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went over to Mannys today and played around with some IC piping, heres what it looks like so far..






This post has been edited by Ted95: Jun 20, 2011 - 4:21 AM

Came up this past weekend, nice work. Those welds are looking real nice. Almost ready to roll !!!!

Wow does that look good!

Hehe nice, cam.
Took a few pics of the b-pipe installed, I have to upload them in a bit.
finished the hot side piping last night, gonna start the cold side today.

Thanks guys!

make a 2nd gen turbo inlet pipe after the afm and i would love you manny.

You make it look soo easy

so theres been a couple little set backs including some personal things i needed to take care of, but for the swap i just needed to get another 180 bend to split for 2 90s and a reducer coupler which has all been ordered the other day and is on its way. updates and pics later tonight

almost finished!
just waiting on one more bend to arrive, to finish the last peice of the cold pipe, now that i have some experience with those ebay piping kits, i know why people (the ones who weld them) complain about them.
the quality of the tubing is horrible.
pre-polished pipes suck to weld on, there is SO much contaimination ground into the pipes from the polishing process, and you can never really get it all out.
start welding, doing fine, and without warning, it all goes to crap as you pull out all the contaminates in the aluminum, and it kills the puddle.

a couple pics of the last section of the cold pipe, cam took the rest of the pipes and IC home so he could clean them up yesterday.



you can see the contaminates sitting on top of the bead in this pic:



hopfully the last peice will be in tommorow, and all i will have to do is weld up the last bend, and weld a couple of mounting tabs to support the tubes.

lookin good Manny!

sorry for the lack of updates recently guys, been soooo busy with work, i work at a grocery store and it our "busy" time of the year getting ready for the 4th and such so i havent had time at all to update really..

so yesterday i went out to the garage to clean the intercooler and IC piping and dropped it off at his place b4 i went to work. im hoping the last friggen pipe comes in today so tomorrow we can hopefully wrap this thing up and call it a day and DRIVE my celi back home!

alrightt guys, so yesterday just b4 i left for work, Eric, the UPS guy (we are on a first name basis since hes been delivering all my parts lol) came by to drop off the last bend needed for the IC setup. tonight i plan on going over to Mannys, finish up the piping, slap on the front bumper and drive it home

wish me luck

alrightt guys, so yesterday just b4 i left for work, Eric, the UPS guy (we are on a first name basis since hes been delivering all my parts lol) came by to drop off the last bend needed for the IC setup. tonight i plan on going over to Mannys, finish up the piping, slap on the front bumper and drive it home

wish me luck

Looking extremely good. Can't wait to see some vids of the beast on the road.

Manny, those welds are looking great!
Where do you typically source your tubing for exhaust and intercooler piping?

thanks man, there will def be some vids up as i go.

i supplied him with all the piping to do the job. i bought just ebay IC piping, (which i might replace later on down the road) and some 3" SS bends from Jegs and bought some flanges.

This post has been edited by Ted95: Jun 29, 2011 - 2:38 PM

Looks great man! I miss my 6gc at times when I see stuff like this. Looks awesome tho man! Intercooler piping is nice as well those welds are really good.

Cam, enjoy your car homeboy, you deserve it.
A few pics I snapped with the iPod before he left.

Thanks Manny! it was a long wait, ( year and a half) but well worth it

as you guys can see, the car is "done" lol and its fcukin kickasss! coupler slipped off the IC on the way home but slapped it back on tightened it and was back to Boooooosssstttttt!!!! hahaha, i still cant believe its done. the HKS ssqv BOV sounds GREATTT lol im pretty excited.

at full boost i hit what i assume is fuel cut at 80mph, i still need to cap off the OEM boost controller which eliminate that problem, right? lol

other then that theres a few odds and ends that i need to buttom up, however, with the 4th of July weekend on its way, im living at work alllllllllllllllllll weekend. FML, so i wont be able to play around with it until next week, pics as soooon as i get the chance!

And lastly.. a BIG thanks to my friends Dustin, Stef, and Manny for helping me along the way with this swap. you guys helped me out with all my questions and helped me find solutions when i needed them lol. you guys are great people and im happy and honored to have learned from you guys. you can research until your brain explodes, but getting in there and doing it yourself is the best way to learn, and i did just that and man does it feel aweome! thanks again guys!

hey cam, how many lbs of boost are you running when you hit this "cut" ?

well the stock controller is still plugged in sooo w.e stock boost is im guessing, i havent wired in my gauge yet lol im doing that this week bc i have no time this weekend because im basically living at work this weekend. but first, second, and i believe 3rd goes to redline but once i hit 80mph it cuts out and stops at 4k in either 3rd or 4th gear.

so today after work i went out to cut and mod the bumper and slap it on.

i also plugged out the factory boost controller and put on an aftermarket controller, this solved my problem with the "cut"

couple pics i caught over the past few days, im going to take more b4 work tomorrow night







got to give the car a good drive tonight and get a feel for whats to come lol
car drives soo smoooootthhh and it just sucks you back into your seat it your seat and holds you, so sick
still a few things i gotta pick away at here and there, but now i can at least drive my car to work FINALLY! lol

i give it a few months before your bored, But than again your lucky enough to have a 3rd gen you lucky bastard

Enjoy! our cleicas are sleepers forever no matter even with a gt4 front end. Everyone thinks you aint got nothing under the hood till you booooost

haha ya i kinda kno what you mean, im already gettin some what used to it. how ever im not used to the poly mounts and the vibration... lol

i did get a few cheers last night as i boooosstttedd by a gas station, the car just sounds sooo sickk lol