Alex L. Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Quick port job: This pic was taken before I planed the turbine inlet flange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted December 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 New T6 manifold finished up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted December 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2013 Working on a 2JZ-GE twin scroll manifold that's coming out pretty nicely so far: Also picked up a Jackson passive hood with a gold #11 lens after hearing everyone talk about how good of a setup it is. After playing around with it today, I can see why everyone likes it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted December 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Knocked some more work out on the twin scroll manifold tonight: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted January 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Had a pretty solid day today. Finished this up: Cut this: Some weld detail and comparative consistency on the collector: And ran a bead to show some penetration: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/14biggy/IMG_20140101_175828_zpseeb1e7zg.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted January 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Finished up an Evo T3 top mount today, here's a couple pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted January 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Aluminum outside corner joint from yesterday: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 A few pics from the run of collectors I'm doing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted February 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Some titanium pie on a wastegate dump tube: Full piece: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevans Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Nice Work, Awesome Welds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10phone2 Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 great welds as always. stupid question. Why not put it in a pipe bender to get through the transitions without welding? jevans.... more info on the mustang please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Nice Work, Awesome Welds... Thanks, John, still have the GN? great welds as always. stupid question. Why not put it in a pipe bender to get through the transitions without welding? jevans.... more info on the mustang please. Thanks, Jesse. Titanium is not easily mandrel bent, nor do I have a mandrel bender at my disposal. It's easier to do low-angle pie cuts to maintain a long radius bend, good centerline radius, and proper flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10phone2 Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 makes sense. Even with the cuts, pretty impressive how the curve is that smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 makes sense. Even with the cuts, pretty impressive how the curve is that smooth. Thanks man, my aim was a nice, smooth bend there. It's also a great test of weld consistency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted February 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Big pipe T6 collector for a special manifold: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Dayum, Alex...great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted February 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Thanks, Clay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Not to hijack your thread...take away from your client base...but allow me to show you some of my maaaad welding skillz: http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=669&pictureid=7494 CLOSE ENOUGH Been slicing up Tom's old Z06 crossover pipe...piecing it together to make a finished exhaust for Cleetus...PM ME FOR PRICE QUOTES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevans Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Thanks, John, still have the GN? No problem, you're doing some great work over there. I can appreciate the fabrication and welding going into your projects. Yeah, I still have the GN. Been down for over a year now. I decided to build a new engine and upgrade the combination. It took forever to get most of the rotating assemble, not to many high end V-6 Buick parts available out there. I'm thinking I should have went ahead with a LS swap. I could have saved some a lot of time and ton of money. Hoping to have everything finished up and have it on the road sometime in May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted February 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Clay, whatever works man! I've seen much worse before, it'll work quite well for what you're doing. John, thanks man, it's definitely taken some time to get to the point where I feel good about posting my pictures up. Glad to hear you still have the Buick, I unfortunately got rid of mine to continue with my Supra project, which has been bittersweet. The LC2s are cool, but an LS is definitely the way to go for "cheap" power. Hopefully we'll be able to check each others projects out at a C&C this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted March 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Twin Gen 2 PTE 6266 setup I just finished building. Should make some big power! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fubar231 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Beautiful manifold man... just awesome. Can't wait to hear what kind of power it makes whenever you hear back from the customer! Also wonder how the spool is on that. Also surprised they had you build that beautiful manifold but didnt make him some custom downpipes for the setup... Do you prefer using T4/T6 etc. type flanges or V-Banding the manifolds? I feel like a V-Band would be easier and more efficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevans Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 jevans.... more info on the mustang please. Sorry, just noticed this. PM Sent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Beautiful manifold man... just awesome. Can't wait to hear what kind of power it makes whenever you hear back from the customer! Also wonder how the spool is on that. Also surprised they had you build that beautiful manifold but didnt make him some custom downpipes for the setup... Do you prefer using T4/T6 etc. type flanges or V-Banding the manifolds? I feel like a V-Band would be easier and more efficient. Doesn't matter to me how big or small a job like this ends up being. I'm actually glad this one ended up being just the manifolds. As far as flange footprints go, I have a ton of experience with 4-bolt flange turbos so I'm obviously a little partial to them, but I like these v-band housings a lot. I really want to work with a promod 1.15 A/R v-band unit in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted April 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 The four sides of a 4-1 collector: 6-1 collector port work: Butt welds: 5" tucked aluminum exhaust: Collector purge blocks I've been selling: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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