Fubar231 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Do you have a pic of the hotside of your turbo so i can see how the wastegate is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted April 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I'm pretty sure it's somewhere in one of my threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted June 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 A few recent projects: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Very pretty. You really have gotten quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted June 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Thanks, Christian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted July 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 A few new pics since it's been awhile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltboostin Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 How many manifolds are you moving a month now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted July 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 How many manifolds are you moving a month now? I received three orders in the last month or so, it seems to be picking up but it's an unpredictable market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted July 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Updates from two manifolds I've been working on: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted July 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Updates from two manifolds I've been working on: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10phone2 Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 So after a few beers I began stumbling around the old interweb on stepped turbo headers. Low and behold, google returned threads of your knowledge/results on honda-tech of previous work about the topic. Pretty impressive. Any consideration of moving the turbo towards the front of the car and going for a triple stepped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted July 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 So after a few beers I began stumbling around the old interweb on stepped turbo headers. Low and behold, google returned threads of your knowledge/results on honda-tech of previous work about the topic. Pretty impressive. Any consideration of moving the turbo towards the front of the car and going for a triple stepped? I'm glad to have been able to actually publish some data on the subject, there were a few people doing them but never any information released on them. I haven't considered a manifold like you described. Rather than do something like that, I'd more than likely release a tri-Y design to the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltboostin Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Any interest in twins any more? I mean, I just love twins in general! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Any interest in twins any more? I mean, I just love twins in general! Once I'm done with school in October and can go back to working as much as possible, I'll be open to doing custom jobs and would be willing to build something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted August 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Couple new ones: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fubar231 Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Amazing man, just amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted August 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Thanks, Shane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10phone2 Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 not sure if you willing to move for a fabricator position: http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1458770 I don't know these folks, but just saw it on yellowbullet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltboostin Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Do it- Fuck it. What do you have to lose? tell them you need an 80k salary and Fridays off, see if they bite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted August 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I'm not quite ready to take a plunge like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fubar231 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I'm not quite ready to take a plunge like that. You work is definitely good enough! Thats for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted August 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 You work is definitely good enough! Thats for sure! I don't doubt that, but my entire life is centralized around this area. I'm not ready to move that far away and start over at this point in my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltboostin Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 I don't doubt that, but my entire life is centralized around this area. I'm not ready to move that far away and start over at this point in my life. You play your cards right...its leveling up not starting over. Offer to operate BPA on a P&L out of their shop. They W2 you $$$ you their shop Fab work but BPA operates as a separate entity IN their pre existing operation. You get paid from both ways. Everyone wins. Unless BPA itself is keeping the lights on? I just know from being in that business int he past you have to move a LOT of manifolds to make any real money. When I worked with Shearer, we had to move 4 manifolds a month just to cover our fixed overhead. That's 48 manifolds a year to make $0 dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted August 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 You play your cards right...its leveling up not starting over. Offer to operate BPA on a P&L out of their shop. They W2 you $$$ you their shop Fab work but BPA operates as a separate entity IN their pre existing operation. You get paid from both ways. Everyone wins. Unless BPA itself is keeping the lights on? I just know from being in that business int he past you have to move a LOT of manifolds to make any real money. When I worked with Shearer, we had to move 4 manifolds a month just to cover our fixed overhead. That's 48 manifolds a year to make $0 dollars. That seems like a huge headache to still work under someone else. My plans for this company are more far-reaching than just manifolds, that's just the most sensible market to be in right now with the limited time I have available to work. When I finish school in the next couple months, I plan to delve back into custom welding/fabrication, parts sales, etc. That way, I don't have all my proverbial eggs in one basket, and I'm not reliant on just one facet of my business to put money in my pockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted August 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 V-band 1G-GTE manifold all fabbed up: Wastegate flange weld: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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