made some progress in the last few days, I am fabricating the entire rotated mount setup vs buying a kit. Also decided to approach the intercooler pipes differently then I normally build them. Usually I buy 90 deg mandrel bends and cut them to get the angles I need then weld them together, this time im taking a much more time consuming approach. I am using pie cuts, which are small pieces of pipe with a 5 deg cut on each side. combining these you can make what ever degree bend you want. the upside is that its very precise and looks really cool, the downside is the amount of cutting, fitting and welding required. I figured, might as well go the extra mile with this project since the rest of the car is built top notch.
heres the pics so far, enjoy!
old setup, new turbo
all stripped down, turbo mocked up in position. decided to run the pressure pipe under the manifold
was able to use a piece of pressure hose from a 2nd gen DSM intercooler that I had laying around
start of the first pipe
first pipe all done
mocking up the intercooler to throttle body pipe
let the welding commence
current state of completion
Next will be the downpipe, then just putting everything else back together.... More pics tomorrow most likely