here she is!!!! i finally got my 3" downpipes from cartuning performance!!








header wrapped the upper downpipe



silicone coated the header wrap



install started!!




i will be finishing the install tonight and will have pics of it complete and if rain holds off possibly a video

 

Are you going to paint the red to blue?

 

The red things are covers protecting things from getting In the turbo until I finish connections. The lettering "turbonetics" is red and will stay red until I get a chance to paint it. I'm In a rush to get it together for the wedding.

 

haha Oh I understand. I was just wondering if you were going to go through the detail

I can't wait to see the upgrade

 

John:
Obviously its going really well!
I noticed in the first pic your bowl of snacks was still full!
Is that a new brand of trail mix?

Looking good! Whens the wedding?

 

So your Turbo Monte is about to come back to life again... Very nice looking Custom 3" pipes Cartuning Performance made for you. Your larger new Turbonetics Turbocharger and these 3" pipes will really move alot of air for sure. Your doing an awesome job with this over the top upgrade. Posted pictures of my new pipes and yours in order to be able to show the work of our separate artists and the different ways to get the same job done, interesting differences in our pipes configurations..... We have to meet John, it will be so bad *** to roll with you and run a few cars into the ground. Lets try and not blow up our cars again before next years GM Nationals. We can run each other on the 1/4 mile track, lol, be a tense moment for sure. Looking very good, best of luck on getting her back together before the wedding. What a nice present to your self .

Cartuning designed 3" crossover pipe
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Snell designed 3" crossover pipe


Cartuning designed 3" down pipe


Snell designed 3" down pipe

 

Good stuff John!!! Glad things are coming together

 

Thanks all, the wedding is sept 7th!! Zippy the pipes I posted are both down pipes, its a upper and lower design, my crossover was never removed for my upgrade.

I got her all put together, had to add about 15% fuel to compensate the bigger turbo and downpipes through the whole MAF table but got her drivable. She pulls hard and strong but has so much potential I just don't have time till after the wedding. I am at 15psi, no knock, plenty of fuel, plenty of MAF yet to go as well. I plan on throwing a lot more timing at it before boost to help with the turbo lag and plan to run 18-20psi when the tune is complete. She should make 550+whp very easy for sure. Its already a lot quicker with 2psi more boost, flooding in fuel, and same timing than the old setup so I can only imagine once tuned perfectly she is going to be an animal!!!!

 

Lol! (I know we don't know each other..at all, John) But, when I read that ur tryin' to get ur car together with a wedding quickly approaching...I had to laugh because, I myself was in the SAME EXACT situation.
Trying to sneak off into the garage before the "wife to be" grabs ya and wants u to sit with her and go over napkin colors n what not.
Great build BTW! Definitely a well thought out build.

 

thats awesome!! she wasnt bothering me while i was working on it i was just running out of time waiting on parts to arrive and find time to work on it when i wasnt working.... she wanted it at the wedding as much as i did so every chance i had to work on it she was telling me to

thanks for the compliments on my build, i just wish i could keep her together and things would quit breaking the past 2 years ive been working on the car fixing things that broke more than ive driven it and its starting to get old..... and FYI the car made the wedding and i broke the trans AGAIN wednesday.... im now going on trans 4!