I redid the intercooler piping on the turbo side for the new s474... and Yes the s474 fits with a 7mgte cps NA-t flw...


Made it a once piece pipe..

Also had to weld a elbow to the turbo.


Random pic of the work space

 

This is where the welding skills I wish I had is very handy to have.

Damn am jealous ...let me fly you to GA and teach me..haha.

Nice work and btw , slap that 4708R turbo you have in there so you are not wanting for more . I will assure you you will want more after the 73 mm .

 

Love the ability to weld and fabricate everything on my own. Save's alot of time. I've only been Tig welding for about a year so I'm not the best but it will do the job!

ill be more than happy to get outa town LOL just let me know haha

the 4708R is a turbo to fund a motor build or I would use it

 

What motor build ? hhmmm

maybe we can trade ... you know i have a couple of stock and built 2jzgte motors

 

I'm with Gerrb, I wish I could weld...and you're right, you save a ton of money too! Great work brother!

steve

 

doing a built 3.0 that i hope to have ready to swap in this summer this give's me a change to get everything working solid on the stock motor and fix things if need be so when it comes time to put the new motor in its basically plug an play.... well that's the idea at least lol

At this point, all i really need are pistons but what do you have... lol

 

Got a few more thing done over the weekend..

Ceramic Coated all the hot parts which came out awesome much better than using any of the silicone ceramic spray paint stuff. worth the effort to do real ceramic coating.

After a fresh spray down..


after being air dried for 24 hours... Forgot to take a pic of the Dp, exhaust housing and the turbo center section.. But I might have to strip it so heat can exit from the turbo rather than be kept in from the coating.



This is what I used for the coating Cerakote ceramic coating and a HF detial spray gun.


Than installed the driftmotion oil cooler kit



Used toggle bolts to secure it to the AC radiator. never had any luck with the plastic zip ties

 

Man the build is coming along nicely. Looks badass. I'm learning how to weld better now. It's fun and ur welds looks pretty good. !!

 

Everything looks awesome. I was just looking at purchasing that oil cooler kit.

 

Yes it is back purged. Helps keeps the welds cleaner inside and out. I use the argon/co2 mix for back purge.

Thanks! hope to have the car driving by this weekend.

 

Richard - what tig / mig welder are you using ?

 

Its a Lincoln Tig 225 with a #9 gas lens torch. the #9 torch is much smaller and much easier to manage for tight spots and alot lighter than the #24 torch

#9 is the smaller torch


Here is a pic of the welding setup. My buddy was showing me a few tricks and i snapped a pic while he was welding up the midpipe. You can also see that we are back purging the midpipe with the smaller bottle which is argon/co2 mix.

 

Nice and thank you... damn those are not cheap . I just looked them up. Six years ago I bought a cheapy Mig Welder from Sears that I use for tack welding... just to hold things in place. Probably used it a couple of times so never learned much yet.

But I guess yours pays for itself with a couple of projects. Rather than getting things welded and pay for it.

So is it good for whatever kind of metal ? aluminum , iron, etc... ? I will look into it more .

 

thats a sweet setup. those parts came out really nice with the finish as well. I Think you mostly need tig for aluminum, all the other stuff you generally mig together. disclaimer: I am not an expert whatsoever at welding.

 

Tig welding is best for aluminum, stainless steel and any other metals. When it comes to wanting perfect penetration of the metals, you would use a Tig in most cases. Mig welding is ok but its a rough finish and mostly used for Steel.