This is sick to say the least. I have been kicking the idea around of building a rwd setup for a little while now and this is inspiring

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That's awesome. No wastegate huh? Just full boost! That rules!

Wastegates? We don't need no stinking wastegates!

looking good paul thanks for the info

welds look pretty nice. you back purging?

Thanks guys. This was my first pipe header build, and I'm very happy with how it turned out so far. Can't wait to do another.

Wastegates are for sissys! j/k
I still need to weld on a pipe and flange for the wastegate, and then we're going to run it through the tumbler to polish it. I'll probably tackle that over the weekend. Yeah, we backpurged it.

Where do you guys get the pipe you used to make it ? ### i have to build one of those. you guys inspire me to do some of this stuff. great work im impressed

Awesome work as usual. Who did that dash, looks clean and light!

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Where do you guys get the pipe you used to make it ? ### i have to build one of those. you guys inspire me to do some of this stuff. great work im impressed

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For this build, I bought all of the pipe locally. But, I'll be ordering from this place from now on: Ace Stainless. They have much better pricing than what I just recently spent.

-TunedDSM- said:

Awesome work as usual. Who did that dash, looks clean and light!

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Thanks man. Troxell fit the dash. It's a fiberglass Cobalt dash. Just like the one Jake Montgomery used to rock in his 1G.

99gst_racer said:

Thanks man. Troxell fit the dash. It's a fiberglass Cobalt dash. Just like the one Jake Montgomery used to rock in his 1G.

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I knew it looked familiar, I couldn't remember where I had seen it. Hope to see this thing make some passes at the Shootout next year. Subscribed

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Thanks guys. This was my first pipe header build, and I'm very happy with how it turned out so far. Can't wait to do another.

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Yes, the header is absolutely amazing. I think you've done very well for your first one.

v-band FTW!

99gst_racer said:

For this build, I bought all of the pipe locally. But, I'll be ordering from this place from now on: Ace Stainless. They have much better pricing than what I just recently spent.


Thanks man. Troxell fit the dash. It's a fiberglass Cobalt dash. Just like the one Jake Montgomery used to rock in his 1G.

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I'm assuming you probably get asked this all the time and might be tired of repeating yourself, but is doing a RWD conversion something worth doing for a daily driven car? I know it costs more than I could imagine at this point but also something rarely done. Just curious, thanks. (Looks amazing btw)

any updates? pix

Nothing new on the car itself, but I did finally get the wastegate port fit and welded, and a co-worker polished it.

Wow!
That looks absolutely amazing Paul. There's just something about that v-band flange where the turbine hangs. It's so rediculously badass.

Thanks man.

I'm excited to see the rest of the car take shape.

It looks great and it would be an amazing car, but to be honest, I would have tried to get Shep driveline components. AWD is the greatest thing that ever drove on the face of the earth.

Even Shep still breaks stuff. Brian wanted a bulletproof driveline with this car, so that's why it was built the way it was. Prior to this, the car ran a straight-cut gear tranny, Tilton carbon/carbon clutch, Shep t-case, and a carbon fiber driveshaft. He burned up a dozen clutches before switching to the Tilton. And he broke several rearends before switching to the 9". Then he started to break Shep t-cases. It was cheaper to switch to the stronger RWD set-up, rather than constantly replace that high-end AWD stuff.

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It looks great and it would be an amazing car, but to be honest, I would have tried to get Shep driveline components. AWD is the greatest thing that ever drove on the face of the earth.

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Did you see the pictures on post #70 from a couple years ago when it was AWD? That was a pretty stout setup, but they wanted MORE. Trust me, these guys know what they're doing. It's gonna be SICK.

Fantastic work Paul!

dsmrollerz90 said:

It looks great and it would be an amazing car, but to be honest, I would have tried to get Shep driveline components. AWD is the greatest thing that ever drove on the face of the earth.

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AWD had it's limitations. Once you really start going fast down the 1/4 mile they really start to show.

Thanks Kevin.

Geeze Paul this is all looking so good. I can't wait to see it shape up. How often do you guys work on it?

We haven't been out at his shop since before Christmas. But he's out there every other day in the warmer months. I imagine we'll be doing alot of work on it in about a month or so.

Very nice, very nice!










How much?

Ford part's under a DSM

J/K, awesome build and great fab work being done!!!