'76 Dart Lite -- Budget Boost Build
Alright ladies and germs, tonight's update:
I took a piece of 5 inch scrap stainless, and some wire. Using what is left of my math memory, I took 5" x 3.14 (Pi), to get the circumference of the 5" pipe. I did the same with my target collector diameter of 2.5 x 3.14. I cut a wedge piece out of the 5" approximately 10 inches long, and used the wire, to squeeze the pipe down to the desired 2.5 side on the smaller end. I cut both ends straight, and trued on a band saw.
I took a piece of white paper and held it up to the turbo outlet housing and rubbed along the flange to make a paper gasket outline. I cut it out and transferred to the flat steel. I plasma cut the bulk of the center, cleaned it up a bit on the mill, and then welded the cone to the steel stock that has the opening of the flange on the hot side of the turbo, to make my own home - made down pipe stub.
Now, on to the pictures:
Sadly, this is all I was able to get done, but with the exception of drilling the holes and bolting it to the back of the turbo, this is most of the "to do" stuff I wanted to get done before I left the job.
I need to make gaskets, drill holes in the down pipe, and use my personal angle grinder to port the opening of the down pipe, and port the adapter for smooth flow out of the exhaust manifold and into the turbo housing.
Alright ladies and germs, tonight's update:
I took a piece of 5 inch scrap stainless, and some wire. Using what is left of my math memory, I took 5" x 3.14 (Pi), to get the circumference of the 5" pipe. I did the same with my target collector diameter of 2.5 x 3.14. I cut a wedge piece out of the 5" approximately 10 inches long, and used the wire, to squeeze the pipe down to the desired 2.5 side on the smaller end. I cut both ends straight, and trued on a band saw.
I took a piece of white paper and held it up to the turbo outlet housing and rubbed along the flange to make a paper gasket outline. I cut it out and transferred to the flat steel. I plasma cut the bulk of the center, cleaned it up a bit on the mill, and then welded the cone to the steel stock that has the opening of the flange on the hot side of the turbo, to make my own home - made down pipe stub.
Now, on to the pictures:
Sadly, this is all I was able to get done, but with the exception of drilling the holes and bolting it to the back of the turbo, this is most of the "to do" stuff I wanted to get done before I left the job.
I need to make gaskets, drill holes in the down pipe, and use my personal angle grinder to port the opening of the down pipe, and port the adapter for smooth flow out of the exhaust manifold and into the turbo housing.
