Fabrication Time?

[AngryRB]

Ended up doing an intake pipe with my old man helping, cost was $80 and 2hrs stuffing round cuttting a trial fitting etc

4inch all the way to the airflow meter, was suprised that this pipe was going to cost minimum $500

all you need is one 45degree 4inch bend and a 4inch to 3inch reducer and a welder.... too easy

feels so good when you do the work instead of paying the cowboys. The turbo now has Zero restriction and is spooling/whistling very nicely.

Edited February 11, 2012 by SliverS2

[scotty nm35]

If its a simple pipe to a pod with no BOV or breather fittings then you did the right thing, a simple bend and silicone joiners will do the job nicely. $500 seems very steep.

[AngryRB]

still need the blow off return plumbed in , but looks pretty simple ill just get some short bit and make two holes, angle it into the turbo right on the bend,

will take a pic and upload

[SilverECR33]

this is typical of some workshops. which is why its hard to bring myself to even go to any more. some guys are absolutely dodgy and give the good ones bad names. for Example few years back my brother took his VL to a workshop to get an issue looked at. they stalled and talked crap, removed stuff and replaced shit, ( but everytime we went there they hadnt done shit, just removed some shit and left it looking like it was busy. parked it in behind a bunch of car so the car could never be removed.

had to go remove it by force. absolutely f*kin joke, we found when w go the car home they had stolen some shit off it. but the cops would do shit because they denied it.

[W0rp3D]

still need the blow off return plumbed in , but looks pretty simple ill just get some short bit and make two holes, angle it into the turbo right on the bend,

will take a pic and upload

i cant weld so i had some one weld me up a 6" bit of stainless with the pcv and bov return on a 45 degree angle directed to the turbo, i then used 2 3" 45degree sillicone bends trimmed to suit, all up my intake cost me under $200 with the 2 plumb backs, if i had a welder and could weld it would have been well under $100.

[AngryRB]

i bet it wouldnt take more than an hour for a workshop that knows what there doing, 2hours tops

my whole intake pipe is basically just 1 45degree elbow, with one return for bov, rest is just silicon bits from autobarn..

so thats one weld of a small pipe onto a big pipe.. must be a 500percent profit there for them..

even the dump pipe looks relatively simple , just made up of all different pieces welded together, no real fabrication or great art work involved there for $700, might add it wasnt even clearing the fire wall and wasnt even supported, it was left to hang and swing like a slong...

its a shame when workshops dont do the right thing, they just miss out on more $$ that i would of spent with them later with my other mods..

After going thru just about all the big name workshops in brisbane , ive found only 2 that do genuine quality work without the rip off..

Edited September 5, 2012 by SliverS2