Finishing up 2slow2nervous's 3SGTE Swap, What a nightmare! Options

[Dr_Tweak]

Stock exhaust we're replacing...





AngryMike fitting up the new stainless steel custom 3" mandrel bent tig-welded exhaust....



















Custom tig-welded aluminum intercooler piping with welded-in flange for the Blitz BOV...





Working my magic with what that shop left of his wiring harness....





More to come soon!!!

This post has been edited by Dr_Tweak: Mar 19, 2007 - 4:09 PM

[Dr_Tweak]

Swaps.. I also do engine builds/rebuilds, transmission work and everything inbetween.

Doing a 3sgte swap into a 4th gen gts for a local guy.. He's been jerked around a lot.. I'm charging him a grand(includes any wiring and aftermarket parts installation) plus parts.. others on here have asked me about 3sgte swaps.. I charge 1500 labor.. that includes the harness work and cleaning the engine and replacing whatever seals/gaskets.. pumps.. etc.

Just so that I understand you correctly, you're saying that you do swaps much better than I do with much better results for cheaper, is that right?

the cross sectional area is the same, unless they are hacking off some amount of the IC core. Instead of 1 shoter fat area the charge now goes 1/2 as wide but makes a double pass....if you do your math and all that fun jazz and common sense its cooling the exact same amount as it would in a normal straight setup. only downside is the 180* turn that it now was to do on the other end tank but its negligible performance wise

Not only that, the route taken to get to the intercooler from the turbo is much shorter and uses less bends, so in the end you win out this way.

Is the intercooler completely finished as seen in pics?

YES! WE THOUGHT THAT THE AIR WOULD MAGICALLY MAKE THE 180-DEGREE TURN AT THE END AND COME BACK INTO THE INTERCOOLER PIPING ALL BY ITSELF!



As for angrymike's welding skills, you can't compare this:



with this:



Compare the welds. If you don't see the difference and don't know why it's important, then you need to stop, and go argue with someone else on the internet.

Mike's last job, by the way, was welding parts for GULFSTREAM and BOEING.

-Doc

This post has been edited by Dr_Tweak: Mar 30, 2007 - 9:38 AM