nice one bud. ah well when it fails, im sure you'l have some other ingenius plan to rectify it
Dude, wow, this is getting better and better! Only you could have the balls to cut up a turbo, weld it again then fit it!
Keep it up ,
its not hard , long as u check which cast it is your fine this is cast steel with nickal content so welds fine , and useing 5mm high tensile spring steel , i know it wont break , turbo will fail first, has to be 100percent better then a china turbo , 2month and it gave away at 20psi ,, chuffing things there ok for useing as ash trays
I've never tried welding, but you never know, I could be better than you
Seriously is there anything you can't do?
This thread is incredible lol real tribute to built not bought!
ok my new turbo arrived... no go coz everything was way off measurements etc. so I took off my old T3/T04e 57trim and welded 1/2 of the fins (not fully closed shut as you can see) on the hotside used to spool @ 3000rpm & get 5psi @4000rpm now only 2400rpm & get 5psi by 3500rpm.
way more torque(throttle response was amazing too) @ around 2000 rpm it feelz like my dads supercharged v8 now ^^.... weight increase by a total of 3.5grams (6 fins) + maybe 2-3 more grams from the stainless steel weld spots (pic was taken when finz had minimal weld spots). btw it has a bit of the whining sound when spooling ... I like it alot but letz see how long it'll last.
the other reason why i didnt use the small T3 turbo was coz the cold side was way too small(hotside A/R .48) about 3inchz smaller in diameter
another half assed job by copex below-
I'm not too sure about this home made turbo part, it would be much better if you found the correct sized one in a scrappy or fleBay.
Please, Please, do not do what this guy on one forum to his turbo.
He posted it on a forum and it became an epic FAIL thread. www.mx6.com/forums - turbo modl
any of ur guy got any 1.8t pistons i after 6 decent cheepys,,as im sure lots of 1.8t engines have the same size pistons , 81.mm
otherwise its rip engine out ,