2nd puma 1.7 project

so as i am teaching myself to weld as am doing a custom exhaust for the turbo i had some old metal lying around and thought it would be a good idea to create a groove to hold the exhaust parts in when i am building them this is what im doing
Making exhaust joining pieces by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
above is the 2 ends
Making exhaust joining pieces by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
above is one end ready to be welded to one of the ends
Making exhaust joining pieces by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
and above is the other end
Making exhaust joining pieces by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
and above is roughly where they will be welded together
below is the ends welded onto the metal piece to use as exhaust rest whilst welding exhaust pices
Turboing christine by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
Turboing christine by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
Turboing christine by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
Making exhaust joining pieces by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
and then above the exhaust sections will slide in to be welded above
then below my practice of welding exhaust peices using the support i made
Turboing christine by Jason Stretton, on Flickr

hi all good day on christine today test fitting the turbo that is tapped then studded and bolted to the manifold and its spot on just snug up against the block below
DSC_0087 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
DSC_0088 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
IMG_20180624_160527 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
IMG_20180624_160550 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
IMG_20180624_160700 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
and the 90% pipe to join to the turbo to exhaust is below
IMG_20180624_225919 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
Turboing christine by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
downpipe starting to take shape below
Turboing christine by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
next peice welded below
DSC_0117 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
and below not much work left to do on the downpipe now
DSC_0121 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr

i have now started to do my turbo downpipe as below
DSC_0121 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr

hi all as alot of you know i have turboed Christine and am putting some pictures up for you all i have made a flange that goes onto normal 1.7 manifold then welded it on and as its cast iron i used the cooker to pre heat the cast iron to stop it cracking

turbo manifold build (2) by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
Then i have welded a second flange onto the other and the bolt holes are tapped into the cast iron manifold.
turbo manifold custom being built (19) by Jason Stretton, on Flickr

then i bolted the turbo to the manifold
turbo manifold custom being built (5) by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
i had to make a custom downpipe out of exhaust spares i had
Turboing christine by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
Turboing christine by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
Turboing christine by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
Then work out the next bit of pipe i had to keep takning it on/off the car
Turboing christine by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
my custom downpipe came out like this
Turboing christine by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
some of my intercooler pipeing
DSC_0602 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
turbo installed
DSC_0403 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
turbo installed
DSC_0365 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
DSC_0365 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
DSC_0356 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr
i have just got a aem ecu so will be looking at that next
DSC_0594 by Jason Stretton, on Flickr

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