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driftstyre · 05-04-2008, 02:20 PM

I am almost finished with the exhaust. After some awesome modification of the footwell (the part that isn't needed

), the exhaust fits awesome and will have no clearance issues. There is still about a foot left to fabricate on the Ti portion. The footwell also has to be fabricated. The entire exhaust will have a 2700 degree carbon/inconel blanket around it so the heat shouldn't be much of an issue. The initial turbine outlet is 3" stainless, then expands up to 3.5" where the wastegate re-enters. I machined the .060 3.5" stainless down to 3.3 to fit the .020 titanium as a slip on fitting. The tubing I got is incredibly hard to weld being only .020 thick. It takes an insane amount of work to get it ready for welding as weld. I also only have .060 filler where .030 would be ideal. The stainless bellows is two layers of .010 so it is even harder to weld. It all came out well enough though. I modified the wastegate entry so both ports are completely seperate up until the WG piston. Braces are in order for both the wastegate and turbo. Everything is solid in the car so a combination of engine and chassis mounts will work. After the exhaust, sway bars will commence.

arkive43 · 05-04-2008, 02:29 PM

....

thats what i have to say to that. those welds the design, its art dude!!

Aeroscraper326 · 05-04-2008, 04:18 PM

Sweit........

mydogsdrift · 05-04-2008, 05:40 PM

Moar pics! That thing looks sick. Can you get some from farther away so we can see the entire manifold and where it is coming out at?

96Turbo · 05-04-2008, 05:48 PM

thats fuckin impressive. speechless.......

ByeByeSti · 05-04-2008, 05:59 PM

holyyyy shit! i wish i had your fabbing skills sir, id die for them

bboyoracle · 05-04-2008, 06:07 PM

nice work! But why do you always make a thread when you have done something to the car. Why not just update your previous thread?

eulalia · 05-04-2008, 06:22 PM

wow, i can only imagine how bad ass that car is going to be just by seeing those welds, very very clean job

awesomenick · 05-04-2008, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by eulalia

wow, i can only imagine how bad ass that car is going to be just by seeing those welds, very very clean job

It's already bad ass, there is no "to be" about it. haha. This thing is insane.

Sil-Eighty SE-K · 05-04-2008, 08:45 PM

bill...... u TIG like a damn machine!

DJButton · 05-04-2008, 08:46 PM

Bill, would it be incredibly forward of me to just stop in sometime when I'm in the area. I don't think I can convey over the internet just how cool this car is.

heh

IIIXziuR · 05-04-2008, 08:47 PM

As we all know, Bill is the master

arkive43 · 05-04-2008, 10:12 PM

yep he eats s2000's for breakfast

whats next evos?! lol

Sil-Eighty SE-K · 05-04-2008, 10:17 PM

yea AMS evos!

DJ_Sunrise · 05-04-2008, 10:19 PM

I saw the 240RS and other handy work by Bill and the guys at DSG.. CRAZY!!! I'm loving it! the 240rs is already a work of art

-Bart

96Turbo · 05-04-2008, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by IIIXziuR

As we all know, Bill is the master

(in yoda voice) Much to be learned there is, young jedi. The shit, DSG is

driftstyre · 05-05-2008, 07:26 AM

Thanks guys. I finished it this morning. I have all the supplies to make a 3.5" titanium muffler, so if I get banzored at an event, I can slip that thing on there

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJButton

Bill, would it be incredibly forward of me to just stop in sometime when I'm in the area. I don't think I can convey over the internet just how cool this car is.

heh

Dude, what is that regamaster centerlock from? You can stop by anytime we are open. Alex's evo II lancer is up and running again as well. I drove it on the street the other day with the new turbo. Its absolutely retarded at 10 lbs of boost. I can't imagine it at 25.

Maximamike · 05-05-2008, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by driftstyre

Do you foresee any issue with wheel clearance when taking left turns with the exhaust like that or is it tucked further back then it looks? Bad ass. I may stop by soon with my newish SVT Focus.

v-empire · 05-05-2008, 01:54 PM

woo woo, bill... dont burn those feet!
thats sum hard metal to weld on....

we totaled the r32 this past weekend ..lol

i ll see u guys in two weeks. oh and you need sum sexy pants decals on that car.

lookin good. how is the sway bars coming along? any pics yet?

DJButton · 05-05-2008, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by driftstyre

Dude, what is that regamaster centerlock from? You can stop by anytime we are open. Alex's evo II lancer is up and running again as well. I drove it on the street the other day with the new turbo. Its absolutely retarded at 10 lbs of boost. I can't imagine it at 25.

The Regamaster was used on a GT300 FD I beleive, I forget which team but the car was driven by Taniguchi and a Russian driver. My neighbor brought it back from Japan. That's great it was so sad when both cars were down at GT Live, I wanted to see some competition for AMS! Well hopefully one of these days when my neighbor and I are down there we'll pay a visit!

driftstyre · 05-05-2008, 04:08 PM

Mike,
I measured everything and it should fit but with my luck it probably won't. Who cares

Bring the SVT down. We have been servicing a Focus in rally america. They are pretty cool.

Dave,
My feet hopefully won't be too toasty with the heatshielding

How did the R32 get totalled? Damn. You better drop by when you are up here.

DJButton,
That would be from the RE Amemiya GT300 car. Damn, that is sick. The car won't be as fast as the AMS car...thats fine though. It will be a lot faster than before.

DJButton · 05-06-2008, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by driftstyre

DJButton,
That would be from the RE Amemiya GT300 car. Damn, that is sick. The car won't be as fast as the AMS car...thats fine though. It will be a lot faster than before.

It defintely is a cool thing to have up on the wall, for sure! Well, at least you guys are friendly. AMS, at least the guys with the time attack, were total jerks to us. If you guys bring it up for some test & tune in Loudon I'll have to come over.

driftstyre · 05-15-2008, 06:53 AM

Been working on the sway bars lately. I also worked on my new rear taillights! Check them out!

No. I wasn't serious. 60 shipped for instant composite molds. I am going to trim the inside of these for extra radiator heat exhaustion (and install some kind of small brake lights). I've been testing out some cheaper ways of vacuum bagging and they seem to work.

Messing around with the exhaust a bit

The first of four sway bars. Chromoly with different wall thicknesses and diameters for each. Thanks to Tim from TIP for really going crazy and working this all out on paper! The dampers are going out today to AMF in NH.

The magnetic jig to ensure straightness.

Landers · 05-15-2008, 06:57 AM

You da man..I love your work, i really need to come up to your place to check it out for real.

v-empire · 05-15-2008, 07:46 AM

yea yeeeaaaaaa!!!

sexy pants bill, i can haz sway baaaahhs?

a_ahmed · 05-15-2008, 07:52 AM

frickin wow.. i was JUST looking at your car today trying to find pix of the front end how you braced the strut towers to the firewall (as i want to do something like that). The website gallery went down

Could you post some pix or link to some place where you have all those pix...

Kick ass...

240trainee · 05-15-2008, 07:55 AM

That bike exhaust looks sweet

You should make one for my 110cc 4 stroke moped, hahahahaha.

driftstyre · 05-15-2008, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a_ahmed

frickin wow.. i was JUST looking at your car today trying to find pix of the front end how you braced the strut towers to the firewall (as i want to do something like that). The website gallery went down

Could you post some pix or link to some place where you have all those pix...

Kick ass...

www.dentsport.com/gallery

claymans13 · 05-15-2008, 08:00 AM

how'd you do that with Ti?

driftstyre · 05-15-2008, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by v-empire

yea yeeeaaaaaa!!!

sexy pants bill, i can haz sway baaaahhs?

Quy rode his motorcycle all the way home last night with alex. Al said it took like 50 minutes!

05-04-2008, 02:20 PM	#1
driftstyre Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Boston Age: 42 Posts: 748 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	DSG 240RS Updates...still a ways to go I am almost finished with the exhaust. After some awesome modification of the footwell (the part that isn't needed ), the exhaust fits awesome and will have no clearance issues. There is still about a foot left to fabricate on the Ti portion. The footwell also has to be fabricated. The entire exhaust will have a 2700 degree carbon/inconel blanket around it so the heat shouldn't be much of an issue. The initial turbine outlet is 3" stainless, then expands up to 3.5" where the wastegate re-enters. I machined the .060 3.5" stainless down to 3.3 to fit the .020 titanium as a slip on fitting. The tubing I got is incredibly hard to weld being only .020 thick. It takes an insane amount of work to get it ready for welding as weld. I also only have .060 filler where .030 would be ideal. The stainless bellows is two layers of .010 so it is even harder to weld. It all came out well enough though. I modified the wastegate entry so both ports are completely seperate up until the WG piston. Braces are in order for both the wastegate and turbo. Everything is solid in the car so a combination of engine and chassis mounts will work. After the exhaust, sway bars will commence.

05-04-2008, 04:18 PM	#3
Aeroscraper326 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rio Rancho, NM Posts: 995 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Sweit........ __________________

05-04-2008, 05:40 PM	#4
mydogsdrift Leaky Injector Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 56 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Moar pics! That thing looks sick. Can you get some from farther away so we can see the entire manifold and where it is coming out at? __________________ I just found out the extra skin around a vagina is called a woman

05-04-2008, 06:22 PM	#8
eulalia Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: orange county Age: 34 Posts: 412 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	wow, i can only imagine how bad ass that car is going to be just by seeing those welds, very very clean job __________________

05-04-2008, 08:46 PM	#11
DJButton Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NH, USA Age: 34 Posts: 427 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Bill, would it be incredibly forward of me to just stop in sometime when I'm in the area. I don't think I can convey over the internet just how cool this car is. heh __________________ New website! http://www.fujiispl.com Post up YOUR CAR! http://www.rimtuck.com/

05-04-2008, 02:29 PM	#2
arkive43 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: houston Age: 38 Posts: 795 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	.... thats what i have to say to that. those welds the design, its art dude!!

05-04-2008, 05:48 PM	#5
96Turbo Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: AZ Age: 32 Posts: 1,315 Trader Rating: (11) Feedback Score: 11 reviews	thats fuckin impressive. speechless.......

05-04-2008, 05:59 PM	#6
ByeByeSti Banned from the Marketplace Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Hampshire Age: 31 Posts: 803 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	holyyyy shit! i wish i had your fabbing skills sir, id die for them

05-04-2008, 06:07 PM	#7
bboyoracle Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Silver Spring MD Age: 37 Posts: 1,215 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	nice work! But why do you always make a thread when you have done something to the car. Why not just update your previous thread?

05-04-2008, 08:47 PM	#12
IIIXziuR Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Left Hand Path Posts: 2,652 Trader Rating: (22) Feedback Score: 22 reviews	As we all know, Bill is the master

05-04-2008, 10:12 PM	#13
arkive43 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: houston Age: 38 Posts: 795 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yep he eats s2000's for breakfast whats next evos?! lol

05-04-2008, 10:19 PM	#15
DJ_Sunrise Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NJ Age: 34 Posts: 1,134 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I saw the 240RS and other handy work by Bill and the guys at DSG.. CRAZY!!! I'm loving it! the 240rs is already a work of art -Bart

05-05-2008, 01:54 PM	#19
v-empire Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: ATL, GA Posts: 179 Trader Rating: (22) Feedback Score: 22 reviews	woo woo, bill... dont burn those feet! thats sum hard metal to weld on.... we totaled the r32 this past weekend ..lol i ll see u guys in two weeks. oh and you need sum sexy pants decals on that car. lookin good. how is the sway bars coming along? any pics yet? __________________ www.sexypants.org Last edited by v-empire; 05-05-2008 at 02:16 PM..

05-05-2008, 04:08 PM	#21
driftstyre Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Boston Age: 42 Posts: 748 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Mike, I measured everything and it should fit but with my luck it probably won't. Who cares Bring the SVT down. We have been servicing a Focus in rally america. They are pretty cool. Dave, My feet hopefully won't be too toasty with the heatshielding How did the R32 get totalled? Damn. You better drop by when you are up here. DJButton, That would be from the RE Amemiya GT300 car. Damn, that is sick. The car won't be as fast as the AMS car...thats fine though. It will be a lot faster than before.

05-15-2008, 06:53 AM	#23
driftstyre Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Boston Age: 42 Posts: 748 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Been working on the sway bars lately. I also worked on my new rear taillights! Check them out! No. I wasn't serious. 60 shipped for instant composite molds. I am going to trim the inside of these for extra radiator heat exhaustion (and install some kind of small brake lights). I've been testing out some cheaper ways of vacuum bagging and they seem to work. Messing around with the exhaust a bit The first of four sway bars. Chromoly with different wall thicknesses and diameters for each. Thanks to Tim from TIP for really going crazy and working this all out on paper! The dampers are going out today to AMF in NH. The magnetic jig to ensure straightness.

05-15-2008, 06:57 AM	#24
Landers Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: W Mass. Age: 33 Posts: 561 Trader Rating: (3) Rides Gallery: Landers Feedback Score: 3 reviews	You da man..I love your work, i really need to come up to your place to check it out for real. __________________ d-faction.com

05-15-2008, 07:46 AM	#25
v-empire Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: ATL, GA Posts: 179 Trader Rating: (22) Feedback Score: 22 reviews	yea yeeeaaaaaa!!! sexy pants bill, i can haz sway baaaahhs? __________________ www.sexypants.org

05-15-2008, 07:52 AM	#26
a_ahmed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oakville, Ontario Posts: 749 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: a_ahmed Feedback Score: 0 reviews	frickin wow.. i was JUST looking at your car today trying to find pix of the front end how you braced the strut towers to the firewall (as i want to do something like that). The website gallery went down Could you post some pix or link to some place where you have all those pix... Kick ass...

05-15-2008, 07:55 AM	#27
240trainee Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Richmond, VA Age: 34 Posts: 3,861 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	That bike exhaust looks sweet You should make one for my 110cc 4 stroke moped, hahahahaha. __________________ Team Pterodactyl SHARK ATTACK!!! LookoutDrift

05-15-2008, 08:00 AM	#29
claymans13 Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: pittsburgh Age: 39 Posts: 162 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	how'd you do that with Ti?

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