Single cam Civics are slow

[Hallowed_point]

^That looks like something from the nightmare before
christmas...pretty cool though. The price is right .

[Sentry]

Originally posted by Toma
O-M-G


lol/

That is all.

Sorry in advance cause this is gonna leave a huge soot ring on the dyno.

Originally posted by DeleriousZ
Didn't wanna wait for some mandrel bends eh?

What am I, the Queen of England? Way too fancy for this car.

[DeleriousZ]

You can get some pretty cheap mandrel bends in steel that are pretty good... lol

[962 kid]

Thumbs up for pie cuts!

[SR240SX]

Originally posted by DeleriousZ
You can get some pretty cheap mandrel bends in steel that are pretty good... lol

For sure...I think I paid $23 @ Mopac a piece and 1 was good for my dp, which is pretty long. Time is money! lol

Cool car though!

[Toma]

Probably spent more on welding wire lol!

These things fucking rule!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mandrel-Bend...de0999&vxp=mtr

[Toma]

hahahaa. I can't stop laughing.

Sam, that is SERIOUSLY awesome.

[sr20s14zenki]

Bahaha it looks like a robots arm

[Toma]

Looks more like exhaust hose...

[Sentry]

Originally posted by Toma
Probably spent more on welding wire lol!

These things fucking rule!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mandrel-Bend...99&vxp=mtr

I paid less than that for the tranny I put in this thing!

[SecondReversal]

This car is amazing.

That is the greatest bit of pipework I have ever seen. Bravo, sir - Bravo.

*slowclap*

[Sentry]

Welded up those two pieces, fitting donated by Evan aka sr20s14zenki to un-fuck my oil drain.

[Errol.]

I love everything about this build! I wish i had the time to build something like this.

[Sentry]

I've probably spent more time trolling classifieds for parts for it than actually putting it together at this point, lol

[Sentry]

Annd fixed drain. Also finished the exhaust 100%, put in an O2 bung and made the connector from the bypass valve to the stock exhaust.

[Sentry]

Put all my exhausticles on.



O2 bung in a nice easy-access spot.



My sneakiness is well hidden from underneath



Also blew apart that Si tranny I had. Input bearing already removed.



Muh shafts.



Muh balls. This is one of the fucked bearings I'm replacing.

[Sentry]

This week:

Replaced 2 fucked bearings in tranny and input seal. Deglazed gear cones. Reassembled tranny.

Test fit intercooler and cut grille out of bumper.

And tonight, a little modification to the intercooler. Still a noob at aluminum but getting better. Found out pie cuts suck for Al. because the fitup is far from great, and you need GOOD fitup for aluminum.

[962 kid]

Originally posted by Sentry
And tonight, a little modification to the intercooler. Still a noob at aluminum but getting better. Found out pie cuts suck for Al. because the fitup is far from great, and you need GOOD fitup for aluminum.

Try shallower angles/more cuts with the aluminum pie bends. It only takes an extra section or two to make a big difference to fitup:

[Sentry]

Will keep that in mind next time I do them. The rest of the charge pipe will be 2.5" which I have plenty of pieces with mandrel bends.

I think another problem with my pie cuts is one side is angled and one side is cut straight. I think I need to half the angle on my saw and cut both sides angled.

[962 kid]

Originally posted by Sentry
Will keep that in mind next time I do them. The rest of the charge pipe will be 2.5" which I have plenty of pieces with mandrel bends.

I think another problem with my pie cuts is one side is angled and one side is cut straight. I think I need to half the angle on my saw and cut both sides angled.

Ah yes, that will definitely help. Once you have the angle and length of each segment you like, mark it with a piece of tape on your chop saw so you just feed the tube up to the tape before cutting. Try drawing 2 lines on opposite sides of the tube (like the red line in the picture I posted) and use them for guides, then you just chop, rotate tube 180 degrees, feed, repeat. You can whip off a ton of pieces in no time. Still takes forever to weld though :p