Alex is now finishing up on the 180sx, And had a few things he wanted us to do.

- 3"SS Downpipe.
- 3"MS Downpipe-back Exhaust.
- Wastegate dumptube
- Intercooler system
- Front mount ic. installation.
- Etc.








Huge! front mount installed.



The downpipe was a tricky, because the steering is on the same side as exhaust not much room to work with. you can see the turbine housing @ the bottom of the image.



Anyway got it done: nothing is too hard for our trusty miller syncrowave 200



DP minus the o2, egt bungs & exhaust flange



DP installed , o2 bung in.







good clearance shot from underneath.

 

Looks like that downpipe will flow nicely !

 

Yes! Can't wait looks great Justin!

 

Yeeeeeaaaah.....looking real good. Impressed.

 

looks good. glad to see my old motor getting some good work done to it. oh and alex where did you get your short throw for the r154??

 

siick

 

yea ive been working hard to get that chassis ready for that 2jz power! and with Hybrids help should be perfect. Should be able to start her up this week! still much more to come tho.
The short throw was Beech Performance motorsports. it was like 260.00 but seems like a real good product and theres not many out there for this set up.

 

^Thanks.

Ok well parts came in, so picking up where we left off.

The wastegate feed pipe from the manifold to the wastegate, was too long & flange was facing the wrong direction and had to be modified.









Modified & installed



While we wait for the dumptube material, we'll start on the intercooler piping.

From prior experience with this swap, We knew we would encounter a tight space between the radiator & throttle body so we went ahead & modified it. This time taking off, 1 15/16th" !!







Hotside:



Complete hotside piping:



The battery was already relocated to the hatch, so we cleaned up a bit & made use of the unused space.



Hotside installed:





Complete cold side piping:



Cold side installed:





Shot of both sides:







In a few early shot you might be able to see the radiator top side feed was on the left side of the car, but we decided to switch it out for a right side feed for a cleaner & simpler setup. So now we had to modify the water neck:

Before:



After:

 

Got some material in for the wastegate dumptube:

Finished product:



Installed:





Clearing the steering:



Clearing the downpipe:







Also got the turbo intake done.





Installed:

 

pretty nice work