So jealous of the amount of room you have to work with!!
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Stomis' 94 Street Truck - Snail Trail
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Stomis
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Yeah its nice to not be jammed into a foxbody for once...
The intercooler you want mount between the intake halves?
Stomis
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Yes. Im gonna be conservative and spray meth this season to cool it off.
Stomis
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Hmmm my buddy is making a pretty compelling argument for me to stick an air to air intercooler in this and I may just listen...
Stomis
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Decided to just go with a big ass air to air. Moved the trans cooler under the truck, started some plumbing, scooted the radiator over.
Stomis
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Well I was up in jersey for a week or so to see the OG misfits play with danzig. So that was fun and crazy good. Can't escape jersey without turboing something 
And Ive been smashing away on my truck while I wait for parts for a customers jeep.
Downpipe was way trickier than I thought it would be. Turns out at full right lock you're shoving a 4in pipe through a 4.5in space thats also on an angle...
Then my insanely huge intercooler came... 27x13.5in core. I quickly realized that this thing was barely going to fit, and it wasnt going to be easy by any means so out came the pie cuts.
Ive always just kinda of "gotten by" when it came to thin aluminum. Ive never been great at it. Throw me on some 1/8 or thicker and I can lay out nice beads all day but the thinner stuff was just always spotty for me. So I made it a point to really do some homework and get my machine down with settings and such for what it was, specifically to do intercooler piping because obviously thats kinda part of this whole forte.
Well after a little research it turns out that the little I was taught about aluminum was basically wrong lol. Dialed in the settings and much to my surprise my first attempt at laying beads over 1/16th thick pie cuts wasnt too damn shabby. Im more own worst critic though, always room for improvement.
Coming together...
Custom everything lol. When I positioned my turbo it was completely in regard to jamming it straight in the intake for air to water. So when I changed directions and went air to air it threw a wrench in the works...
And cold side done...
Box of stuff from summit on the porch full of fittings and misc crap. The agenda today is to add about 5 gallons or so to my fuel cell and get it dropped down through the bed floor at the tailgate to get some more weight shifted back. O and mount the intercooler too lol.
The list of "need" for parts is getting way shorter. I should be getting my 3.5in holley touchscreen to use as a ECU gauge pack for $100 off from someone on facebook and I need to order a 450lph walbro. I decided to just go for a single 450 pump for now simple because it will supply enough fuel for what my bottom end will handle. Once I get some gen 4 rods in the bottom end Ill twin it with another 450.
And Ive been smashing away on my truck while I wait for parts for a customers jeep.
Downpipe was way trickier than I thought it would be. Turns out at full right lock you're shoving a 4in pipe through a 4.5in space thats also on an angle...
Then my insanely huge intercooler came... 27x13.5in core. I quickly realized that this thing was barely going to fit, and it wasnt going to be easy by any means so out came the pie cuts.
Ive always just kinda of "gotten by" when it came to thin aluminum. Ive never been great at it. Throw me on some 1/8 or thicker and I can lay out nice beads all day but the thinner stuff was just always spotty for me. So I made it a point to really do some homework and get my machine down with settings and such for what it was, specifically to do intercooler piping because obviously thats kinda part of this whole forte.
Well after a little research it turns out that the little I was taught about aluminum was basically wrong lol. Dialed in the settings and much to my surprise my first attempt at laying beads over 1/16th thick pie cuts wasnt too damn shabby. Im more own worst critic though, always room for improvement.
Coming together...
Custom everything lol. When I positioned my turbo it was completely in regard to jamming it straight in the intake for air to water. So when I changed directions and went air to air it threw a wrench in the works...
And cold side done...
Box of stuff from summit on the porch full of fittings and misc crap. The agenda today is to add about 5 gallons or so to my fuel cell and get it dropped down through the bed floor at the tailgate to get some more weight shifted back. O and mount the intercooler too lol.
The list of "need" for parts is getting way shorter. I should be getting my 3.5in holley touchscreen to use as a ECU gauge pack for $100 off from someone on facebook and I need to order a 450lph walbro. I decided to just go for a single 450 pump for now simple because it will supply enough fuel for what my bottom end will handle. Once I get some gen 4 rods in the bottom end Ill twin it with another 450.
Stomis
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Its so obnoxiously huge behind the grill its beyond obvious whats going on under the hood lol.
Looks awesome, wish I had the equipment/ability to weld aluminum. That exhaust is going to sound rediculous, in a good way. I started mine the other day with the downpipe and a couple feet of 4" no muffler, may leave it that way.
Stomis
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Aluminum is a strange animal thats for sure. You basically throw out everything you think you know about Tig welding steel and start fresh. The arc doesnt distribute evenly when starting your weld, it jumps back and forth between the two pieces depending on torch angle and can make welding 2 different thickness materials together quite tricky at some times. Plus machine sizing is a huge factor for thicknesses. Welding something too thick or too big for the machine can be so daunting it just flat out doesnt work because the material just rips the heat away from the weld zone so fast.
Im by no means an aluminum expert. In fact my pie cut pieces came out pretty darn good but my tubing to intercooler pieces were fairly lackluster IMO. If you're interested in welding aluminum you cant beat an AHP Alpha 200. Its what I use and is about $650 off amazon.
Thanks, I'll def look into that one. I was looking awhile back and noticed that most of the budget friendly tig machines where ac voltage. So I held off and picked up argon and a spool of aluminum for my mig welder. Needless to say that didnt work out so I had to pay someone to weld the brackets onto my intercooler and radiator a couple weeks ago.
Aluminum is a giant sponge for heat. Thicker pieces might need a little preheat. Nothing crazy just take the chill off of it.
Now if extra heat/penetration is needed you can use an Argon/heilum mix or even straight heilum. Just remember to turn up the gas flow rate. With heilum it'll burn in really good.
With inverter type tig welders sharpening the tungsten to a fine point helps also. Lanthanated tungsten works really good for steel, stainless and aluminum.
Stomis
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Lol I made that fan shroud for Ryan's lq4 jeep the other day and he says to me on the phone "yo don't lupino my new radiator pls"
Stomis
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I been trucking along on this thing like hardcore.
I found a class I might be actually able to compete in somewhat local. It's a "street" class and it seems like the only thing I'll need to change is extend my down pipe past my door. Which I'd probably do out of aluminum. The only downside to this class that fuel is unlimited, which makes no sense to me for a street class. Meth is permitted so I could go that route with pumpgas but I'm going to need gen 4 rods to break the 1000hp mark reliably to compete I think.
I found a class I might be actually able to compete in somewhat local. It's a "street" class and it seems like the only thing I'll need to change is extend my down pipe past my door. Which I'd probably do out of aluminum. The only downside to this class that fuel is unlimited, which makes no sense to me for a street class. Meth is permitted so I could go that route with pumpgas but I'm going to need gen 4 rods to break the 1000hp mark reliably to compete I think.
I'll fully admit to messing that one up on that
lol. It was still usable though . But it was one of the first aluminum projects I tried when I first got my tig welder.
Whatcha got left before we get some test hit videos?
Stomis
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I need to get my fuel pump, gate/bov plumbing hardware, and rewire the battery. Then I just need a base tune.
That's not too bad, just a couple evenings worth of work. I'm really interested in seeing how it runs, our builds have a lot in common and should be close to the same weight. Except you have way better engine management.
What's your cam specs?
What's your cam specs?
Getting close, I want to see track videos, so we get some real numbers! 
I don't remember seeing it, but I'm assuming you got bigger injectors now with the turbo setup?
I think you have it covered, but if you need any help with the Holley software let me know.
I don't remember seeing it, but I'm assuming you got bigger injectors now with the turbo setup?
I think you have it covered, but if you need any help with the Holley software let me know.
