Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:53:58 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Cut tranny input shaft while still in tranny? (for engine
conversion)
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HI Neil,
That might not be too bad I don't think.
All turbo ones start out going forward,
And then as I've said, I just do it 'DV style"
So then it curves down and under the left cast aluminum engine mount, and
then does a U turn to the entrance to the muffler going across the back.
Just look in the Bentley book at the DV exhaust.
Post a pic of your exhaust manifold .
Scott
-----Original Message----
From: neil N [mailto:musomuso@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 11:47 AM
To: Scott Daniel - Shazam
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Cut tranny input shaft while still in tranny? (for engine
conversion)
Good point about sending welding work to a pro. I too had considered
getting a pro to do all the welds once tacked.
I'll have to research more to see pics online of the diesel setup.
One of my thoughts was to cut and turn the ABA downpipe 90* so it
would face forward then build the exhaust around and toward the rear
from there. But that just sounds like too much work and way beyond my
current, uh, welding "skills". --- ;^)
I'll look for a dual outlet exhaust manifold and go from there.
Thanks
Neil.
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Scott Daniel - Shazam
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> I'll tell you man, the diesel vanagon alternator bracket system - cast
iron,
> and 10 times less crack prone than any stamped steel alternator mount in
an
> inline 4 installation,
>
> And the diesel vanagon-based exhaust layout - the exact copy of their
left
> and right brackets and rubber mounts for the exhaust,
>
> I've build many of those, and never a crack or problem or rattle or
> anything.
>
> I'm very willng to condemn cheesy vw construction if I see it, and the
> first time I layed eyes on the angle of the left exhaust mount, with the
two
> rubber mounts, each at a different angle, I knew they had figured out the
> vibration planes.....and I have just copied that system over and over many
> times and never any problem. Like never once. I buid 'em copying diesel
> vanagon layout exactly, and there's never a problem.
>
>
>
> And gas vibrate so much less than diesel, if you diesel layout, you are
> going to have a bomber installation.
>
>
>
SNIP
>
>
> I'm not the geeatest mig welder in the world either, so I just build 'em
in
> place with the engine in the van, I tack weld it, then when it' s done I
> remove and take it to my real welder for finish welding.
>
> I happen to just get standard 'over-the-rear-axe Volvo exhaust pipes from
> the aftermarket, and use those to build up my exhaust systems, sometimes I
> can make then maybe out of 3 separate pipes total prior to the muffler.
>
> And asking a welder to weld something ....if it's all set up and clean,
and
> all the have to do is 'just weld' it, it takes them like 8 minutes and
they
> charge like 20 bucks or something painless like that often - to finish
weld
> it. I get great results that way.
>
> There's a pic of some SVX headers on my sight that my welder guy does- he
> does great car work welding fabrication.
>
> Scott
>
> www.turbovans.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of
> neil N
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 9:22 AM
>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> Subject: Re: Cut tranny input shaft while still in tranny? (for engine
> conversion)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I'll be curious to see how the exhaust on my "home brew" conversion works
> out.
>
>
>
> AFAIK, the earlier versions of the Tiico were prone to alt. bracket
>
> problems and IIRC, exhaust. The later versions have had improvements
>
> made to them. Better alt. bracket for sure. Not sure about the
>
> exhaust.
>
>
>
> Since mine is not a Tiico, I'll be fabbing up the exhaust and carrier.
>
> These are the big "unkonwns" (I'm a beginner at MIG welding!)
>
>
>
> Hopefully the exhaust system I fab up will hold together.
>
>
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 9:03 AM, aatransaxle <daryl@aatransaxle.com> wrote:
>
> > One of my shop customers always has me put a shortened shaft in for a
> Tiico...Don't really know if they have an adapter or what...not my choice
of
> engine by far,,,
>
> > Friend that did one has had the muffler break and be rewelded and
> reinforced 5 times in the last year..
>
> > She is ready to throw it back at them and put my WBX in when I do the
> zetec...
>
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