New car related purchases thread

Got my 1 7/8 longtubes today with offroad connectors

Gonna install this weekend and get a dyno tune next week.

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>see single header in op picture
>4 pipes
>obviously not for a transverse engine
>op the fuck you driving that's a longitudinal 4 banger? old saab some weird jap shitbox nobody ever thinks of? new mustang? old mustang SVO? Merkur?
>see other header
>oh it's for a v8
>k i'll be leaving then nothing to see here

Found this for $5, hopefully it works and doesn't look too out of place in the foxbody.

>longitudinal 4 banger
>some weird jap shitbox nobody ever thinks of

derp

Just got everything bent and welded up.

+.25" to 2.5"
2nd cat delete
Vibrant resonator
Borla Pro XS
Stainless 2.5 to Dual 3" tip

Slightly related purchases:
80mil Sound deadener for trunk/doors for "muh sound quality"

totally forgot about the S2000, I was thinking more about like the AE86 or more specifically one of its less-desirable variants that is overshadowed by the whole Initial D thing.

What is that for?

The exhaust?
2011 Mazda 6

Deadener is for reducing road noise and improving speaker performance.

Which car is this going on?
I did long tubes on my 5.0 last yr. 7 hours to do them with hand tools

LS3

Most everyone tells me that they're mega easy to install on LS engines. Most of the average times I read from people is roughly 3 hours to install.

you're gonna dyno tune a car with a maf and exhaust? why?

Because I'll be throwing codes, being catless.

Also with my setup I'll be pushing 420 to the wheel or so with a dyno tune. Also PCM of NC offers a dyno tune for like $150 more than a mail order tune.

Actually most tuners new cost as much as what this local place is advertising for a dyno tune.

Also panel prying tools

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>Those wheels with that paint.

Nigga...

Installed my gutted upper intake and 66lb injectors last week.

Still have downpipe and ported exhaust manifold to do

>people on turboford fb page told me car wouldnt run with 66lb injectors and stock computer

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>mfw it runs and drives fine

>Merkur
>SVO
>Long header

That'd be retarded though user

It's not staying that color. Can't do everything at once.

What color you going to do?

Yeah nevermind about that, that would imply getting rid of the tarbo

you see sometimes I dont think.

Woodland Green and Wimbledon White ZY4 two tone.

Any other pics? that could look dank.

Something along these lines.

not bad user. Personally I'd like to see it with a black stripe

OOH or rhino line the bottom half. I"ve always thought that was cool

I bought a welder, been making all kinds of cool shit fur my car lately

learn how to weld before you try to show off

That's not a bad weld tho???
It's pretty decent for literally my third time ever using a mig welder.
I welded this ford axle in my Volvo too lol

just wait until it cracks and tell me it's not a bad weld

Completed panhard rod

What makes you think it's gonna crack tho?????

Not uniform penetration, there are dips, pooled up in some areas and not others. I would practice more before planning on driving on those welds.

I did 4 even spaced tacks and cooled it off with water between the 4 welds to not overheat the grade 8 bolt, so each of those 4 segmented welds looks slightly different.
It's a 220 volt 180 amp machine and I had it maxed out so it's def a solid weld with good penetration.
I don't know why you're trying to shit talk when I had a legit welder look at it and say it looked fine lol.

I have experience with seeing bad welds like that cause a shitload of damage when they failed on a SAS. It's not something I would trust on my car or truggy. But by all means, you're the one with experience here, so enjoy.

>bad welds like that
But it's not a bad weld lol

Looks good sir. Almost factory.

I need to learn how to weld. Keeping in mind I know nothing about the actual technique or technical aspects (I understand the basic concept I think, though) How do I avoid boogerwelds? Eg what type of welder to use, tips to avoid that type of shit etc.

Looks good to me. But I know nothing about welding

I wouldn't trust that, doesn't look like you got much penetration and it doesn't look like the bolt threads in very far, giving it very little grab.

woah nigger you need to calm down, those welds look absolutely fucking fine