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DAY 1
well had the day off work today
first good weather we've had in 3 weeks....
so what better way to put it to use...then to work on my car!
so i got up early! and went shopping....
this didnt go as planned as i originally wanted to buy stainless steel for my pipe work,
this worked out far too expensive...
went to a few other places, and they couldnt do any better...
then i got referred to a place where they make the bends...
no luck at first as they only did huge orders! Bugga!
and at that i wouldnt even save that much if i was added to someone elses order...
then the guy says we have some 3" alloy imperfects we can do you cheap,
pick what you want....
so i went home with this lot... for $200nz (less than half what i would have paid for the stainless perfects) all 3", and 3mm thick!! and one 2.5" to 3" Stainless enlarger.
then i proceeded to strip the car of its front end and original pipes.
the new 600x300x76mm bar/plate cooler was fitted..
then i wanted to fit the original impact beam... no luck!
cooler was in the way.... so it got trimmed to fit (impact beam)
i'll get a new section welded in later....
by this stage my dad had taken the original Y turbo joiner over to his friends work to get the 2.5" to 3" enlarger welded on
this was quickly fitted by me...
followed by the impact beam...
then i looked at my pile of pipes,
hummed and harr'd....
cut and placed pieces together...
at this stage i stood back and looked at the huge gap on the otherside...
dammit bugger it... its been 8 hours now.... i give up for the day, LOL!
well had the day off work today
first good weather we've had in 3 weeks....
so what better way to put it to use...then to work on my car!
so i got up early! and went shopping....
this didnt go as planned as i originally wanted to buy stainless steel for my pipe work,
this worked out far too expensive...
went to a few other places, and they couldnt do any better...
then i got referred to a place where they make the bends...
no luck at first as they only did huge orders! Bugga!
and at that i wouldnt even save that much if i was added to someone elses order...
then the guy says we have some 3" alloy imperfects we can do you cheap,
pick what you want....
so i went home with this lot... for $200nz (less than half what i would have paid for the stainless perfects) all 3", and 3mm thick!! and one 2.5" to 3" Stainless enlarger.
then i proceeded to strip the car of its front end and original pipes.
the new 600x300x76mm bar/plate cooler was fitted..
then i wanted to fit the original impact beam... no luck!
cooler was in the way.... so it got trimmed to fit (impact beam)
i'll get a new section welded in later....
by this stage my dad had taken the original Y turbo joiner over to his friends work to get the 2.5" to 3" enlarger welded on
this was quickly fitted by me...
followed by the impact beam...
then i looked at my pile of pipes,
hummed and harr'd....
cut and placed pieces together...
at this stage i stood back and looked at the huge gap on the otherside...
dammit bugger it... its been 8 hours now.... i give up for the day, LOL!