@Rob - What i was really trying to show was the large amount of black crap that had got in my eyes and had accumulated at the corners. My new samsung phone, it seems, takes shit pictures compared to my old sony ericsson. I was much oilier than i look.
@Mart - IC got in the way a little, but not too much. Downpipe not at all.
@Chris - God only knows...mart managed alright with his hybrid i'm assuming. Also this is a fair bit smaller than a T3, so fingers crossed.
@Rohan - Cheers Brutha
@Rapid - Welding the elbow would certainly be easier. Unfortunately i don't know anyone with a welder big enough to weld sections of this thickness properly. I have some 12" plate, and i'll turn out the centre on a lathe to fit the taper on the turbo exhaust exit.
Hopefully the oil/water ways won't be too bad, as you describe. I have lots of fittings kicking around anyway.
As for the 50/60mm issue, i'm going to liquid metal a piece of 50mm tubing into the ID of the compressor inlet. This way theres a really nice gradual taper through the original volvo pipe to the 40ish mm actual inlet diameter when it hits the compressor wheel.
I've looked at the actuator bracket. Thats a piece of piss, i've got the metric taps out waiting.
What WAS NOT fun was aligning the inlet and exhaust housings so that the exhaust inlet/compressor outlet were correct relative to the centre section. Pics to follow.
Basically to get the compressor housing off required the grinding of an old pair of pliers + the addition of two pipes for leverage in order to make a large bespoke pair of circlip pliers. Had it not been sunday night, i'd have just bought some mind.
Photos this evening.
The exhaust housing really would not come off, and theres bugger all to grip. In the end I got my father on the job as he's more patient. He heated the housing up to approx 350degrees C at which it just tapped off. Massive blowtorch required here, would be a challenge with one of those little calor things. The annoying clamping bolts, and the need to position it before it cooled down too much resulting in a few near-burns too.
