Would you accept this work?
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This one is really bad
TonyM995
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It looks 3’ wide and I’ve never seen a worse design. Is frontal area no longer a concern for this guy?
What is the 90* bend going into the front left collector?
I’d be very worried about back pressure and pressure ratio more than the quality of the welds.
Why would you want the intercooler so close to the header? Does that help cool off the header?
The welds are the best looking thing about it.
That’s saying something considering I recently watched this video and can’t believe people are capable of such perfect welds.
Wait. Is he really asking $9,000 for that?? Give me whatever he’s smoking!
What is the 90* bend going into the front left collector?
I’d be very worried about back pressure and pressure ratio more than the quality of the welds.
Why would you want the intercooler so close to the header? Does that help cool off the header?
The welds are the best looking thing about it.
That’s saying something considering I recently watched this video and can’t believe people are capable of such perfect welds.
Wait. Is he really asking $9,000 for that?? Give me whatever he’s smoking!
bigoltool
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I weld a little, but I would be the first to tell you I am absolutely not "a welder"! This looks like someone had good intentions, but the execution is just not there, doesn't even look like the individual sections were cleaned up before welding. So no I wouldn't buy it if it were me. That being said have any on you looked a the new breed of laser welders out there now? This is a quicky vidoe clip, but it just shows you how beautiful they can weld. Definitely want!
The weld that I pointed out should be the one that cracks.
A off the shelf precision billet 5858 is good enough and is like 900 bucks and will make 600+ wheel. Probably have alot better spool up as well over the Garret
I have no concerns with the turbo. I just pointed out the very thin weld thats likely to crack.
TonyM995
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The problem is efficiency and back pressure. You couldn’t pay me to run a turd like this.
I agree with you that it’s a $2500 kit and that’s very generous.
He should have matched the turbo to his “fabrication skills” and air quotes are the nicest I can do.
Again don’t listen to me. Jay from Real Street can explain it. Look at the red hot exhaust manifolds at the 2 minute mark of that video.
The more back pressure you carry the less efficient the system is.
As Tuco said, you get what you pay for and this guy should get his money back from whoever taught him how to build a turbo header.
Ya my precision has been on my bike since 2012 never done anything to the kit never removed it once it was installed. The plenum has been odd twice for spark plugs changes. The kit has about 1500 miles on it and these are not the miles that I'd consider street riden easy going miles lol
My kit is basic simple homemade junk. It made 398 on 14psi a few pipes welded together with a precision turbo and a tial gate. My plenum is nothing special either just welded aluminum
We ride turbo Hayabusas we are not here for a long time we are here for the good time lol
TonyM995
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Do you have any pictures you’d post of your header? Nothing wrong with home made stuff. That’s why I’d buy a tig welder before paying some lug nut for that garbage.
May as well post one of your bike too. It’s definitely another favorite that I’ve seen. The one pic I remember it looked like the copper orange.
Hahaha hell yeah, you guys are cracking me up today.
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