drew:
I'm going to wrap most (if not all of the exhaust) with exhaust wrap to keep things "burney-stinky-plasticy-melty"free.
>And yep on the straight pipe or maybe a small flow-master.
>No fuel rail yet. (kinda getting pissed) its the closest manufactured thing to this project and taking the longest.
>I have thought about a master disconnect, just dunno yet.
>I might wire it myself if the wire guy keeps blowing me off. (dont want to but will).

and come on down, I will be around all day.

T-wrex:
maybe some of up left-coaster's will just have to drive our junk out your way! I plan on putting some serious miles on mine. and theres no "talent" here just patients and refusal to quit.

this is stuff anybody can do if they want too.

Seen Jluck rig in person today....its gonna be pretty awesome when its done.

daily update.

ran a line for my oil pressure gauge and used a splitter block to use the factory sidekick sender for the dummy light also.
tip: put a small vacuum cap over the end of the copper line to aid in feeding it through firewall and grommets
and never use the nylon line supplied with most gauges, I know of a few motors that bleed to death because of them

I also made up a cradle for a large roll of stainless mig wire I have had around the shop for years. I put it remotely behind the welder. it worked very good.

then welded up the down-pipe and spent allot of time smoothing it. it turned out good enough to wrap with exhaust wrap.
(some anti-bling).

finished the evening with some wiring harness spring cleaning.

last update for a few days....gotta go back to work....damn it!

finally got my fuel rail  but need to wait for one more fitting before I can plumb it. I drilled and tapped the end plug for a fuel pressure gauge.
the fit around the coolant pipe is perfect!
I finished up the evening with some winch wiring.

check out the gauge drew 

 Jluck, I hear you on the patience thing when it comes to build ups. I simply see ALOT of stuff that would be good, IF the people had taken the time/effort/patience to do it well.  On the roadtrip, thing, well COME ON OVER. I'd love to show you guys how we wheel over here in the land of mud, rocks, and sand. Then again, WE might get to met ya'll one day next year, since we are looking at moving out west/south, around the 'zona area most likely.

What, no flex tube on that downpipe Jluck?  How is the system going to handle the vibes and motor shifting?

That's what the doughnut is for on many stock exhaust systems, just
gives a little movement, but I never had any flex on my Sidekick and
didn't have any problems

Wild

 I always figured that the factory rubber bushings/hangers were suffiecent, as the engineers have to have a vehicle make it throught at least the warranty period without too much trouble.  EXCESSIVE engine movement could/will cause problems down the road of course.

All that work you've put in, better safe than sorry IMO. They're cheap enough ( flex couplers ) why not just splice one in while you have it on the bench? Another thing to consider is the high rate of expansion that paticular part of the exhaust is going to go through being downstream of the turbo outlet. A little extra room to grow and contract couldn't hurt.

All that work you've put in, better safe than sorry IMO. They're cheap enough ( flex couplers ) why not just splice one in while you have it on the bench? Another thing to consider is the high rate of expansion that paticular part of the exhaust is going to go through being downstream of the turbo outlet. A little extra room to grow and contract couldn't hurt.

x2
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!

yep I should just do it. I will just put one to the end of the down pipe and that will give me a good transition to thin-wall (regular stainless) exhaust tubing.

yep I should just do it. I will just put one to the end of the down pipe and that will give me a good transition to thin-wall (regular stainless) exhaust tubing.

Yep.

alright you shamed me in to ordering a flex.

and heres the wire mountain that I am starting to decipher. and identify and cuss.....yep already.

also waiting on one lonely aeroquip fitting to finish fuel system.

I thought you had a " wiring guru" that was going to help with that?

I thought so too but I cant seem to get him out here.