Turbo Bulkhead Box fitted!
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Got the next stage of my turbo conversion finished today, seems to be takeing for ever to get it sorted but with only a few hours a week spare cant expect too much i spose

Anyway heres the pics of the turbo box install

looking good, a lil progress is progress they say, & it all adds up, i have to put a turbo box in my dads minivan soon so the pics help alot

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Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

Its getting there bit by bit, could do with a week off work to crack on with it and get it ready for spraying really.

Pictures are good (a picture says a thousand words ), i searched this site and looked at every picture of the turbo box i could and got as much info as poss before i started mine and got to say it was pretty straight forward and didnt have any trouble at all fitting it.

im now thinking about making one and have it so its deeper than the avonbar one.
im not going to run a heater so thats not a proplem!

good work mate,
a bit done is a bit less to do!

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985

I know its sounds silly, but has that been welded in? I can't make out the welds at all!

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yeah, that top seam doesnt look welded?

or is it work in progress?

yeah its been fully seam welded , including the box itself just smoothed back a bit before the weld sealer was added. The top lip isnt welded in yet as im not sure what im doing in that area and didnt want to weld it just to end up cutting it out in a few days.

Phew!!! ive got a weber box that joins up exactly where that weld would be. It does give a little more access to the carb, and the screws that hold the plenum on!

Edited by matty on 17th Jan, 2007.

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Thats what i was thinking of matty, just havnt had time to look into it too much as yet but hopefully will get chance over the weekend and maybe fabricate something to fit in there

Looks good, did you miss a bit on the right or is it just me?

Na its not just you, there was a hole cut there originally and it was a bit too big to fill with weld

good angle there on the cross member aswell foir the inlet hose clearance

always looking for them bigger bunches of bannanas

Yeah the plate that came with the box was a waste of space, wouldnt have fitted properly and the angle would have been totally wrong so i just made up my own plate and made the angle as big as possible to give more clearance

will you post pics of that big hole & when you put the webber box in, i'm doing the same on my dads van haha, just for the sake of space & ease of removal of parts, my dads van isnt a turbo but the box's are being welded in just in case

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

Ill take some the weekend and post them

Not finished yet, still some welding to do but pictures should give you an idea

Looks very good, loads of room there now!!

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can you have a center speedo with the webber box? i didnt think you could but i wanna cheak, other wise i would do it!

looking good mate

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985

looks good. did you use a jig saw to do the cutting? also did you mig or tig the box in?
gona be starting mine next wk, the one part of the project that im dredding

'always keep a spare shot for a stray bird'

certainly is T3Tone, should make life a tad easier i hope.

Josh, prob not a lot of room for a centre speedo with the box, im running a digital speedo so its not a problem for me.

fordimus maximus , dont worry mate just take your time, measure 5 times and cut once . I used a small angle grinder to cut everything out and i used a mig welder.

More space than you can swing a spanner at ...

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How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

Looking good mate, loads of knuckle flesh saved there! :)

Before you put the engine in I would wack a big weld on the top side of the engine tie bar mount, mine ripped off and its a pig to get a welder too now. I think theres only a few spot welds holding them on from standard.

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Cheers for the tip Matty , ill get that sorted before the engine goes in.