my toy, old toy new setup

[NeoNasty]

Wow, great work here.

Thats a fantastic idea with the steering rack. I wonder if I can do something similar with the VN that will allow a larger exhaust through.

I'll keep my eye open for updates, maybe this should be put into members rides?

[mr2drift]

it was actually to allow a straigh exit from the head, not a space issue between the motor and anything else.. but yeh was so simple but effective...

[Matt-AE86]

Hmmm... *thinks a lot about 1uz*

[mr2drift]

is that real matt?

lol

[Matt-AE86]

It was a 5second photoshop.. looks pretty close to the real deal hey If you don't mind Josh, I would like to ask you a few questions when you are ready. I have thought about this conversion a lot before along with all the others you have done.

I've gone through some of what you have, but not to the same extent, so I guess I can share some of your fustration with setting up reliable 4AGXX motors. Im currently looking at smacking a AE92/101 GZE motor in standard, seeing how that goes then upgrading cams etc.

But they only thing that makes me step back from a 1uz setup would be the extra weight, costs of extra custom modifications and new things needing to be purchased to complete the custom modifications.

Anyway, again. Well done, looks great. Honestly think it suites the car well.

[takai]

Bah, poor photoshop, bad lighting ;P

[Matt-AE86]

ms paint at work.

Back to topic..

[Adsport]

great engineering work


+ rep

[mr2drift]

ok onto the exhaust system..

as previously mentioned, we were looking to make car have a better top end , and not really to fussed with low down grunt increases, so we chose to do the headers using a smallish diameter primary, and short length, to try and make the motor rev better up top. once you see the stock headers you will understand. so in the last pic you can see the collecter tacked into place on a bracket from the bell housing..

then it was simply bolt the flanges to the head and start making the individual runners.
i started on one side then the other, and to start with, just tack welded the runners together one at a time as i made them..




once more than one was done it started to look like an exhaust....


and this is the final assembly ready for final welding,


as you can see, even my rough as guts backyard attempt has to flow better than the stock logs....


and this is the pair side by side....


the two differ slightly as the passenger side engine mount was quite a different shape to the drivers side and i had to make the front runner on the passenger side come up and around it, hence the rear runner on the passenger side is quite short. like i said, ANYTHING is better than the stock POS.....

all the runners were then individually removed and tig welded , by me on a mates borrowed tig, nothing like teaching yourself as you go, and they turned out quite well, the same cannot be said for my mig attempts to join the runners to the flanges, they are hideous...

once they were all welded, and my welding is REALLY bad so im not going to post pics, there is one small annoying leak in the 4-1 collector on the passenger side and thats all. we tried to fix it but simply cant get the mig in there...

i have only last night fixed my digi camera, so tomorrow i'll get some shots of the rest of the exhaust under the car, as im quite proud of that, and post them up as well..

till next time..

[pisso001]

They are absolutly beautiful mate.. Well done!!! Cant wait for more pics...

[mr2drift]

been really busy at work and also the rain has put a lot of things on hold atm... did manage to get the other car out of my shed tonight, so more pics ect will follow the next few days.. also am starting the panel work that was needed after the bathurst debacle in march....

[mr2drift]

ok as promised, if a few days late, some pics of the rest of the exhaust under the car..

obviously making a full twin 2.5 inch system fit neatly was going to be a challenge, but after it was done, it quite neat and has a very nice tone. completely happy with this part of the exhaust, it worked way better than i had hoped.

there are no flex joints in it, but the whole thing is supported by the bolt togeather flexible rubber/leather strap type mounts and seems to move as a whole with the engine gearbox combo..




i put one mount on either side of the front section, and bolted it to an original gearbox mount hole, then theres a second one under the passenger rear seat where the stock exhaust used to mount. this is also where the cross pipe section of the twins resides. i was told this was a better option that simply a balance pipe..

the floor needed a little persuation with the 4 pound hammer to make room for both pipes as they ran under the rear floor in front of the seat, just at the cross pipe, but im not really all that stressed, its a thrasher after all...

after the cross pipe a pair of 2.5 inch pipes run back then angle up and out, to give the traditional drift look at the rear, and also keep things simple...




once its all down on the ground the whole thing sits up nice and close to the chassis, and yet dosent hit on the car anywhere during heavy use situations ect and even makes it down my driveway without the usual clunking ect ect that it used to make...

the whole thing is mild steel and uses mandrel bends everywhere except the rear kink, as i was getting tired and lazy at that point...

next time the front brakes..

[pisso001]

Looks sweet mate.. Cant wait for next episode...

[mr2drift]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSmllpDQ8lA

hopefully a link to the throttle setup working...

[IN 05 NT]

MY GOD!..... damn that so horn!

have you got an expected power output of this thing yet? how is it for response wise with the itbs?