My Home Made FMIC piping. (no not PVC)

[bardabe]

so this is what i did this 3 day weekend with my cheapo Lincoln 100HD welder. and a few pieces of pipes i had laying arround. =]
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/FMIC001.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/FMIC002.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/FMIC003.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/FMIC004.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/FMIC005.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/FMIC006.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/FMIC007.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/FMIC008.jpg

taking them on wednesday to have them Tig welded. and start polishign them. =]

[white97s14]

damn nice job man, now you need a greddy intake

[bleach8484]

Thats the same way I did my SR piping. I think it looks good after its cleaned up and polished... It looks like all of Signal Auto's piping.

[SSC299]

Not bad at all dude. Should come out nice. Post some pics after its all done.

[mrmephistopheles]

needs more titanium. :keke:
Looks good.

[clutch kick drifter]

nice! i almost did that.... but i cant go without a car the lenght of time it would take me to make it.

[SochBAT]

More Cowbell!

GJ!

[s13gold]

niiice work can wait to see it finished.

[Team Rootbeer]

miter cuts are cool.

tig welding is cooler.

nice job.

[Ca_laurier]

looks like a awsome kits for a home made one

and yes more cowbell for sure

[bardabe]

ha ha thanks guys. is steel going to be a bitch to polish?

[georgesal]

good work, i did the same for my custom mount. ask john he saw it

[bloodangels13]

how come you didnt use mandrel bend pipe? even with the multiple sections to make the bends the air flow isnt ganna be very smooth... budget maybe why?

[bardabe]

how come you didnt use mandrel bend pipe? even with the multiple sections to make the bends the air flow isnt ganna be very smooth... budget maybe why?
because signal Auto dosent do that, nor Top Secret. If I was to go mendrel bent I would do the whole thing mendrel bent. its kinda pointless to Cut and weld. when U got a mendrel bent pipe right there.

[chibo]

because signal Auto dosent do that, nor Top Secret. If I was to go mendrel bent I would do the whole thing mendrel bent. its kinda pointless to Cut and weld. when U got a mendrel bent pipe right there.
The reason they do that is because titanium would just rip if they tried to bend it :)

[thepest]

Looks good for home made. Props

[annie4rb20]

Very creative, and neat! How'd the clearance be if you upgraded the radiator?

[Jonnie Fraz]

ha ha thanks guys. is steel going to be a bitch to polish?
It is hard to tell if it is galvanized or aluminized tubing. Galvanized will suck to polish and to weld. Should not be that bad...Good work I like that look.

[ayuaddict]

The reason they do that is because titanium would just rip if they tried to bend it :)

J's racing has mandrel bent titanuim exhaust systems available. (for the S2000). so i suppose it can be done.

[chibo]

J's racing has mandrel bent titanuim exhaust systems available. (for the S2000). so i suppose it can be done.
Depending on the thickness, I'd imagine.

[bardabe]

Very creative, and neat! How'd the clearance be if you upgraded the radiator?
i had a koyo shit was too damn thick not even the 2" pipe cleared. so I traded my friend my koyo for his S14 radiator. i can;t picture clearance unless i hack my radiator support. (wich will do in the near future to ge tmy adiator back)

[!Zar!]

Nice work. It's always good to have potential boost leaks lessened.

Side note. Your tire is mounted backwards. But you probably already noticed that...

[hybrid_eg]

you can find a local place that polishes and have them do it.. its a dirty job and they should get it pronto because its not big for them, save you some major hassle time :-) there are bunch of places in socal that do this, check around.. eitherway it looks like its going to come out very nice! good job!

[bardabe]

while I got the pipes done, i did the shitty polishign job myself then got kinda fed up wwith it and just clear coated the pipes. here have some eye candy

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/S13%20Parts/piping003.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/S13%20Parts/piping002.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/S13%20Parts/piping001.jpg

[Big Bronze Rim]

Looks nice! Nice job on a budget. Polishing stuff is always a bitch - it almost always ends up being more trouble than its worth.

[mrmephistopheles]

Take an angle grinder to those seams and flatten them out some.

[ayuaddict]

wow, that looks great. very impressed.

[johngriff]

Dude, T-Bolts on EVERYTHING!! YAY! That looks tits!

[NemeGuero]

Word on T-bolts and word on angle grinder.

+tits


but holy jesus you have yards of piping

[babowc]

oo?
looks like you routed the pipes a littlle differently?
looks good..
a little anglegrinder action would be nice!

[speedstar01]

wow very impressive work, keep the pics comin :)

[wangan_cruiser]

good job...kudos for you man.

[bardabe]

thanks guys I will be modifying my piping later when I get a good welder. so I can just make a custom Intake manifold using just the stock runners. with probablya Q45 TB or something like that. but not in the near future. probably end up droping in a 26 instead.

Im a show off I could not resisthttp://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/newFMIC005.jpg

[mr_240sx]

looks good dude!

now get polishing them!

[Justin Bernstein]

Screw grinding them down...they look sick just like that. Very industrial, if the engine bay looks like it could sever your Carotid...your done.

[MELLO*SOS]

Nice, now that it's all done, wanna sell the kit? :) j/k I'd need to hack it all up to fit the HKS mani...

Crazy I just noticed after the other guy's comment that you did run the pipes a little different than "normal". I like how the hotpipe is tucked down a little.

Good work, what is next?

[bardabe]

Nice, now that it's all done, wanna sell the kit? :) j/k I'd need to hack it all up to fit the HKS mani...

Crazy I just noticed after the other guy's comment that you did run the pipes a little different than "normal". I like how the hotpipe is tucked down a little.

Good work, what is next?
get a daily driver so I can put the RB20 on that and put in the RB26 in this one.

[sleepy_s13]

I agree with taking an angle grinder to the piping. nice work though

[DJ_Sunrise]

very nice, wish i had the balls to do something like that myself haha. damn.. this just reminds me of how much i need a DD...

-Bart

[amplifi3d]

dude WTF is that. Looks like a retarded child with parkingsons shitted on your pipes to weld it together. WTF.

[amplifi3d]

nah im just kidding.