oh focking help me
#43
On my initial turbo install I had a pretty bad time. It took much longer than I thought it would (weeks) and I ended up "notching" my frame rail a little too much to get my turbo in the car.
How the **** should I fix this?
The car hasn't folded in half yet and tire wear is ok so I think it's still straight.
How the **** should I fix this?
The car hasn't folded in half yet and tire wear is ok so I think it's still straight.
Clean it up and make it proper like this!
Last edited by Cspence; 12-09-2009 at 07:50 PM.
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Take up some of the offers for help in this thread, weather or not they want to admit it or weather or not they remember their first project, every one here has hacked something up like that at one point or another. You will learn from this and do better next time, I'm in for the fix to see how nicely you come out of that mess. You cant learn if you don't try so I think its cool that you at least tried instead of writing a check and having someone else do it all for you.
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I've been driving it that way for two years actually. I really did hammer the **** out of te pipes and the rail. That's how I finally got it to fit. The sawzall blade didn't really fit in that well so the final hammering is what let the turbo slide in. Final actual space between the compressor housing and the rail is now about 6 inches.
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I know what I am capable of doing, and I know when I should pay someone else to achieve the results I want. No offense, but without a welder, a grinder, and some experience, you should strongly consider paying someone. A good fabricator can turn just about anything into a work of art - there's a reason I have good relationships with two different high-end fabricators (one in MV, one in SLO).
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