I doubt you really want 6' long links so the length for put together links is not much of an issue. Because I am setting my truck up for 19K lbs on the rear axle I went 2" Dom with .25" wall this stuff is heavy!

I took the turbo apart today, took a look at the intake wheel and it was better than I thought. I took some measurements and the exhaust is 5", the intake was 73mm X 107mm I could not measure the exhaust side of the wheel yet. There is a 26 stamped in the foot, I think the other one I saw there was stamped with the 23

 

Nice build keep it up

 

Thanks, at this point I need to finish it, I can not back out now. If only I could find parts for less...

 

Wasn't saying 6' links, just if you could buy it in a 20' section you could cut all your links from one stick and not be left with small scrap pieces 8" long and so on that'd be extremely hard to find purpose for. Just sayin you're lucky to have that option available to you opposed to being limited by UPS regulations


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Good point, I was thinking 6' was more than you need, but even with 2' bars you need 8'
on the other hand you may be able to get them to cut to desired length and save all of the hassle. That is actually what I did, the guy that shortened my front axle sold me the tube cut.

 

great build man.

 

Hey, I finally won something, I won a 3 piece exhaust from PTC Power! This should be perfect for my project, I will post more when I get it, but based on the research it looks great. I knew I was not going to win so I did some research, price is well below others but looks similar. Things are shaping up!

 

I found the parts I need for the intercooler, I am headed up to Tacoma to pick them up tomorrow. I will be using Laminova cores because they are more efficiant.

 

I received the flanges for my turbos in the mail the other day, and had a chance to get them put together.

For the HT60 I had to take the 3” SCH40 pipe and turn it into a rectangle to match the flange. It took a few hours, heating it with a torch, and bashing my vice handle with a 3lb hammer. One whack at a time I slowly compressed the pipe until it was about right. I then turned to the other two sides and beat at them for a while until it looked mostly like a rectangle.



I am not sure who won that battle, I was beat after making that pipe. So I called it a night and let everything cool off.



I had to sand and shape the pipe to fit the flange. Belt sander, angle grinder, test fit, try again…









It took a while but eventually I was able to get a really nice fit.



I do not have a real press so I used some clamps as a makeshift press. It worked great, I was able to get a perfect fit.





I welded up the outside first then ran a quick bead around the inside to allow me to sand it all flush without the seam between the flange and the pipe.

 

My exhaust is set with a 45* angle and I really wanted a 90* angle so I had to make a 45* wedge. This is turning out to be a real PITA. I drove all over town trying to find a rectangular pipe that was the correct size. Finally I found something I thought was correct. I had to cut a pipe with 22.5* angles on each end, then it turned out that the pipe was too wide to fit between the studs on the flange.





I had to cut about .25” out of the pipe center then weld it back up.



I maxed out the heat on the welder, and set the wire speed nice and low so I melted the crap out of each side and had great penetration, but just for sure I welded the inside a little as well.

I cleaned up the weld, it worked great and there was no seam so that was a good weld.





I welded one flange onto the pipe, welding on the inside so I could have material to sand back and so there was less cleanup on the outside.

Here is a test fit, it looked good so I went on to welding the other side.





Then came over 5 hours of die grinder fun, by the end of the night my hand was numb. Actually three days later my pointer finger is still numbed. I was trying to smooth out the flow through the piece, so I ended up welding it several more times and grinding it back throughout the night. Here is the part as I left it that night.

Well not leaving well enough alone, after another hour or so grinding and sanding it smooth, I did not like a few parts so I welded it again adding filler in areas and grinding it back.







Overall I am happy with the two parts I made, it took several days, but they look great and are solid.