More Updates

My car is running, its awesome to be back in a fast car for a change.  Here are some up to date pictures, added to the engine bay are my very own made 3" intake and catch can, both polished by myself.

 I also started on another valve cover, -10AN Weld on Fitting and then I welded all unused holes/cut all unused bolt holes.  It will look very clean I think, I plan on painting it myself instead of powder coating it.

 As for my friend's project, the manifold is finished!  Waste gate is fitted, dumptube is on, and everything fits!

Down-pipe is being fabricated tomorrow.

Everything is starting to come together

First things first, tranny is back in my car, just another few things to bolt on, finish the catch can, and possibly the 3" cold pipe.  Got 1 of my slicks mounted, looks HOT!  The catch can is coming along nicely as well!

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Slick and skinny

Ugly welds on the inside =/

Pimping welds on the outside, minus one spot, which I named fugly!  Its FUGLY!

Hotness!

Manifold is coming along nicely.  Finished welding it up tonight.  Next up is fitting the wastegate on, than downpipe and full exhaust.  Pics are cell phone, sorry for not the normal quality, and are in sequential order.

 Better pictures and more progress will be made soon!

More Welding

Just a few pictures.  Finished welding the one runner, should begin constructing the second soon.  I'm getting better at welding, but warped the T6 flange :( .  Need to make some heat sinks.

Impovements!  Minus the warpage :(.  Finals week is next week, but I'm sure updates with continue to stream in ;).

Updates!

Well I'm suppose to be writing a powerpoint presentation right now, but instead decided updating this was more import, and a lot more fun.  We (my friend and I) began to weld his exhaust manifold.  Its tough, but SO MUCH FUN!  I can't wait to get over there and do some more.  So on with the pictures:

And below is the T6 flange, we're still unsure exactly how to fill the gaps but I will definitely be welding it from the inside.  However, the left most welds are SEXY!  And I'm ridiculously proud of them lol.

Next up is my new catch can in the works.  I am working on it between the stuff I'm helping my friend with.  Should only need another hour to two and it will be ready to bolt on.  This is just the bottom.

I'm having a ton of fun, and I am loving fabrication!

Short and Sweet

Clutch is here, notice the HUGE difference in center section (old one had holes, these are just slotted):

Welded a flange and pipe for a friend, aluminized steel w/ mild steel flange.  Getting better, still a lot to improve:

Finished up my friend's pipes so far.  Stainless v-bands to aluminized tubing, adding rod when needed.  Uniformity and the row of dimes appearance are lacking =( lol.

Black yucky stuff is the Solar B flux, which is AWESOME stuff if you don't have the means to back purge.  Not even a slight hint of sugaring on the back of the pipes and it was 2x as easy to weld!  That unsightly stuff also comes off with a little persuasion from a wire wheel.

School is kicking my @$$, all the teachers think its "cool" to load the homework/projects on when the weather gets nice.  Posts will probably be slow as a result.  I'm moving all my stuff to that friend's house later this week which is closer to my apartment, once school is out should be able to get a lot done between his projects and mine.

First attempts at Tig Welding

I've had roughly 3 hrs of tig welding experience with no instructional help in high-school, from there I am now here =D, with my own tig welder.  After a few weeks of practice I'm beginning to get the fundamentals down and I can actually begin to make stuff within the next few weeks.

I started off with steel, really thin 22gauge.  Wish I had thicker stuff as burning through this was too easy.  Not trying to do anything here other than lay a decent bead.

I then attempted to weld two aluminum pipes together, didn't go so well so I just practiced laying down some more beads in a straight line.  The bottom one is fairly sexy.  No I didn't clean the aluminum.... I won't be using this scrap stuff so no point other than making it easier to weld.

New two pictures are of upcoming projects:  First one is going to eventually be my new hot-pipe set up which will have less bends and either be one or two pieces instead of three, still unsure.  The second pictures is a good friend's exhaust beginning to be made.  Stainless without back purging = ugly.  So I'm waiting on some Solar B Flux.

And the last picture is Muffler Man.  Made him at work from a Tundra muffler and a mig welder.  Looks pretty good up there too.

Clutch Rebuild! Waiting! HUGE projects! YELLING!!!!

Pictures of clutch...

Got a bunch of welding to do, will get some pictures up when I get a chance.  A lot more is being fabricated than originally planned.  This should be fun =D.

Possible Outcomes of Tig Welder

I have a ton of ideas since buying the tig welder, listed are parts I want to make for the mr2:

• 3 inch aluminum intake with 3 to 6" velocity stack and 6" filter
• 2.5" hotpipe, reduced down to one or two pieces instead of the 4 separate pieces now
• 2.75" or 3" cold-pipe
• Aluminum dual 3" exhaust (big maybe)
• Catch can that supports an excellent baffle

 For the bike I want to make an aluminum exhaust w/ a 2.5" muffler, similar appearing to the one I have now

I also have a good friend's car that I will be working on, their is A LOT to do to his car:

• Attach V-bands to IC piping and re-route current set-up
• Fabricate an entire exhaust system 5" down to 4" w/ two or three mufflers
• Roll Cage

As for the MR2, while closely inspecting the clutch discs I found hairline cracks in the metal.  Needless to say, I am shipping it back to clutch master for them to rebuild... =(.

The Announcement

Well I've been holding off on making this announcement as I've been crazy busy with work, working on my car, and getting my bike road ready for summer.  I finally broke down and bought myself a Tig Welder.  Its an HTP Invertig 201 AC/DC Tig welder.  I'm hoping to start making some really neat stuff in the months to come for my friend's cars, my car, and possibly the bike.  This will weld stainless and aluminum no problem.

Pics:

I'm also thinking of buying a band saw =D.  Lets see what the parents say to that..... I still need to convince them to somehow pay for the garage to be wired for 220 lol.

Well thats your problem!

Had some fun on spring break and dropped the transmission in my apartment's garage.  It actually went better than I thought... I had it out in around 5 hours and that was with me side-tracking on other little projects/thoughts (I've got some wild stuff scheming =D)!  

Here is a quick picture of my place:

So I got the transmission down, which is getting replaced with a low mileage LSD unit, pulled off the pressure plate and clutch.... and found some decent carnage.

The clutch disc definitely has material left, but it was slipping.... BAD!  I think I was simply overpowering this setup.  The clutch material was so overheated it started to glaze and chip.

In a few weeks I'm hoping to have the car running again, forgot to order axle seals =/ hehe.

Parts/Goodies

I am finally up to date, or close enough to say so.  I have a few go fast goodies going on this winter, along with a huge announcement that will hopefully be here in a week or two.

First up: drag wheel set-up, extremely light, all aluminum.... HOTT!  I'm currently re-polishing them, I added the rim tape.  I haven't seen many people add rim tape to a polished rim, so I think its more or less a "new" thing, which appeals to me even more.

 

 

 Also bought a 94 LSD transmission with low mileage and a lightly used Clutchmaster FX700 twin disc clutch.  These will definitely help the holeshot, 1.4/1.5 60ft times... here I come!!!

 

 

A few days ago an exciting gift arrived in the mail.... M&H 24.5 X 8.5 X 15 drag slicks to accompany the skinnies.

 I'll finish this post with a few pictures of parts going on the gixxer, a Zero Gravity double bubble windscreen, a zipper protector, and my rebuilt exhaust.

Till next time,

Eric