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91 Galant VR4 - 700hp+ street car goal

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FastJetta

10+ Year Contributor
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Sep 21, 2009
edmond, Oklahoma
UPDATED FRIDAY 15th FEBUARY

BUIlT 2.4
BUILT 2g AUTO trans
AEM EMS
E85
40 PSI
NITROUS on the way

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So i have had this car for about 2 years and have an extensive build thread im just gonna move over to here.... hope you guys like it, the cars gone through many phases as i decided what i wanted...

1991 Mitsubishi Galant Vr4 (1900 out of 2000 made)
PROJECT GOLFBALL (white and has lots of dents)

Pics of the day i got it.... Car had been sitting in this spot for 6 years in TX.

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forgot to get outta the car befor we loaded it and i got stuck.... it was interesting gettin out....

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check the factory boost gauge on the left.... it has 6 light up bars.... 3 left for vacume and 3 right for boost....

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made a little EGR block off plate.... my egr was nasty dirty, im surprised if it even worked....
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man these stock td05 turbo's are SMAAAAAAALLLL hahaha.... esp when i compare it to my jetta's t70....

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my index finger bout clogges the intake....

Got some more progress done....

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manifold was dominated....

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cracks all over it....

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the intake side of the turbo was good....

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exhaust side not so much....

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got my new injectors...

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little bit of a difference...

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started taking some weigh off...

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Piles of parts now....

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Got some parts in.....

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my massive 38mm wastegate...

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got some preliminary bumper cutting done for the FMIC

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YEAH FOR THE WHINNER....

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gonna try again to install it tonight.... all the bolts on the gas tank are rusted out...

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got some mild updates.... only the pictures i had on my phone....

this is the joy i go to have trying to get the fuel pump out....

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4 of 6 studs broke off..... but got the new walbro mounted up and hooked up....

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made a little throttle body block off plate.... here is what the whole thing looks like...

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got more accomplished but dont have pics yet.... i will take some and get em up here....
 
mounted up the front mount.....

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got the turbo and mani mounted up ..... GOSH jrod and snax got to see how much that sucked to do....
-also got the oil lines all in and on which also sucked balls...

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got the half radiator mounted up with the 12" slim fan.... still gotta wire it in....

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and lastly..... got all my boost piping cut mocked up and tacked together gonna do the finish welding and polishing ###### tomm in the morning...

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UPDATE.... rocked out pretty hard today and got a lot done....

finished welding up all the seems on the boost pipe and mounted up the BOV where i want it.

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its gonna be low and out of the way but should be nice and loud outside the car...

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then made myself a little downpipe.... wish i woulda bought some 3 " mandrel bends.... this will still flow just as good but damn is it a ton more work....

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my entire boost system is 7 welds.... the downpipe alond is 10.

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for now im just running it to here.... just past the motor with a turndown.... gonna be loud and fun...

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then lastly i did the wastegate dump tube..... which fortunately was really really easy...

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So yeah pretty darn close to done now... gotta intall the ecu and wire up the fan and stuff like that....

then as soon as my MAFT gets here, hopefully tommorrow i can start this bia up and see what happens...
 
this should help out a bit.... LOOKS FOR SURE.....

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chopped the motor mount down.... looks wayyy better....

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New knock sensor

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new "race" low temp thermo.... 160 instead of 190

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thanks to mitshu for making the ecu very difficult to get to.... :)

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finally got it out.. good thing too the stock ecu has some burnt circuits....

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also got my battery cable run from the bay to the trunk....

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Oh and removed a bunch of stuff....

here is the before

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and after... (no abs, power steering, ac system)

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yeahhhh more new parts....

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wasn't fun but got em all installed.....

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got me some new wheels.... OH WAIT the DB told me they where 4x114.3 and there 4x100....
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so i guess these are staying.... thinkin there gonna get blacked out though....

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got my new oil filter housing and oil cooler mounted up....

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battery mounted to the trunk and all the lines ran and hooked up....

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now im stuck with this damn wiring mess..... 3"gm maf, gen2 maf translator and stock wiring.... BLAHHH

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also got all my vacume lines ran and my slim fan wired up....

got my coolant lines all hooked up and coolant system filled.

welp since the dude sold me the wrong sized wheels.... im just gonna take the tires off em and put them on the stock snowflake wheels....

to make em look good.... did a little painting....

cleaned and prepped....
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3 coats of primer....
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3 coats of base and then 4 coats of clear.... and whammy, shiny new wheels.
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they look pretty good, gotta let em cure overnight and might wetsand and polish tomm just for fun...
 
here are some pics of it all back together....

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this pretty much fixed my braking issue :)

4 - remanufactured calipers
4 - SS brake lines
4 - ceramic brake pads
resurfaced my calipers

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FINALLY got my other projects outta the way so i can get back to this car.....

yanked the stock motor and trans out...
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yikes what a mess hun? dont worry it will get tucked/shaved/sprayed and look awesome
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new motor getting some advice from my old one...
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tore the new 2.4 block apart to check it all out... (only things i will be using is the block and crank)
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then tore into the old motor to get the parts off im going to be using and see what condition it was in...
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burnt valves anyone...
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looking down these intake runners i cant wait to start porting and polishing...
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now there's just parts everywhere...
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just need all my new stuff to come in so i can get this beast back on the road...
 
some sweet oliver I-beams
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gasket set
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acl race main and rod bearings
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ferrea dual valve springs wit retainers
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compared to the stock springs
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got some more parts in today...

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dual wally's
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and then went and dropped my motor off at the machine shop.
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started cleaning up the engine bay
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drained and yanked the ol' fuel tank out. its freakin nassssty
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heres the new one to replace it. 16 gallon.
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then all my fuel fittings and line came in.
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little update...

motor will be done from the machine shop friday or monday.

got my engine bay bondo'd sanded and primed. still gotta touch up a couple spots but getting close.

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im super pissed the paint i got is wayyy of in color. its called "WINTER WHITE" come on now. its gotta be white. nope how about sky blue.

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HOW LAME. im working with the people i bought the paint from to try and get a refund.

also got the motor back from the machine shop.

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someone one of the cam caps got lost and so that put a hold on me for a while.

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turbo should be here in a this week sometime and then it will be a race to finish....
 
BOOOOOOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE :)
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dont hate... i went for function way over form.... -12 oil drain... no more blowing turbo's for me.

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v-band for the WIN....

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got my down pipe fabbed

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then said... why not recirculate the wastegate.

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started gettin ready to slap the trans on it...

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then remember i wanna weld my center diff and paint the trans before i put it on... so that ended it for the night.
 
so... didn't go to work and got a ton done today....

started by acid washing and power washing my trans...
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then quick coat of paint...

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then decided i to weld up my center diff.

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not pretty but it will do the trick
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threw it all back together... and put the trans back on the motor

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stabbed it back into the car

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finished up my down pipe for now...

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wired in the new plugs for the big ol' injectors (twisted, soldered, then heat shrunk)

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got my fittings all sorted for my fuel pumps... not pretty but it works (had ordered cooler fittings but they were outta stock and refunded and cancelled my order)

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got my fuel feed lines and fuel pumps and inline filter all hooked up (still gotta run my return)

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had midwest hose make me some new lines for my new oil cooler, got it put on...

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then at the end of the night my car gave me a nice thanks for the hard work and broke the v-band when i was putting the down pipe on.

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did a boost leak test but first had to make a 4 inch boost leak tester.
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then simply clamps to the turbo

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then to clean up my vacuum system i was gonna buy a distribution block and then saw they were 50 bucks and said nope.... so i made one.

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made a catch can the other day after work... its gonna be a real one to...

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the baffle inside is where the vacuum port is to keep oil from gettin to it.
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obviously none of the welds are cleaned up in this pics and it still doesn't have the vacuum port on but you get the idea.

cleaned up a bit and with my vacuum port added onto it.

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got some more E-85... hehe..

NO officer... this isn't a race car, its totally street legal.

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finished catch can pics...

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and then as a nice thank you my car broke down tonight... fixed it.... then it broke down again... thanks car. i didn't wanna get home till 2 am anyways.

so pulled my trans out tonight to see what the damage was form breaking at the track....

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so guess im not rebuilding this one :) new built tranny FTW
 
for reals though i said hail damage sucks but body damage has gotta go so i started in on it.

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sanded and pounded as straight as it would go without a studgun

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first round of bondo

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some sanding

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got a new windshield thrown it in finally.... makes it look a little less trashy

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real excited about this one... gettin a bigger core up front thats a blow threw not a dual pass

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a lot thicker too

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anyways thats it for now

brad penn 20-50 suckaaaas
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its creepy cause its green
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then finally got me new rear end in.... 4 bolt with lsd for the win

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game on for this weekend. :)
 
finished puttin my 4 bolt rear end in.

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axle cup comparison

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all the crap i was able to throw out :)
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so last night i decided to just go to town on my car....

started with finally making some new solid bushings for my shifter cable mount.
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made some solid mount bushings for my drive shaft carrier bearings.
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relocation kit for the alternator that moves it to the back of the block
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removed my rear bumper... there goes 40 pounds :)
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hurrahhh for rust...
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deleted this huge bulky front motor mount bar
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had to use a bearing puller to get it off cuase one side was so seized.
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chopped the factor motor mount to make a perfect fit bracket to weld to.
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got my big boy grown up front mount mounted up.
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dont think this things going anywhere. haha
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next up PIPING.

got my stuff in...

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was able to straighten out some bends.

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2.5 to 3 looks way more impressive

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threw it on the mill and cut out the whole for my 50 mil BOV. woot
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hot side pipe was a bit tricky but was able to straighten that one out a bit too.
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i know its a little ghetto but blowing off boost pipes is super annoying so i made lips on the ends of all of them.
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more to come as always...
 
so figured i would give my engine bay another facelift... i still wasn't happy with it.

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also lowered 2 inch's... i need a bit bigger wheel but its gettin there.
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and lastly made myself a little coil on plug set up.

started with some coil packs from pull-a-part off a intrepid
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mocked em up on a spare sheet of lexan i had laying around.
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finished with this.
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then for fun i added a little oil cap touch. :)
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fun little befor and after of the engine bay.
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new wheels
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decided they needed something, so tried out the new 3m carbon wrap.
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then got it on the dyno in houston at 2k11. wasn't a clean pass but i wont complain with what it did.

634 WHP :headbang:
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stared with a stock manifold

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chopped off the runner

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chopped out the the part where the runners gonna fit
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threw it on my bridgeport and machined it out a bit.
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befor
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after
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SIDE NOTE, i had a bug land in my bead as i was welding, teach me to weld a night with the garage door open LOL
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couple of weld close ups (have only been welding aluminum for about 2 weeks now so i got a lot to learn but its coming along pretty quick and im seeing great improvement every time i touch the torch.

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all put together.
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on the car
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used my the mill to make a throttle body flange to couple it to a 76 mm GM throttle body
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Some finished pictures
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WIRE TUCK TIME
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literally removed 10 lbs of stuff
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finished up the drivers and passengers side custom motor mounts
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Before....
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OOPS :) hahahah
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Golfballs getting a fully built auto.
-new intake manifold
-all new boost system
-new custom top mount exhaust manifold
-AEM ems - speed density
-more weight reduction

for now.

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Next battle is gonna be building a new front support for the radaitor and intercooler then i can start fabbing up the exhaust manifold
 
started by cutting out some plates
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welded em on
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used some round bar welded to those plates with some supports for my new front crossmember
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mounted my intercooler to those bars, made some bumper mounts
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finished my last motor mount. so all 4 are solid mounts now. :) (vibrations here i come haha)
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chopped the next off my new half radiator
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cut out a plate to match
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welded er up so its nice and flush top now
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you can see now my radiator tucks back in there.
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Couple ideas of how i wanna do my turbo....
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look how sad she looks....
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and then for a rainy day... 5 lug conversion so its easier to find wheels and tires.
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stared on my manifold but all i have pics of is the collector i made...

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gave up on the rest till after christmas then im gonna hit it hard and see if i can get this pile going.
 
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