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congrats man hopefully ill get to finish mines shortly

thanks man im pretty pumped about it. i sent you a pm, hit me up, we will talk about your swap

so today i filled the tranny up with gear oil and drove it around the yard a little today.. i didnt go above like 2500rpms.. i just wanted to see how the clutch felt and to make sure it would actually drive lol.

so b4 work tomorrow and after work tomorrow, the plan is to put the fenders and hood back on b4 i ship the car out to Mannys place on Tuesday. the car is sooo close to being finished i cant wait!

Got a bit of practice on some stainless tonight, see ya and your beast tommorow!

alrightt so tomorrow is the big day.. well actually today is the big day lol. the car is being towed to Mannys this afternoon while he is at work to get my b-pipe made up and intercooler piping!

going to finish up putting the fenders and hood on in the morning and give her a quick bath before it start heads out for a sleeper over at Mannys garage haha.

i loaded up the car today and razor bladed the windows because of some overspray and dust on the windows (my dad still does some work and stuff in the garage) which means i will have to spray the car again after the swap is done.

updates and pics as we go, Manny feel free to throw some pics up too on the thread of the piping

looking good man. your getting closer. wish i was running. I just gotta finish hooking stuff up and get my rear mount. hopefully find one.

Car is here, few minor issues but nothing we can't work with I think.
Cam bought 3" stainless mandrel bends from jegs. They are thinner wall than what I normally use (.055 vs .065), so the pipe is a little loose in the 3" stainless vibrant flanges he got.
He got a good deal on a used 3" exhaust cutout from someone he knows, which turns out is not stainless, so I'm going to pick up some 309 filler rod to tig the mild to the stainless.
There is a 4" flex pipe attached to the cutout, cam was hoping we could use that, but I prefer a 6" flex section in the b-pipe, so he is gonna pick one up tommorow, and I'll start fabricating everything up tommorow.
I'm hoping to get started on the ic piping on Saturday. That is going to be all 2.5" aluminum, tig welded by yours truly!!

See ya tommorow cam!!

what he said haha .. searchin right now for the flex pipe Manny and gunna make some calls in the morning as well, see you then bro!

This post has been edited by Ted95: Jun 14, 2011 - 10:28 PM

so this morning i went out and made some calls to some local shops and found the flex pipe i need for the job. tonight after work im going to swing by Mannys with the pipe and get this show on the road! updates later... prob after the Bruins game lol.

I just read through your entire thread. All I can say is wow. It looks like you are almost to the pot of gold. Your attention to details is rivalled by very few. You certainly put in the long hours of research and effort.

The car looks beautiful and the prep was inspiring. I cannot wait to see it finished.

I just realized that reading this made me realize that I should stop worrying about my car - it will get there. (I have so many other priorities than the 'trac that I have been seriously disheartened by the prospect of waiting several years to get it up to par) So thank you for your fortitude.

-Terracar

thanks man i really appriciate it. its been stressful trust me lol its been a long process but im happy ive took my time with the car and trying to get everything the way i want it. i wanted to do it right the first time so in order to do so you got to take your time and do the research and firgure out what u want in the end.

heres a few more recent pics




slapped the nose back on minus the front bumper because Manny needs it off to do my Front mount setup


i washed the car b4 i put the fenders and hood back on, you can see the difference lol



i like this pic alot even tho its the back side, im really happy with how the GTS wheels came out, and i like the stance of it in this pic because i have 15" steelies in the front and 16" GTS wheels in the rear



btw .. GO BRUINSSSS CHAMPSS BABYY!!!! 4 major sport championships in Boston over the past 6 years, Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics and now the Bruins! Boston rocks!

This post has been edited by Ted95: Jun 15, 2011 - 10:35 PM

Started on cams b-pipe today, got ~1/2 of it done before I ran out of argon.
Here are some crappy iPhone pics.













I'll finish up tommorow, and start on the ic piping on Saturday after the wifey gets home from work.

attaa boyy Manny looks great so far! did that flexpipe work out ok? it looks good, this made my night, cant wait for saturday brothaa!



This post has been edited by Ted95: Jun 16, 2011 - 11:05 PM

alright so later today im going over to Mannys to work on the car and help finish up the bpipe and start on the IC piping im pretty excited to say the least, todays a big day and a big step in gettin this thing done and road ready. updates later

the flex worked out just fine, bro, no problems.

welded up a section of 2.5" pipe to a 2.5" flange, that will be welded up to the rear section of the exhaust so that i have somthing to bolt the b-pipe to.
304 stainless flange and pipe, tig welded with 308 filler rod.
a couple pics.





ill finish up the b-pipe today, and start on the intercooler piping!

OUTSTANDING!!!!!

more flange work





i stand by my exhaust, V2. lmao



finished up, ready to install.



pics installed later, gonna start the IC piping today.

are you gonna use an electronic butterfly valve on that or get under the car to make it track worthy?

he has an electric butterfly valve, its just not bolted on in the pics.
ill get some undercar pics with it installed later today.

I love my butterfly cutout valve nois-E! remote control rules. great mod so i dont blow my muffler apart lol..