Got a few parts that came in the mail. Some for modification of the engine, but most for the exhaust construction coming up. Here are some pictures of everything I received.

The parts ORGY:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0068.jpg

Large Street Port Template:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0069.jpg

6PI Inserts (yes... for a turbo project):
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0070.jpg

SS 3in Flex Tube:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0071.jpg

SS O2 Bungs:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0072.jpg

SS Magnaflow 2.5in in/out-let perforated tube construction:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0073.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0074.jpg

Nice!

Should be fun getting all that welded up and ready to install!

I'm looking forward to it. I'll have to borrow someone's TIG and get in touch with a local welder. I'm honestly looking forward to piecing this exhaust together. On CCVT I'm now known as a stainless whore (the entire exhaust is stainless--even the O2 bungs).

Here's the ported throttle body. I removed secondary throttle plates (and the associated hardware) and ported it a little bit. I didn't polish it as I just got lazy... what can I say. It won't take much for me to polish it up better but figure I might as well put it all back together.
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are you going to plug the bores for the removed shaft?

Already did with epoxy. I would have gotten a friend to fill it with some aluminum but trying to find a TIG welder during spring break is rather difficult.

Did a little more work:

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...0309091925.jpg
Installed 6-Port Induction Inserts.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...0309091926.jpg
Finished cleaning all the housings and irons.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...309091926a.jpg
Found the limit of increasing the port opening of the upper intake. It's an 1/8"
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...0309091927.jpg
Pile of stuff that came off the car and will either be sold, scrapped, or re-installed (like the water pump and housing)
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...309091927a.jpg
Some more.
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New parts to be installed.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...0309091929.jpg
Oil Pan prepped for welding the oil return bung for the turbo.

I'm still a little curious on what I should do with the BAC. Should I keep it? Should I scrap it? I just don't know. I'm tempted to just scrap it and have a friend either weld it shut or I go get a block off plate cut for it. I just don't know. Any suggestions?

Keep it.

Well it's decided then. I'll keep it.

Got the turbo to v-band adapter.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0078.jpg
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Will probably hook it up to the turbo today.

...Well, went and tried to hook it up to the turbo today and it's the wrong size adapter. No fear though, I called atp and they'll let me exchange the adapter for another one. Hopefully this time it will be the correct size.

You'll want the BAC, I know you already decided to keep it, but I'm just giving you more reasons too! Its worth having if you have any accessories on the car at all....

Hurry up and rebuild that motor already!

lol, I just ordered the seals today. Should be here thurs/friday. Will hopefully start and finish porting the day before the seals arrive, rebuild on the following day. should be fun.

Got some welding done
 

I'm waiting for the pictures to be pulled from my phone and I'll be posting them shortly. I got some welding done on the exhaust which is nice to get started. I've got the lower portion of the down pipe and billow welded up, a portion of the Y-Pipe, and welded some pipe to the resonator.

To top it off I got delivery of some layout fluid so I'll be able to start porting the irons tomorrow. On top of that all the seals for the rebuild are being shipped out to me as are all the stainless steel flanges.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...0310092305.jpg
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Where did that flex pipe come from and how flexible is it? The 4" I have isn't flexible enough so when the motor goes back in, I'll be cutting it off and welding on a new one.

The flex pipe is a 6" that came from performance-curve.com It's a local shop (located in roanoke,va). Pretty good deal from what I remember. Let me dig up the actual link to the specific part.

http://www.performance-curve.com/ind...TS&Category=41

The one I got was for 28 bucks.

Another day, another time spent grinding, cutting, and well... making tons of dust. I altered the Lower Intake Manifold (LIM) to give more room for the turbo without sacrificing the 6PI actuation. I also ported my junk iron for practice. It's a lot easier than I thought it would be. I would still like some pointers on porting if anyone has any they'd like to share. I'm not too sure if I should port/polish the runner to the new port shape. The shape itself isn't much bigger and I don't really see any benefit in doing that.... Maybe on the intermediate housing, but we'll see. Well--here's some pictures.

Here's what the LIM started as:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0080.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0081.jpg
Here's about half way through shaving it.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0084.jpg
And this is pretty much done.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0094.jpg
Here's my port job on the junk iron:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0082.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0083.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0085.jpg
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Ported
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0087.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0088.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0089.jpg
I didn't really have time to port the good irons so I prepped them for porting:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0093.jpg
After that I went ahead and cut some of the metal stock I bought today to get it prepped and ready for welding and replacing the bent stock cross member:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_0090.jpg
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The angle iron doesn't have any tape holding it up. The cut is just right enough to have the interference hold it up. It's also level and straight. It's ready for welding.