Here is another update. i started making my new manifold and fit a new radiator.
I' drove it home 4 hours through a mtn pass called the coquihalla but its giving me lots of time to work on it!
here are the photos
this is where i started. taking all the old turbo stuff off.
took the bumper off and the crash beam to make a bit more room. i am planning on putting it back if i can
this is the very strangely clean turbine. i think it was from a bit of steam blasting cause it has been rather wet around here? it has been on there for a solid 8 months.
the first thing that i wanted to do was fit a bigger intercooler and re organize my charge piping to make it a bit cleaner. I borowed a friends jeep cherokee rad and used it to test fit first.
then i did a bunch of trimming to get it to fit in the bumber and got my intercooler fitting on top
still got a bit of work to make new charge pipes and get it fittinga little cleaner but it is amazing how much it opens up the engine bay
then i started working on a new turbo header for the td05hR 16g.
started off as my old flange from my top mount 14b manifold that reduces from the stock port to 1.25" sch 40 really nice. My brother has access to a CNC burn table at work so he cut turbo side flanges out of .5" mild steel.
here is a shot of the collectors
they are at around a 20 degree merge and seem to work alright.
here are the first pipes to get mocked up they are about .75" from being equal length
here is the first shot of all the pipes tacked in
i ended up shorteing #3 primary a bit to make it a little more equal.
here are the pipes and collector for #2&3
and everything ground down
and pretty much all finish wielded up
i bolted it down for all the main wielding and the flanges stayed almost perfectly straight i was supper happy with it.
turbo and manifold bolted up
engine bay shot
i also wielded tabs to bolt the old h22 heat shield on. i am planning on wrapping the manifold and using heat shields to minimize theheat as much as possible
this is how it sits with the altinator and rad cap
the turbo fits very nice under there
this is one final shot of the wields i ground down. not bad looking and im sure they are plenty strong.
also i am in need of some tires really bad and found this photo scrolling through facebook and really liked it minus the yellow so i blacked it out in paint lol.
what do you guys think and does anybody know similar rims to those?