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ninetres
post Sep 25 2011, 04:22 PM
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......okay okay I kid, I kid (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Its my drag race car although it happens to be the same color/year as the one I road race (Yes, I am that sick......twin camaros). I thought you guys might enjoy a peek at it anyway! Shooting for 8.50s and 170mph in the quarter.

2001 Camaro SS
370ci 9.2:1 iron LQ9
AFR225s, Big turbo cam
Twin Precision "60mm" turbos (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
2000hp A2W intercooler
Rossler Powerglide
10 bolt (JK LOL)

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ninetres
post Nov 22 2011, 01:46 AM
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Made some progress today with the downpipes. Just dumping them out the side of the car for now. Once its running we'll worry about how the F to run a 3.5" DP over the K-member on the drivers side. Thanks again Matt. LOVE the work, and the fact that this is just a little project that my best friend is chipping away at in the little free time he has! Sorry for the low quality pictures, they were sent to me as text messages then uploaded from my SD card.

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post Nov 22 2011, 01:02 PM
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QUOTE (ninetres @ Nov 21 2011, 08:46 PM) *
Made some progress today with the downpipes. Just dumping them out the side of the car for now. Once its running we'll worry about how the F to run a 3.5" DP over the K-member on the drivers side. Thanks again Matt. LOVE the work, and the fact that this is just a little project that my best friend is chipping away at in the little free time he has! Sorry for the low quality pictures, they were sent to me as text messages then uploaded from my SD card.

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Looks like you're making progress! Question, did someone weld the pipe together using a mig welder and a series of tack welds? I see that the flange was put on with a tig, but the other weld looks like a series of tacks from a mig. That's likely to crack and/or leak. I would absolutely weld that in one continuous bead. Mig tends to start a weld a little cold and then come up to temp as you weld and build heat in that weld. Tacks never really fuse the metal consistently (because they start "cold" and then you stop before you really get the weld "going"). If those are done how I think they are, I'd run a bead over them (which will also remove the craters in the center of each spot weld...craters can lead to cracking). Of couse this is all assuming that I see what I think I see.
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ninetres   My 1500hp road race build   Sep 25 2011, 04:22 PM
Steve91T   Wow, do you have a video of it running? That looks...   Sep 25 2011, 07:05 PM
ninetres   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmtsWEAi0ak   Sep 25 2011, 09:37 PM
StanIROCZ   Dunno how you can afford 2 crack habits...   Sep 26 2011, 02:11 AM
ninetres   QUOTE (StanIROCZ @ Sep 25 2011, 07:11 PM)...   Sep 26 2011, 03:53 AM
ninetres   Made some progress today with the downpipes. Just...   Nov 22 2011, 01:46 AM
trackbird   QUOTE (ninetres @ Nov 21 2011, 08:46 PM) ...   Nov 22 2011, 01:02 PM
StanIROCZ   Looks to me like TIG on a thin wall stainless pipe...   Nov 22 2011, 01:14 PM
ninetres   It's all back purged tig. The welder is amazin...   Nov 22 2011, 07:13 PM
trackbird   That's cool. I wasn't sure about the bead ...   Nov 22 2011, 07:50 PM
ninetres   I was out there on Tuesday. All the welds look ti...   Nov 24 2011, 09:35 PM
ninetres   Got both wastegates mounted! The idea was to ...   Dec 1 2011, 01:52 AM
Steve91T   Just promise me you'll clean that windshield b...   Dec 1 2011, 03:55 AM
ninetres   Poor car issue soooooooo dirty been sitting for j...   Dec 1 2011, 06:30 AM
ninetres   Got the WG dumps routed back into the DPs. They s...   Dec 7 2011, 02:55 AM
Redbullet   Awesome build! What size a/r on the turbos?   Jan 4 2012, 02:37 AM
ninetres   .81s. I have some more pics but the last few time...   Jan 4 2012, 08:27 AM
trackbird   I think you have to post them 5 pics per post (if ...   Jan 4 2012, 12:21 PM
ninetres   Been making some good progress on the car. Hoping...   Apr 10 2012, 04:13 AM
CrashTestDummy   It looks to me like that tank is about 8" too...   Apr 10 2012, 01:31 PM
ninetres   QUOTE (CrashTestDummy @ Apr 10 2012, 06:3...   Apr 10 2012, 02:24 PM
94Will   I talked to a guy at Buttonwillow in early March 2...   Apr 18 2012, 04:35 AM
ninetres   QUOTE (94Will @ Apr 17 2012, 09:35 PM) I ...   Apr 18 2012, 06:21 AM
dgagess   this build looks sick. cant wait to hear it.   Apr 29 2012, 08:39 AM
ninetres   ITS ALIVE!!!!!!!!...   Aug 19 2012, 01:43 AM
ninetres   UPDATE 8/18/12 CAR IS DONE!!!!...   Aug 19 2012, 01:44 AM
ninetres   Custom coolant overflow Catch Can   Aug 19 2012, 01:44 AM
ninetres   RE: My 1500hp road race build   Aug 19 2012, 01:45 AM
ninetres   RE: My 1500hp road race build   Aug 19 2012, 01:45 AM
bubba353z   Very nice - sounds awesome   Aug 19 2012, 02:13 AM
dailydriver   Does your class require a passenger seat?? Are yo...   Aug 20 2012, 08:38 PM
Blainefab   Fuel lines right alongside the driveshaft gives me...   Aug 20 2012, 09:19 PM
Driver_10   Correct me if im wrong here, but are those aluminu...   Aug 20 2012, 11:24 PM
ninetres   QUOTE (dailydriver @ Aug 20 2012, 01:38 P...   Aug 21 2012, 12:45 AM
Eugenio_SS   is it just me or the tight squeeze pipe is not ful...   Sep 1 2012, 01:14 AM
ninetres   QUOTE (Eugenio_SS @ Aug 31 2012, 06:14 PM...   Sep 1 2012, 10:04 PM

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