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MD · Post by MD » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:44 pm

Nearly as tight as a fishe's arse and they are water tight...

patzo_3l · Post by **patzo_3l** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:28 am

barry i must say very nice work there. having done a similar setup i understand how hard some things can be to fabricate so in my book you get a thumbs up from australia. he he he. now bring on the vidssss

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:15 am

Thanks Platz....shortly brother,shortly...

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:11 am

Thought Id update this ...This is the original Giulietta turbo and the gtv20l car thats now getting the 30l turbo...

will post pics of the other 2 when I can..

Giulietta24vTT · Post by **Giulietta24vTT** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:07 am

Wow ,very nice!!!,
I suppose the manifold's complex fits in on engine-out jobbies, great piping direction!
Is the greyish colour of the piping a cermic coating?

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:24 pm

Hey Chen,Sorry,missed this post..No the grey coating is simply a 600 deg. C paint coating...It actually lasts very long considering the temps involved..
It just looks so much better than a rusted up piece of pipe...
Once its baked on,it becomes a powdery coating that will come off untill,well,untill it doesnt anymore!

Does not mean its all gone,it just burns the excess off.

Greg Gordon · Post by **Greg Gordon** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:27 am

Just awesome Barry! How big is that exhaust pipe out of the turbo? Is it a lot of work to get the pipe down and out the bottom of the car? I love the exhaust manifold. It looks like it will last forever.
Greg

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:44 am

Greg,Its 73mm I.D. .The down pipe fits beautifully and exits with no hassles at all...Thanks.The manifold is cast iron and super reliable..As Ive said,this is No:17 that Ive done.

Greg Gordon · Post by **Greg Gordon** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:52 am

Really nice, I can totally appreciate how much work that is.

Fris75turbo · Post by **Fris75turbo** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:01 am

Is this pipe from Spaceshuttle?

Very nice!

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:41 am

Looks like someone has a pretty well heated steering rack...

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:36 pm

Mats,Your correct there.It does get rather warm around the rack..
The pipe gets wrapped with a heat blanket.The stuff i use is discarded JT9d jet engine kevlar insulation..
believe it or not,there is still at least 50mm air gap between the rack and the pipe!!

Greg Gordon · Post by **Greg Gordon** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:55 am

I think the rack will be fine. Mats is the most critical person on this forum and it's one of the reasons I love reading his posts. If all he found wrong is a heated steering rack you know it's a good setup!

Greg

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:44 pm

Greg Gordon wrote:I think the rack will be fine. Mats is the most critical person on this forum and it's one of the reasons I love reading his posts. If all he found wrong is a heated steering rack you know it's a good setup!

Greg

Hahaha.

I'm hard but unfair.

Still can't exactly figure out where the rack is though, I thought it would be in between the cross-under (?

) pipe and the downpipe but then I can't se how the 3" pipe fits between the body and rack.

I know my 3" downpipe is pretty close to the rack and engine mount but the cross member the rack is mounted to is pretty tight up against the kink in the sump.

x-rad · Post by **x-rad** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:42 pm

Greg G: I WAS GOING TO WRITE THE SAME POST ABOUT MATS!! every string I read he is always there to balance out the optimists..THANKS MATS for keeping us in check!

MATS: We know you meant "hard but NOT unfair!?"