All my new tranny parts showed up, and I picked up a used tranny with evo 3 stuff in side, it hurt the intermediate shaft and 4th gear so I have some extra parts and will buy a new intermediate shaft to fix this tranny for a back up this year.I also dropped off my new block, MAP stage 5...

Yes I had the block o ringed before last year, and with the MLS gasket worked great until I turned the boost up a little to high :(I had been running around 39-40psi on E98 and towards the end of last year I wanted to see a little more. So the night we drove all over to all the good hang outs...

I will work on some pics but the race car is done for the year. I have 2 spare blocks and heads I am bringing to MAP along with my custom CP pistons and Custom Carrillo rods and many other parts and I want a motor that will handle 850AWHP for a season by spring time.Also on 10-28-2012 at...

The track had tons of grip, to much for my setup. I broke 5 axles in 3 passes, the number of cars and classes plus no open time trials limited me to 3 runs Saturday and 1 elimination run Sunday morning.First pass we upped tire pressure to 16psi, and left the line with 8psi. We broke both...

Time for the small update.The new 3/4 syncro set showed up and they are installed. The tranny shifts great at 10,000rpm and we are working out the tune with the 26" tall tire and shifting. The RPM drop per gear is a lot more then the last few years, but the traction and MPH per gear is well...

Thank you CP/Carrillo for looking over the old parts, and cutting up the new set of pistons for the year.The new pistons have a little different out shape, to help piston stability, and they now have 6 gas ports for the top ring, and they added polishing to the final steps of machine work...

I guess I would have to look at 25.4 rules, but I know for a 25.5 chassis in Minnesota the 2nd cross bar for the main hoop would have to be a little lower, and the inner funny car bar would have to go down to the 2nd cross bar for the main hoop, but as long as it gets the sticker you are good to...

And if you BOV is vented to atmosphere you get a good spray of pure merhonal in your engine bay.

The plasma cutter is the main issue. As long as the machine is setup right, and you grind the cut edge and clean the parts it should weld fine.The reason you do not want to grind down aluminum welds is in the welding process affects the temper of the aluminum. So the weld is the strong...

For MIG welding and plasma cutting auto tints the way to go. I use a miller auto tint with the flame pattern, and it has a good sized window. I wish it went down to a shade 8 for cutting.And TIG I love my Jackson hood with a gold shade, I run a 10 for most stuff but have a 12 I swap in for...

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For ss you really need to know your way around a MIG. I would recommend a already made manifold of some nature, there should be one to put a turbo just about anywhere in/on/around a Dsm.Or if you insist on reinventing the wheel thinking it will save you time money or a headache then mock it...

When you weld aluminum its melting point after the oxidizing layer is removed is 8-900deg F. There is nothing that I know of that can handle that kind of heat and conduct electricity and be easy to install and remove.But as far as mock up and taching together you can wrap it in blue painted...

At home o have a Airco 250 water cooled TIG on an 80amp breaker(just have to hold off on 310amp welding).Great machine all mechanical should run for ever. I did adjust the gap on the high freq. And the wife hates it when I weld aluminum and she is trying to tape something off the TV, lol...

I will have my rods and new set of pistons late next week. I have ordered stuff from parts dinosaur and am talking with MAP and Dukes for the rest of the parts.Some good changes this year is new timing belt stuff, I am building a new head with 1mm over valves new springs and crazy light...