Against my better judgment.... A bj70 project

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Gsb15 said:
thought i would tally up what i have into the turbo setup so far.
turbo- $25
manifold flange- 11 pack of beer:beer:

manifold tube- free

intercooler- free

full stainless exhaust kit- $150

doing alright i think:hillbilly:
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Very thrifty..... I think Ryan might have you beat though. If I recall his last setup cost a cheeseburger. Still a valiant effort for a youngen, he has had many more years to perfect the cheapness. lol
 
slowandsteady BJ said:
Very thrifty..... I think Ryan might have you beat though. If I recall his last setup cost a cheeseburger. Still a valiant effort for a youngen, he has had many more years to perfect the cheapness. lol
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Haha well the 11 pack went to Ryan.... Plus stainless exhaust.... Oooo shiney:flipoff2:
 
slowandsteady BJ said:
Nice, Another Stainless exhaust. Happy TIG'n!
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No tig for me. Mig with stainless wire and argon. I'm currently waiting to start. I took all the old exhaust off before I realized I forgot the 2"-2.5" reducer in need to adapt the stock pipe. And that's where I need to start. Luckily lordco delivers cause it would be a loud parts run otherwise
 
Rigpig said:
Nice, Turbonics! Get Cam over there to TIG it up for ya', and ditch the muffler, straight-pipe it!
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No turbo yet, just couldn't wait on the exhaust, my old muffler just split wide open. I was gonna go straight pipe when I do the turbo but that was mostly cause I didn't want to buy a muffler. But cause the turbo is still a couple months away I broke down and bought a little stainless dynomax.
Halfway done now, the mig works well just not quite as pretty.

 
7 hours later it's all done. Prett happy with the result, no rattles or anything. Although even with the flex joint it really moves a lot at idle. I kind of think that's a 3b thing at this point. I may try some stiffer rubber hangers or something. Anyway here's a couple crappy pics. It's beer time :beer:


 
Looks good. Don't make it too heavy, less metal is better is it is mounted right.

Nick, just head on over & get to work. Your wife won't mind you missing dinner on
mothers day! HaHa!
 
Way to go G. Exh looks great..... Just replace the muffler with a straight bit when you add a turbo and it'll whistle like crazy. Or be boring and leave it in. I just lover the sound of a straight piped turbo B.

I agree that less is more with a bumper. One can build it much lighter if it's designed well.
 
Well much cutting, drilling, welding, bending, hitting, cursing and drinking later.... I have a bumper. As far as wieght, I think I did pretty good. I can still easily install it by myself. Just waiting for my fairlead to show up, and I'll need some longer electrical cables.
 
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