hi ct members been viewing sight for awhile now decided to join up.not too good with computer skills so i hope you will teach this old boy some new skills(its taken 18 months just working out how to get this far,wife will really not be happy ill be even longer on this thing,any way how do you get photos up step by step please have photos on photobucket thats another story but got there i did

Hey dude welcome to the site always good to get more people on here here's a rough guide to putting up pics when on photobucket go to your album click on the little box below the picture you want, at the bottom of the page there's a blue box that says "Generate HTML and IMG code" click on that ,In the box named "IMG images for message boards" left click and hold to highlight the code then right click little box comes up go to "copy" Then back to CT and in your reply paste the code which you do by right click and go to "paste" your code should come up good luck

*zips mouth shut* heh :P

and now she looks like this sorry about size need to update program add on Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

nice work, want another to do up?

wot are you doing to her

Quote: Originally Posted by NZ VL com nice work, want another to do up? if you look harder at the photos i have a production line happening,but no money to finish them as fast as one would like Quote: Originally Posted by Danny05 wot are you doing to her this one is going to be a hybrid 30det,hoping to get around 300rkw not to sure if i keep the manual or convert to a manual shift auto Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

hi guys decided i'd make my own exhaust manifold,man its a fair bit of work but it'll keep me occupied while i pay off some bills started off tracing around a exhaust manifold gasket on 16mm thick plate and also for turbo flange then gas torched out pattern its abit wonky but die grinder soon sort that out,bought some schedule 40 bends and a metre of 40mm medium black steam pipe and the fun begun,tried teaching my self how to tig weld but soon learnt its not easy without the right gear,thought about mig welding but recon weld would be too hard and not expand and contract the same and probably crack,thats the excuse i'm sticking too so i'm stick welding it with 2.5 low hydrogen rods bugger to start but i'm used to older technology,when i'm finished will probably heat wrap runners so welds will be hidden Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

^^^^^pretty impressive mate.

yea those low hidrogen rods can be hard to start but thier real good the manifold looks good, is the steam pipe much cheaper compared to exhaust tube?

Quote: Originally Posted by gasguzler yea those low hidrogen rods can be hard to start but thier real good the manifold looks good, is the steam pipe much cheaper compared to exhaust tube? not sure think its dearer but its about a mm thicker and easier to weld and bend in pipe benders than tube,hard to get a tight bend without distorting the wall but good for curves,going to use tube for rest of system -turbo back- stainless is out of budget for now

what about useing the factory N/a manifold and weld top mount to that? and whats the trick to masking the windows from the inside? then how does one get out?

Just noticed something.. why did you weld up the holes behind the back seat? And that manifold looks tricky, nice work.

Yes backseat holes why ????

holy, ur a keen man!! but definately like the dedication!!! i was thinking about the hole custom thing but would probably tig weld everything. alot tidier and less penotration on inside of tubing therefore better flow. custom cooler piping is going to be interesting enuf;p

Quote: Originally Posted by NZ VL com what about useing the factory N/a manifold and weld top mount to that? and whats the trick to masking the windows from the inside? then how does one get out? my son is painting my car and i'm the boy we put wide masking tape round the inside of edges so that half or more of the sticky side is facing outwards then place paper or plastic over the sticky tape and then cut off whats not wanted after that place another round of wide tape over top of paper or plastic to sandwich it in between but mask this part tidy and not on top of what u want to paint ,found it easier to mask in short stripsof tape because it gets tangled and easier to go round corners Quote: Originally Posted by Irontusk Just noticed something.. why did you weld up the holes behind the back seat? And that manifold looks tricky, nice work. i had the holes welded for a few reasons,not sure if i'll put carpet back in so didnt like looking at back of seats,going to put in a small fuel cell for differant fuel type as well as surge tank,and try and stiffen up rear end between shock towers,wasnt to sure what the rules are concerning passenger compartment fuel and rear mounted battery so just had them welded them up just in case Quote: Originally Posted by VAYK8 holy, ur a keen man!! but definately like the dedication!!! i was thinking about the hole custom thing but would probably tig weld everything. alot tidier and less penotration on inside of tubing therefore better flow. custom cooler piping is going to be interesting enuf;p thanks for that took my 2ltr off the road so l can use it for dummy fitting things as i dont want make any wrong cuts or drill holes in the calais after the paint job, so i pulled the motor out and fitted the 30/r3325 hybrid motor,then basically located where i thought turbo would fit and just went from there u r right its abit of work but its all good also was'nt sure if any one made hybrid manifolds to fit between the vl struts some said yes some said maybe so just decided i'll make one see what happens

Quote: Originally Posted by VAYK8 holy, ur a keen man!! but definately like the dedication!!! i was thinking about the hole custom thing but would probably tig weld everything. alot tidier and less penotration on inside of tubing therefore better flow. custom cooler piping is going to be interesting enuf;p Id just pay someone to do it and sit back and watch while having a heineken hehehe

yeah me to aaron,exhausts are ok,do 99% of my Sh*t on my car but fiddly manifolds,no thanks

There's some nice manifolds on here -big $$ but are proven

yeah but extremly overpriced