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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:30 am
by Zerb
for some reason i cant get a better pic, ive just got a little consumer digi cam at my disposal. and if i turn the flash off so you can see the gauges better, its gets all types of blurry like that.
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:00 am
by speeding-g60
yeah thats the problem. if you hold the camera real steady it gets better. rest it against something stationary like the harness bar or roll cage hoop bar....
but the blur is movement without the flash.
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:39 am
by Zerb
ill try and hook it up when i get home later. 8)
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:38 pm
by Zerb
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:10 pm
by speeding-g60
dunno nothin bout no exhausts, but 3" isnt easy to work with.
and that looks like a much steadier picture there. nicely done.
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:16 pm
by death 4kqt
you are close, but you need to angle it a bit toward the passenger rear wheel. It kind of sits down in that divet on in the diff mount. There is only really one spot that a 3" can fit up and over the axle, and it is TIGHT. But, hey, if I can do it without any rubbing, than I know you can :-D
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:09 pm
by Zerb
soooo i am shooting for something like this?
once i get over that, out the back is cake, lol. now what about hangers just out of curiosity...one in the front for the straight pipe down the tunnel, and one in the rear im assuming, or do you go more balls out with it and put something in the middle?
also, can you make it from the straight pipe, up over the axle and out-ish, in one shot, or you needed to have multiple pipes back there? cause that would a pain in the nuts to get some clamps up in there.
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:24 pm
by Zerb
so, i think i got it. gotta add a few vbands here and there, and itll be off to my buddy to weld all up.
interesting tidbit, the piece over the axle is all ONE pipe, its like a bend thats tighter then a 45 but not a 90, it was actually a three inch pipe from a truck exhaust i had upstairs at NAPA, and i was eyeballing it all day, brought it home, and it ended up working out beautifully. and even better, after cutting said pipe up, i got two more 45s and and tight 90 to boot, all for 30 bucks.
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:37 pm
by speeding-g60
side out.....
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:06 pm
by Zerb
you mean ditch all that hard work in the rear and dump it before the rear tires?
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:10 pm
by speeding-g60
ya.
its not welded yet
thought i posted that thought a couple days ago :( (i must drink too much LOL )
SNAP*** i know what it is, its that PESKY ADHD kickin in. i just "thought it" but did not "post" it :?
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:04 pm
by Zerb
but then civics sitting behind me at traffic lights wont be able to enjoy the two-step on takeoff.
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:35 am
by death 4kqt
i you should just add a cuttout! That exhaust looks real good over the axle. Its such a PITA to fit it in there.
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:59 am
by Longitudinal
death 4kqt wrote:[/quote]
Its such a PITA to fit it in there.[/quote]
No kidding. The stock exhaust fits bad enough through there as it is. They really needed to clear a better path for the exhaust.
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:04 pm
by Mcstiff
zerb wrote:...and even better, after cutting said pipe up, i got two more 45s and and tight 90 to boot, all for 30 bucks.
For the good of the order, you are compelled to post the part # of this magic pipe
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:14 pm
by Zerb
walker # 45431
linky....
http://catalog2.genpt.com/catviewer15/( ... mk0sjce1qr)/Catalog/Detail.aspx?ShowPics=1&R=EXH45431_0221437011
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:55 am
by Longitudinal
Mcstiff wrote:zerb wrote:...and even better, after cutting said pipe up, i got two more 45s and and tight 90 to boot, all for 30 bucks.
For the good of the order, you are compelled to post the part # of this magic pipe
The pipe pictured above is just a section of a single bend with a pipe welded to its straight leg at the upstream end and another straight pipe welded to the cut end of the bend at the downstream end. It may save money to buy the pipe as the Walker part, but the same effect can be had with the regular mandrel bent sections.
This is all predicated on the assumption that the pipe over the axle in the pic above is the same one you ended up using.
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:33 am
by Zerb
well the money thing wasnt really that much of a factor, im sure it is for some...but i had it in there using two 45's, and it cleared the axle no doubt....it just didnt clrea as cleanly and nicely as this pipe ended up clearing is all.
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:36 pm
by Zerb
so i finally got around to getting some tubing for the rear strut bar so i could finish up the cage tacking up.
i think it looks kinda cool cause it just disappears into the trunk.
going to take the gauges and dash out and then put some wheels on the car and get it to the welders house so it can get all finished up. then once i get it back its game time. i will hopefully have my crank back from the machine shop (getting the timing gear pinned to the crank snout) and then i can put my bottom end together and put the motor back in the car complete.
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:20 pm
by Zerb
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:27 pm
by speeding-g60
looks good. this is oldbetsy right?
and you got PM, btw.
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:56 pm
by Zerb
yup yup ,my pal Chris=oldbetsy on vwpoortex.
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:56 pm
by Zerb
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:02 pm
by Wizard-of-OD
You are not messing around at all!
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 5:58 pm
by Zerb
no man. build it all. take it all apart, put motor together, powdercoat everything. respray.
install.
wires.
fin.
