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turbo V8, ultimate b2200 conversion, "Stranger". Final pics

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mtrain   +1y
Yes that is a crossover pipe.

There is another crossover pipe under the car before the turbo's. This is something new being kicked around the turbo forums.

Here is a shot of the wastegate outlet. I tried to get a shot of both, but I couldn't.

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mtrain   +1y
BTW, have you resisted doing anything to your new Charger yet?
immortal1 (linn)   +1y
No.
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Painted engine cover

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Flowmaster 40's inplace of stock resonators

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Opened up factory hood scoop so that it is functional.

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And my new favorite pic...
immortal1 (linn)   +1y


Was wondering about those pipes. Noticed them in some of the earlier pics and just assumed they were some tubing laying on the floor. Should sound pretty wicked when you let off the go pedal around 5,000rpm

So, H pipe between the motor and the turbos AND after the turbos.... sounds like an interesting topic to read up on. I understand the purpose of an H pipe or X pipe in a standard exhaust setup but have not read anything about having 2 of them in a system.
mtrain   +1y
Looking good on the Charger. Your right it is a disease trying not to mod a car, or truck. I thought I would be safe with the Mazda B, but I was wrong.

The idea of the two h-pipe's is the help balance the turbo's flow, both in, and out with an added advantage of taking the noise level down a few DB's.

I did my own exhaust setup, but had to get some bends from a friend of mine at a muffler shop. He said he did the exhaust for a customer with an old 55 Ford with a hot 460 between the fenders.

Just for shits and giggle's they decided to try something different, and ran four h-pipes along the length of the car, with no mufflers.

He claimed it was as quite as your grandma's Lincoln.
mtrain   +1y
Here is some before and after shots of the interior. The seats were the color choice of my wife, when we had them upholstered as it was HER truck before she stole my Tacoma.

Anyway they turned out ok.

Here is my door panel, that my wife and I did.
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At first I had everything painted in the light gray, but it really didn't look too good so I changed it.
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To this.
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Seats
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Gauges with the lights on, don't worry about the boost gauge on the pod I had to work on the vacuum lines today, and it got pushed out.
immortal1 (linn)   +1y
Like the darker color much better than the grey. Those door panels look pretty nice as well.

So, your running a manual trans with the V8 and the twin turbo's? If so I stand corrected - the rear tires wont last a week

Definitely a good looking project so far
mtrain   +1y
Thanks. The purple skulls pop out too much with the light color.

And, thanks for the support kind sir.
skrapinsask   +1y
How did you do those skulls your interior looks great
immortal1 (linn)   +1y
Ok, next interior question...
With the dash slate (black), are you gonna paint the plastic cab corner panels (by the seats) as well? Would think it would even out the overall appearance of the interior. As for the purple skulls they do stand out a bit. Was not sure how attached you were to them so I did not comment. Personally I would go with something else given what has been done to the rest of your truck. If you know someone who paints an interesting option would be to paint them the same color as the frame then go over that paint with a candy black. Would appear dark under most lighting conditions except direct sunlight then the underlying color would show thru.