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Boosted on a budget

Don't worry, those pictures look like the hose is close to the cut out and could shred open those hoses!!
But its an optical illusion. They are a good way aways from touching. Plus this intercooler is mounted solid and does not move which you will see soon.
 
That would make sense since the color is from vintage vw's. colors back then were sweet IMO. I am not too big on metallics and pearls. Straight colors are where its at.

Thanks again for the compliments. This is working on helping me get back to it.
 
That is a wonderful build so far. Way better than I could ever hope to do.

You would be surprised to see what you can do. Just have to try. With that being said, I will never be as good a welder/fabricator as Nathaninwa, Ben Kaplan or as smart as John the outside agitator to name a few that inspire me, but I can learn from them and attempt to do the things they do. Gotta start somewhere right?
 
For some reason I has a ton of boost/vac line laying around so I just split it down the center and stuck it on the cut outs so I can sleep better at night:

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It's the little details like the vac hose chaff guard that will help keep this thing reliable. It doesn't take much thinking to keep stuff neat and clean.
 
Thats freaking awesome! for your homemade bead roller on those IC pipes, did you use the "vise grip/exhaust clamp" style bead roller?

Even easier. As long as you don't mind a blister after doing a bunch if pipes. Just get a harbor freight wire crimper, cut the tip off and BAM! Bead roller:

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Had some time to add a few more updates.
I started the down pipe before the engine removal from the beginning but here you go...
I ordered a random set of mandrel bent 3" aluminized steel piping and a 2.5" to 3" small piece and started the mock up. How hard can it be??:omg:
After lots of cutting and measuring it came together. Save me some money since this was a budget start.

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It fits!!!!

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You gotta machine the manifold flat

Exactly. I figured that one out when it didnt fit flush, but that was a test fit.

Those pictures are from before engine removal.

Correct. Thank you.

This is awesome! Great build sir :D

Greatly appreciated.

Looks killer, love the attention to detail. :)

Thanks, I can only assume thats the military side in me.




So after reading through Mannes thread I suddenly feel excited and depressed at the same time. Any ways, I guess I will continue posting my inferior work compared to his.

So I did some more work on the Down pipe. In order to make it fit with out the bottom of my pipes dragging the ground, I modified the Transmission brace to allow more space for the 3" pipe. Then Completed the welding to the DP as well as welded on the Wideband and Narrow band bungs:

Pretty rusty in there. Good thing this is temporary until I finish collecting parts for my T5 swap.
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For reference of the difference in space created:

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Just for extra support (painted it after this):

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Down Pipe with flex in it. It would not go on straight so I had to weld it at the angle its at unfortunately but it works:

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Painted it with VHT high heat ceramic paint:

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Heres a shot for fitment:

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Wow, no love on my crossmember/ fitment... ok moving on.

While i'm still working on finishing the exhaust, Ill post some pictures of my new coolant tank. I had to make a bracket for it and since im no fabricator, I did the best I could:

Measured and made some bends with a vice:

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Cut it so it could have a better shape:

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Test fit. Looks ok.

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A little paint, and selected place to mount it. I used some window trim weather stripping to isolate the just incase vibration:

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Nice and tucked away for a simply clean look:

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I recently inquired some SS line for the coolant return so that ugly blue silicone hose is not going on it.

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Hope to get some more work done. we will see...



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