Melted a piston, now LSX Turbo

[Dirk HX35]

Your welds are looking great man! Mad props for all your hard work!!

Thanks, just got a new job welding/fabricating.

It's time to get rid of all the yellow and get a bunch of stuff powder coated and ceramic coated. My brother does all the powder coating, can't wait to see it all done and the brakes to match.

Dei sleeves for the yellow plug wires



Welded on some more bungs for extra breather hoses because I like to think I'm wealthy haha


Still need to pull off the crossover and screamer.

[TeXJ]

very nice! congrats on the new job!

[florida_dirt]

damn dude i see your car in my IG feed all the time. never knew it was the same car that used to be m20t on sawblades till i went through this thread. amazing work!

[Dirk HX35]

very nice! congrats on the new job!

damn dude i see your car in my IG feed all the time. never knew it was the same car that used to be m20t on sawblades till i went through this thread. amazing work!

Thanks guys.

My brother powder coated my brakes, turbo, and valve covers.
Can't wait to get it all on and out on the road.
Strange engineering driveshaft showed up too.

[ncsubowen]

Holy fuck that driveshaft looks like a telephone pole.... is that actually going to fit?

[Dirk HX35]

Holy fuck that driveshaft looks like a telephone pole.... is that actually going to fit?

I'm gonna see if it fits tonight, if not I have a hammer.

Bought a full set of dimple dies and tried them out on my radiator cover.
Came out pretty nice for my first try.

[LowR3V'in]

What if someone drops some coins in those hole?

[ncsubowen]

What's the benefit to that?

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[Dirk HX35]

What if someone drops some coins in those hole?

It's removable so I can collect the coins and put them towards the car.

What's the benefit to that?

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In this instance it's strictly for looks.

[LowR3V'in]

Dimple dies are pretty amazing honestly. My trailing arms are dimpled.
Makes shit look hella slick stance style.

[Kershaw]

What's the benefit to that?

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Dimples add strength because they resist torsional force.

On the radiator... not trapping heat!

[LowR3V'in]

weight reduction

[Dirk HX35]

weight reduction

Yup.

Did some work on my brother's car and in return got my stuff ceramic coated.
The white/silver on the down pipe is chrome ceramic, I still need to polish it.
Got one manifold all wrapped, I'll finish up tomorrow after work.
Also for those wondering the driveshaft fit with just a little hammering of where the old center support used to mount.

[rzerob]

So close.

[Dirk HX35]

Getting closer, still need to polish the chrome ceramic coating on my down pipe.
My brother still has to powder coat my front calipers and breather box so I can make hoses. I'm kind of amazed how close this thing is to being complete.