My 1965 Nova II- 8.85@153.5 - Turbo kit FS

^^^ Thanks for the second set of hands Tom(Gus)

Made some progress on the exhaust from the downpipe. From here I am going to loop 4" over the axle to a muffler and 3" out the back. Exhaust is going to be 5 v band sections. Down pipe, mid section, axle muffler section, 3" D side, 3" P side. Plan is subject to change.

Polished!

Welded!

Might pull the gas tank later. Have to figure out the fuel system, maybe do some vac lines?

Looks good man, your welds have improved!

Thanks and yes they have big time. Still a long way to go but its always fun to see progress.

Whats up with yours? I’ve been hearing things…:snky:

f’n A I want a TIG machine and to learn how to use it :frowning:

your shit looks rad, I’d love to come drool on it

Yeah I’d be happy being able to weld like that.

Anytime! I need to get out to your place too. This thing keeps taking up all my free time.

haha thanks. I assure you they dont all look that nice.

Brooooooo pshhhttt pshhttttttt bro.

Dude, I don’t know much about welding… but it’s easy to see the progress you’ve made on the tig. Super jelly right now!

just a suggestion, I don’t know if you are a fan of the caterpillar look but I think the stainless would look a lot nice if you wiped off your welds leaving only polished stainless. Sometimes the oxygen contamination looks cool but most of the time it just looks un finished to me. :frowning: Buuuuuuuuuut opinions are like buttholes, everyone has one and it in no way hinders the integrity of the welds obviously. welding skills are coming along nicely. :tup:

Thanks for the tips! Maybe i will try that on a few. I like the color in the weld but had considered polishing off the brown/blk but i dont mind it too much. Skills are getting practice for sure. A 4" pipe is a little over a 12" circumference. I think I have around 15 FEET of weld when I counted the downpipe and cat back so far. That is lots of TIG practice.

trust me, I know. still have nightmares… lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/turbociv/2011-03-20_010805.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/turbociv/2011-03-19_054941.jpg

4" really makes it a pain in the ass to fit. Wait till you see the last section I am going to make. I hope it actually works. I am going over the axle into a 4" muffler that has two 3" outlets that will shoot off to tips. I wish a single exit exhaust looked ok on a Nova but it prob wouldn’t.

Ha

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4 inch is a paint to fit. F it dude make that shit work. It’ll be well worth it

It really is. Maybe I will sort it out in the next few days. I pulled the gas tank tonight. Spilled gas all over the garage and myself. :fu:

Dude… should of called me

jk

haha. Today was kind of a waste. Oh well.

Stop listening to riff raff.

I’m still impressed how much progress you’ve made on this.