Jake.Lowther Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 (edited) Hi All, Let this be the official start of my DIY rear mount turbo thread. Firstly I would like to thank @andybp (who previously has made a DIY rear mount) for helping me out with parts and knowledge. This is not going to be a quick project I'll try to keep this updated but we'll see This project has been set back by a month or so after I injured my hand cutting exhaust pipe for a friend. I ended up severing the main radial artery, 10% of the muscle round my thumb and a couple of nerves. Had plastic surgery on it for an hour. Moral of the story wear protective gloves when working around metal. (Slightly gruesome pics of stitches no blood) So to get the ball rolling I've installed a piggy back UTEC ECU. Along with that I had to do a tad of welding to get an AFR sensor in the decat pipes (Images below) Following on I got my hands on some C section mild steel and some mild plate so I've welded those up to make a resorvoir which can hold roughly 1.8L of oil. I also bought a cheap sight glass and threaded bung as a filler cap. I'm not the best at welding I've only recently got into it with no experience I just bought a Hawk 160 TIG and haven't even gone through my first bottle of gas yet Edited November 12, 2018 by Jake.Lowther 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybp Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 About time you got on with this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake.Lowther Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 8 minutes ago, andybp said: About time you got on with this Haha it's been a while, it was always planned as a winter project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Following this be interested in another rear mount build Welding is practice, practice, practice - I spent a couple of weeks teaching myself aluminium Tig welding this year and got to a passable level 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake.Lowther Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 Got my new intercooler all mounted up had to make soms simple brackets and drilled and tapped holes into the crash bar. I've ordered some An6 lines and a load of fittings along with oil pressure regulators and guages. I'm running a standalone oil system with turbowerx oil pump. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybp Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Goog to see this moving forward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake.Lowther Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 14 minutes ago, andybp said: Goog to see this moving forward Slowly getting there doing bit by bit each weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Nice to see it moving along, Can I just say, and I'm not trying to put down your hard work, are you sure that those 4 bolts are enough to hold the weight of the intercooler? The problem more being that when you start going over bumps it will put a strain greater than just the intercooler weight on them, my concern is that the bumper ally is quite thin, there wont be many threads in it. I did a similar thing with my oil cooler and decided to drill all the way through and use threaded bar to hold the brackets. Just a thought I'd hate to see you get it all together and then have the intercooler drop, Keep up the good work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake.Lowther Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 50 minutes ago, Keyser said: Nice to see it moving along, Can I just say, and I'm not trying to put down your hard work, are you sure that those 4 bolts are enough to hold the weight of the intercooler? The problem more being that when you start going over bumps it will put a strain greater than just the intercooler weight on them, my concern is that the bumper ally is quite thin, there wont be many threads in it. I did a similar thing with my oil cooler and decided to drill all the way through and use threaded bar to hold the brackets. Just a thought I'd hate to see you get it all together and then have the intercooler drop, Keep up the good work I thought that at first but for now its strong there's also a third bracket you cant see on the back of the strut bar wuth another 2 in.i guess only time will tell it won't go anywhere since it has about 50mm clearance from my under tray. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 18 minutes ago, Jake.Lowther said: I thought that at first but for now its strong there's also a third bracket you cant see on the back of the strut bar wuth another 2 in.i guess only time will tell it won't go anywhere since it has about 50mm clearance from my under tray. See that's cheating - you didn't tell us there was a third mount Its probably covered then Like I say wasn't putting the work down just trying to help Keep the updates coming 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake.Lowther Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 1 minute ago, Keyser said: See that's cheating - you didn't tell us there was a third mount Its probably covered then Like I say wasn't putting the work down just trying to help Keep the updates coming Haha I think its overkill for what it is. Cheers and its a totally valid point my bench testing could be completely wrong and I might eat my own words 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake.Lowther Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Made a start on welding up the pipe from the exhaust to the exhaust side of the turbo. Still on my first bottle of Argon with no previous experience I think it's confident to say I'm a natural when it comes to Tig welding 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 11 hours ago, Jake.Lowther said: Made a start on welding up the pipe from the exhaust to the exhaust side of the turbo. Still on my first bottle of Argon with no previous experience I think it's confident to say I'm a natural when it comes to Tig welding And for my next trick, make my arm go invisible! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybp Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 20 hours ago, Jake.Lowther said: Made a start on welding up the pipe from the exhaust to the exhaust side of the turbo. Still on my first bottle of Argon with no previous experience I think it's confident to say I'm a natural when it comes to Tig welding I'm glad you're so good, I know who to come to now now get back to work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake.Lowther Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 While I've had a load of time off I've been cracking away and have turned a junk piece of 1.5mm mild steel sheet scrap into this art piece For those who don't know its a custom MAF adapter plate, there are threaded stainless nuts wealded to the rear of those holes. This will then be welded to the intake pipe which I'll make another post about over christmas since its almost complete. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony420z Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 nice job mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisyduke Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 On 19/12/2018 at 23:29, Jake.Lowther said: Made a start on welding up the pipe from the exhaust to the exhaust side of the turbo. Still on my first bottle of Argon with no previous experience I think it's confident to say I'm a natural when it comes to Tig welding Like the work. But, are you welding studs into that or do the bolts sit flush? Just as it looks too close to lay a nut/washer flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake.Lowther Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 17 minutes ago, Daisyduke said: Like the work. But, are you welding studs into that or do the bolts sit flush? Just as it looks too close to lay a nut/washer flat. It's tight but my nuts and bolts fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisyduke Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Glad to hear it. Didn't look like any room at all in the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake.Lowther Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 (edited) More welding and cutting today got the majority of the intercooler to throttle body pipe work done, tad more todo then I'll post a pic of it on the car. Been just cutting bits of pipe and taping it together to see if it fits and clears everything in the bay. Just finished welding the last bits for today. Feat Megan the dogo. Edited December 29, 2018 by Jake.Lowther 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake.Lowther Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 Got that part on the car today all fits as planned, got some more welding todo and all of the intake to the intercooler is complete 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake.Lowther Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 All fitted now waiting for new years, happy new years all. Bought the 2.25" stainless pipe for the hot side of the turbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybp Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I ran mine like that for a while, just put a cone filter on the end of the intercooler, meant I didn't have to keep putting the car back together to use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake.Lowther Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 3 hours ago, andybp said: I ran mine like that for a while, just put a cone filter on the end of the intercooler, meant I didn't have to keep putting the car back together to use it I have hose clamped a microfibre clothe over the opening since i don't have any 2.25" filters but I'm not driving it just start it up to move it about my garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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