Yamaha_chop
Fabricator Extraordinare
got to finish tacking together the turbo manifold today! Here's some pics:
On this side you can see the sleeve I made so the manifold can be removed in two pieces:
And I got the turbo mounting tabs in place, so the weight of the turbo is not hanging on the manifold. The manifold will have a couple extra mounting points as well.
With the turbo mounted I was able to work on the exhaust as well, 2.5" baby With a turbo, the less exhuast the better, and that's the mantra I'm following:
The end will be slash cut a couple inches after it exits the subrame, just haven't cut it off yet.
I didn't like the swingarm pivot I made, so I decided to use a stock XS650 swingarm pivot, here's the piece:
It'll be all chopped up here shortly and I can start building the new swinger.
Here's a few shots of the bike mocked up again:
I think it looks cool with all the tubing running everywhere and there'll be even more after I mount the intercooler and make the piping for that.
Also, I got a new tool the other day, check it out:
Little 3/8" drive impact. Supposed to be able to go all the way up to 85ft/lbs which is way more than I ever use. I bolt and unbolt a lot of stuff on this bike, and doing it with wrenches is soooo slow, decided to speed things up a bit! working awesome so far.
Thanks again for checking out my build, hope to have a new update soon.
Sky
On this side you can see the sleeve I made so the manifold can be removed in two pieces:
And I got the turbo mounting tabs in place, so the weight of the turbo is not hanging on the manifold. The manifold will have a couple extra mounting points as well.
With the turbo mounted I was able to work on the exhaust as well, 2.5" baby With a turbo, the less exhuast the better, and that's the mantra I'm following:
The end will be slash cut a couple inches after it exits the subrame, just haven't cut it off yet.
I didn't like the swingarm pivot I made, so I decided to use a stock XS650 swingarm pivot, here's the piece:
It'll be all chopped up here shortly and I can start building the new swinger.
Here's a few shots of the bike mocked up again:
I think it looks cool with all the tubing running everywhere and there'll be even more after I mount the intercooler and make the piping for that.
Also, I got a new tool the other day, check it out:
Little 3/8" drive impact. Supposed to be able to go all the way up to 85ft/lbs which is way more than I ever use. I bolt and unbolt a lot of stuff on this bike, and doing it with wrenches is soooo slow, decided to speed things up a bit! working awesome so far.
Thanks again for checking out my build, hope to have a new update soon.
Sky