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OK, just picked up the piping after it was finish welded by a friend of mine, Warren at Midnight Performance in Rancho Cordova. I do all my dynoing at his shop. I originally built these pieces with the intention of having them copied in single pieces, but the compound angle and short distances between bends wouldn't allow most of them to be done as a single piece. That meant welding up what I had; since I can't operate my tig worth a darn I opted to let him weld them up for me.

The hardest piece was the crossover tube from the passenger side, merging with the drivers side into the intercooler inlet. I bought a merge collector and fitted the pieces up. Lots of cutting and really special angles..............

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Here's the rest of the tubing. I'm going to final fit everything tonight and weld bracing brackets to a couple of the tubes that need it. Tomorrow they're off to the powdercoaters for titanium exhaust coating.

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Jody

Damn thats some nice work.:thumbsup:

top notch as always:thumbsup:

Thanks Jody - now i'm late for work again

Your work looks great

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Originally Posted by camcojb (Post 146731)

I finished the fabbing of all the intercooler, air inlet, and radiator hard lines. I'll post some pics up when the final welding is done. Otherwise, progress isn't on stuff that would draw much interest as far as pics.

Jody

Frankly, everything about this car is interesting. Pics of pretty much any of it are always welcomed, as you are taking a sweet car and turning it into something amazing. For such things, we like to see as much of the work as possible!

Lookin' good!

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

Sweet! That's a big hurdle behind you!! What's next?

next, I sent the intake plumbing to be coated with titanium header coating. The color matches well with the car, but it sure scratches and scuffs easily. Might have to re-think that one later on. Big thanks to Steed at Perfect It powder coating in Rancho Cordova for helping me out, getting this back to me in one day.

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 552.jpg

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had my headlight frames powdercoated. Changed the halogen bulbs for true HID's, with HID low and high beam on the one bulb. I don't think I'll even plug in the normal inside high beam as it won't match and the two outside lights will be plenty.

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 574.jpg

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a quick pic of the air inlet tube. Has a little bracket that supports the end, from that small button-head allen screw just above the pipe. Filters are on order. Basically copied what Mark had in the car, seemed to work well.

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 577.jpg

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Jody

It's looking awesome Jody!!! You're putting some great detail into it. I can't wait to get my car to that point.