tbecktold Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 (edited) Those wheels and tires should look really familiar! Quite possibly. Blue 4dr, red 4dr, I think they were rollers on the HB for awhile, now the 2dr? Next on the X just to keep it going? Stocks, it'd be good to see you back on the trail. Get'er'done! Edited September 25, 2011 by tbecktold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK9849cy Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Downpipe flanges for the turbos.. I have a couple turbos laying around from a z32. The application they may be used for requires a custom downpipe. So started mocking up a flange... The turbo.. The initial flange... Homebrew divider.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 for everything but the finger. As a machinist, I have to say Knock That Off, you need those things!! Hell of a job Bud, I can't fathom where you collected all the skill and knowledge to do such work. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180sx Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Just wondering how far down the pipe are you going to merge them? Or are the being collected right away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK9849cy Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) for everything but the finger. As a machinist, I have to say Knock That Off, you need those things!! Hell of a job Bud, I can't fathom where you collected all the skill and knowledge to do such work. B I grew up in a farming community. Our High School was more of a trade school than a college prep beast that schools tend to be nowadays. We learned the theory and how to weld in multiple processes. We rebuilt 350 Chevys, learned how to frame houses, built pole barns, read blue prints; we had to design, draft, and build projects. Looking back I wasn't quite as ready for college as most. However, I graduated in three and a half years with a four year degree... (Work ethic and task planning learned in high school maybe?) Not sure there are many schools left of the sort. It becomes obvious on the internet.. folks can say the answers that have been read on whatever forum (good or bad information). However applying this knowledge beyond the keyboard... Just wondering how far down the pipe are you going to merge them? Or are the being collected right away? Questions like this make me smile. Looking at the flange instigated and answers most of what you asked. (Just poking a little fun, I think the answer you are after is good one.) Each side of the engine requires a different routing. However, the "collector" (I think that is what you are wondering) on both is about 10 inches downstream. The main pipe is 1.75 and the bypass is 1.5. They collect into a 2.25 downpipe to a 2.25 exhaust in which both sides and the engine join into a 3 inch tailpipe. This has yet to be totally fabbed up, however the parts are all here. Edited September 29, 2011 by AK9849cy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK9849cy Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 Setting here waiting on a high output oil pump... The engine will come back out for wiring/line routing. At that time the VG will get some refreshing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I grew up in a farming community. Our High School was more of a trade school than a college prep beast that schools tend to be nowadays. We learned the theory and how to weld in multiple processes. We rebuilt 350 Chevys, learned how to frame houses, built pole barns, read blue prints; we had to design, draft, and build projects. Looking back I wasn't quite as ready for college as most. However, I graduated in three and a half years with a four year degree... (Work ethic and task planning learned in high school maybe?) Not sure there are many schools left of the sort. It becomes obvious on the internet.. folks can say the answers that have been read on whatever forum (good or bad information). However applying this knowledge beyond the keyboard... Ahh, I suppose that explains it. Not really though, you take it to a much higher level that that... I went to one of those college prep schools which set me up well for everything but hands on type work. Most of that I've figured out the hard (and wrong) way, but I'm not afraid of tearing into something and getting my hands dirty. Still, designing/fabbing my own suspension doesn't seem like anything I'm going to do any time soon... Keep up the great work, it's nice to read up on. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbecktold Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Happy Birthday old man! Get any new toys/tools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 So what's a Turbo? That's what you have to get before a blow off valve will work BC I really want to sit at stoplights and be able to squeak at everyone...that's good for them too right? Just poking...good work ryan... Hows that finger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovemaN Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Isn't this what a BOV is for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbNxugO-uf0 I'm sure that's where this project is going. He couldn't actually be taking this seriously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK9849cy Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 Hows that finger? The finder is getting there.. still a little numb and healing where the skin got scalped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 I 'd at the duck call. Does that make me a redneck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkDragon Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 nice bov. there is another one on youtube called turkey bov. the guy drives around with it. it quite funny. sorry about the finger. those band saw can be mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK9849cy Posted October 11, 2011 Author Share Posted October 11, 2011 The BOV noise makers are kinda funny! Those things get old listening to them in other peoples cars.. mine will vent into the intake somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK9849cy Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 (edited) What I will go through to get exactly what I am after sometimes... When will it ever be good enough! Total redo on the front sas for another 1.5 inches of uptravel! This will allow for "No Lift" and 35's. Needless to say this new design will cut about 10 hours off future builds too. Edited October 28, 2011 by AK9849cy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 that front bumper looks amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK9849cy Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 (edited) Edited October 31, 2011 by AK9849cy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmoore4512 Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Man if I had the time and finances... Hell I will just move in with ya... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbecktold Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Is this the 61" wide axle or the 63"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK9849cy Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Is this the 61" wide axle or the 63"? 61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmoore4512 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Ryan, do you have pictures of your bumper build available? That thing is beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK9849cy Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 (edited) Ryan, do you have pictures of your bumper build available? That thing is beast. I quit taking detailed pics a while back. It was somewhat fun to post up eye candy for folks to enjoy..however for me times have changed. With two kids in multiple activities(hockey, violin, dance, wheeling, etc) the extra time is not there that I once had. The thread is one thing.. then the multitude of questions(pms/emails) start to take time I no longer have. The bumper was built for this build in mind. It relocated the radiator into a 300z type configuration. Thus providing the pathy some room for an intercooler where the radiator once was. The cross member that the radiator once sat on is removed/replaced in order to make it all work together. The bumper partially mounts on the front of the frame this normally covers (unless you are sporting a body lift). Bumpers are something I have tended to have an eye for.. however I really don't like making them. They take a ton of time to make and folks tend to think they can copy it for 200 bucks. Well the materials may add up to that.. however the thousands of dollars in tools I have in order to make it happen don't. So I end up answering multiple pms for folks to realize the fabbing hobby is not cheap. I know it is a bummer.. With time being a commodity in the upcoming years, you will probably see this pathfinder and our 2000 xterra being built over the next 6 months. Then I will be backing off to a build a few items that folks need, like the pan hard drop bracket or a few items needed for a reasonably priced sas, that do not take a big chunk of my time to complete. Buy the way, girls ice hockey rules. I have had more fun watching my 8 year old daughter play than can be believed. I grew up without hockey, so when the daughter came home and stated she wanted to learn crossed my eyes a little. She smiles every second she is on the ice... that is all that matters... Edited November 5, 2011 by AK9849cy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmoore4512 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Hey dude, completely understand. And your reply answered my question anyway, regarding how it was mounted. Fabbing is an art... and you sir are an artist. Thanks for the reply. We dont have hockey here, but my little girl plays softball, just finished up the fall season. Absolutely awesome. I think I get more into it than she does. Need to get my other two kids involved in something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mookie Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Very, very nice Ryan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK9849cy Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) Very, very nice Ryan! Thanks Kevin! You guys going to be at Moab again next year? Edited November 5, 2011 by AK9849cy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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