I don't know if you covered it before, but is there a particular reason why you didn't decide to swap in an IRS from a '99+ Cobra? Not that this build isn't already insane. An IRS swap would've put it even more over the top.
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That really ever even crossed my mind.. Not a huge fan of the irs in Cobras really..
Watts link and torque arm....no need for IRS lol
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This is one of the coolest builds I have seen in a while. Great work so far!
Major fabrication is almost finished!!
Got the passenger side wastegate finished. Those were easily the hardest part of the fabrication on the turbo kit itself! I also got a good bit of the cold side done, I ran out of time and tubing so I had to stop. I ordered one more 3" Aluminum 90* to complete the charge pipe, and in that 90 Ill mount the BOV. Onto the pics..
I had to cut a little notch out of the subframe to clear the tube to the WG, ill clean that up after I take all the pieces off to get coated.
There was one area when welding this tube that I couldn't get with my tig torch even with the smallest cup and tungsten, It was just too tight, so I used my wire feeder which is always a last resort cause I hate the splatter.
After I finished up the WG I moved onto the cold side stuff. Man I like working with aluminum SOO much better! I drilled a 3" hole in the body to get the coupling through. Ended up coming out nice!
Driver side
I need that last 90 to go upwards toward the 4" tube. I made my own transition from 3" to 4" it came out meh.... ill take a picture of it later (after I clean it up...) That's where I left it today.. gotta run..
Got the passenger side wastegate finished. Those were easily the hardest part of the fabrication on the turbo kit itself! I also got a good bit of the cold side done, I ran out of time and tubing so I had to stop. I ordered one more 3" Aluminum 90* to complete the charge pipe, and in that 90 Ill mount the BOV. Onto the pics..
I had to cut a little notch out of the subframe to clear the tube to the WG, ill clean that up after I take all the pieces off to get coated.
There was one area when welding this tube that I couldn't get with my tig torch even with the smallest cup and tungsten, It was just too tight, so I used my wire feeder which is always a last resort cause I hate the splatter.
After I finished up the WG I moved onto the cold side stuff. Man I like working with aluminum SOO much better! I drilled a 3" hole in the body to get the coupling through. Ended up coming out nice!
Driver side
I need that last 90 to go upwards toward the 4" tube. I made my own transition from 3" to 4" it came out meh.... ill take a picture of it later (after I clean it up...) That's where I left it today.. gotta run..
How tight does that coupling fit in the 3" hole you drilled? Looks like you might want a little more wiggle room for that.
It's pretty tight, I'll make the hole a little bigger around when I'm finalizing everything up, but I'm also running solid motor mounts since there are so many tight clearance items. Lots of viper guys run them with zero negative effects.
ready for more plz!!!
This build is just so insane.
Absolutely strong enough! I made a set a couple years ago and still find uses for them even with the 2 post lift.
Look into "cribbing" to see just what gets supported and how much. Granted these are 2x4's and not timbers or ties like in some instances.
Look into "cribbing" to see just what gets supported and how much. Granted these are 2x4's and not timbers or ties like in some instances.
Oh yeah.... amazing build going on in here also!!
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Super strong strong, cribbing is right, we use this type as well as other types of box cribbing when we are supporting cars involved in rollover accidents that aren't safe to enter to make a rescue. So yes I work on the car all the time with it supported by these. I think they are better (safer) than jackstands.Just to let you know, I'm stealing the idea of those wood stands you have the car sitting on
How strong are those things, do you work under the car when they're supporting it?
I unfortunately haven't made any progress on the car since the last update. Super busy right now with both jobs.
Cool, thanks ... how many screws do you have per corner?
I have one going in from each side, so 2 per corner
I put mine together with a framing nail gun, two nails per corner
So 2 screws per corner should certainly be just fine.
Good to know since I did this a couple hours ago:
The pieces themselves are the same way yours are done, just 4 pieces of wood per stand.
I inserted extra pieces of wood in-between 2 of them for extra strength.
The car has the parking brake set and is on jack stands in the front.
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Man I wanna try that wood stand for my trans install on my truck. Think it is enough to hold.. ?
Keep up the build will cnt to follow till end.
Keep up the build will cnt to follow till end.
Just read all 9 pages and i have the strangest boner right now. fantastic work! leaves you drooling for moar!
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