Wheatley's 6262 build
Thanks, I have room when the wifes car is outside. Ive been having to pack it all back up so she can park inside since its hail season up here. I finally got everything done for the time being on the inside of the car so I could put it up on the lift to work on it and keep it out of the way. I really need another 6 ft in depth but it was to large for my zone. With the drum fan and a spare furnace I cant park two cars deep and the other door isn't accessible due to my trailer. Maybe one day I'll get everything situated but I think we are just going to move instead so we can have some land and I can have a garage to myself.
Finished up the exhaust and battery box with the help of my buddy Newbspeed.
I'll start with the battery box since its the least involved and pretty basic. I wanted to get it knocked out friday but was watching my son, so during his naps I was able to get something that sort of resembles something that might hold a battery, at best. I switched to a small lithium this year but wanted the battery box to also fit a pc680 in case I ever needed a battery in a pinch. It'll be mounted on the frame rail up front out and away from the passenger compartment.
Tape should hold it right?
We had been planning to do a 4" aluminum exhaust for the evo for some time now but just hadn't gotten around to it. We knew going into it that the situation was going to be challenging to say the least. We started late evening on Saturday and worked pretty late into the night and part of Sunday finishing it and the battery box. The situation was that I had the room and the lift with no tig and he had a tig and no room. Being that his tig is as tall as I am and two of me wide it wasn't going to be moved. Shes a big welder to say the least. My setup is in no way fab oriented but I can usually get by in a pinch, he brought a hand held band saw that we chucked into the vise that worked really well with a two man team operating it. If you follow me on Instagram then you got to see some of what I'm talking about.
Love this place!
In this shot you can see how we cut the entire exhaust at my place and after tacking the vband and the cone were able to make some steel and clamp jigs to hold it all in place to transport from my shop to his. This worked out extremely well. It was time consuming but made for all the pieces fitting together very nicely and great fitment in the end.
I cut the 2 bolt flange off my 3" SS down pipe and replaced it with a 3" male/female vband to 4" aluminum cone we cut down for the transition. This was the most time consuming part trying to get the overall angle correct and getting the pipes to properly meet at the cone. We ended up inserting the 4" end into the cone and I used a quick shot of primer to coat the area to be removed and then cut it from the inside with a cutoff wheel. It also clears the floor, and drive shaft loop on all sides.
Routing
Ground clearance for days even with the 4", tucked it very tight.
I'll start with the battery box since its the least involved and pretty basic. I wanted to get it knocked out friday but was watching my son, so during his naps I was able to get something that sort of resembles something that might hold a battery, at best. I switched to a small lithium this year but wanted the battery box to also fit a pc680 in case I ever needed a battery in a pinch. It'll be mounted on the frame rail up front out and away from the passenger compartment.
Tape should hold it right?
We had been planning to do a 4" aluminum exhaust for the evo for some time now but just hadn't gotten around to it. We knew going into it that the situation was going to be challenging to say the least. We started late evening on Saturday and worked pretty late into the night and part of Sunday finishing it and the battery box. The situation was that I had the room and the lift with no tig and he had a tig and no room. Being that his tig is as tall as I am and two of me wide it wasn't going to be moved. Shes a big welder to say the least. My setup is in no way fab oriented but I can usually get by in a pinch, he brought a hand held band saw that we chucked into the vise that worked really well with a two man team operating it. If you follow me on Instagram then you got to see some of what I'm talking about.
Love this place!
In this shot you can see how we cut the entire exhaust at my place and after tacking the vband and the cone were able to make some steel and clamp jigs to hold it all in place to transport from my shop to his. This worked out extremely well. It was time consuming but made for all the pieces fitting together very nicely and great fitment in the end.
I cut the 2 bolt flange off my 3" SS down pipe and replaced it with a 3" male/female vband to 4" aluminum cone we cut down for the transition. This was the most time consuming part trying to get the overall angle correct and getting the pipes to properly meet at the cone. We ended up inserting the 4" end into the cone and I used a quick shot of primer to coat the area to be removed and then cut it from the inside with a cutoff wheel. It also clears the floor, and drive shaft loop on all sides.
Routing
Ground clearance for days even with the 4", tucked it very tight.
That is a awesome workshop! I need replace my crappy ams battery they just don't last over a year even if you have them on a trickle charge inside.. might be looking into a lithium one here soon.
Also I like how the exhaust came out! Mighty meaty
Also I like how the exhaust came out! Mighty meaty
Batty- I don't know I'm waiting on some fuel stuff to fire the car.
Finally put the glass back in tonight, so happy to not have it sitting around the shop paranoid I'm going to break it. The rear view ended up just barley fitting! Very excited how everything is turning out!
Cage is tight! Exhaust looks good, everyone is switching to aluminum now! Looking forward to a sound clip of your car. I ended up getting the same battery too, I blame it on EvoDan, haha...