mounting the waste gate and a couple of support brackets this week.


My welding sucks but it'll work!

 
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I had to move the mount way out due to the turbo size.
My biggest issue was it hitting the alternator.

 
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Hey it’s functional and doesn’t leak

A grinder and paint make me the welder I ain’t

 
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Thanks

Exhaust wrap will definitely be used...

 
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Some more pics.
I'll be adding the waste gate tonight/tomorrow.

 
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Waste Gate pics...



What crappy welds....

 
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stick weld or flux core gasless? lol

Wait a damn minute. lol. You're gonna act like you didn't purposefully frame that Ferrari emblem perfectly so it's just visible and not mention it?

 
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flux core gaseless... i'm finding out that this = uuuuuuuuselesssss

Yeah, the Ferrari is next on my project list!
I need to find out why i'm not getting power to the rear wheels.
It could be a few sensors or the battery.
I could always just put a kart engine on it....

 
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Lol, flux core works.. ish.. For small things. Then again, that's the only welding I've done thus far. Just kinda borrowed my dad's flux core gasless and taught myself how to weld. Some pretty welds, some pretty ugly welds. Lots of splatter. It gets the job done. In fact, my racing seat turned desk chair is still holding up after welding up the bracket for it

Grinder and paint make me the welder I ain't

I know fully understand this quote

So.. not an actual ferrari, but a kit car?

 
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Grinder, paint, and heat wrap makes me an awesome welder!!!!

 
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What kind of power were you making on your last setup?

 
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250hp.
The reason why i built the new exhaust manifold was due to the amount of restriction.

 
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What kind of internals?

 
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stage 1 crower cam
upgraded springs and retainers
wisco pistons 75.5
k1 rods
king race bearings
port and polish
d16 intake
70mm TB
fid 1000 injectors
E85
10lbs flywheel

 
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currently have a stage 3 cam
and going to install new bearings in the next month.
I don't like the idea of rod bearings lasting till they break.

 
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How many pounds of boost?

 
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18lbs

Forgot to add i'm utilizing ARP head studs and Cometic stock thickness headgasket.

 
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What kind of turbo

 
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Random thought on that catch pan. What if you can up some mounting points to the subframe and put some structural reinforcement on it? It'd double as a subframe brace, no? It'd also be heavy as **** though. Lol

 
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GT3582 ebay special...

 
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4 points is all i want to add to it.
the pan itself is aluminum/fiberglass. I don't think it will help with reinforcement that much...

 
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Good news...the engine should be getting back from the shop with a fresh set of bearings either tomorrow or early next week!!!!

 
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Finally getting the engine back together!!!

 
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Looks good, I will send you pics of my setup later today, working on the head for the pas few weeks.