Easy Slider z32 missile

[loekaaz]

Epic glass gonna be epic...

[smiles]

That is absolutely incredible! Never would have thought of something like that.

[GroceryGetter67]

[DER E30]

WOW, no words are coming to me...

[theseeker411]

This is one of my favorite builds. The level of craftsmanship here is just pure fucking insanity.

[meech]

oh my god.....

[thatbeetleguy]

I cant even put into words how impressed I am by that... Missile my ass

[pejsa]

oh my actual fucks.

this is absolutely incredible!

[Teeson1111]

This build keeps getting better and crazier

[EasySpeed*Inc]

Something cool is brewing (VIDEO CONTENT )

I will first start out with saying that this is more of an aesthetic update since we will be making this bell mouth out of a non conventional material



The machine before you is a glass lathe and if coupled with large portions of your life can create some interesting things, especially if you have been doing it for as long as the man that made this for me



I had to use my phone for most shots so they are not the best, but in my defense I needed to help with holding torches/tools and try not to get in the way



Outer body of the bell mouth being established



First cut



Finished outer



Removing excess material



Preheating



Internal portion of the bell being finessed, they use graphite tooling as to not scratch or stick



More finessing



Just like in welding helmets you need to wear shaded glasses at all times so I placed the shades over my camera to see the effect



Measure twice as they say



Cut then flared



Skipped a few steps (I had to hold many, many things) but here it is after the inner and outer pieces were conjoined



I know the glass intake/bell mouth has been done before but I was never impressed by any of them. They basically take a glass tube and flare the end, pretty boring. But now going through this process I understand why. Its ridiculously difficult on all fronts, from the knowledge required to the massive expense of the equipment needed



Its a beautiful thing when an idea comes to fruition



You might be wondering why its two pieces and the simple answer is you cant really do inverted flares with glass. It would create a lot of stress and more than likely thin out so much so that the glass would become unstable

Also just so we are clear none of the actual glass/lathe work is my doing, I would need decades of pure glass experience on an industrial level to do this, it was just an idea I had and was lucky enough to know peeps that did

Any who back to my boring section of the build

As you can see it is complete now and back in my shop!



Basically we kept the mounting simple, just a little flare wrapped in a rubber isolation gasket to keep the glass from touching the turbo





Amazed at how precise this thing is



Now its the turbos turn



Had to cut her down a bit



So I could fit it on the lathes 12in throw



And yes this was as terrifying as one could imagine spinning a turbo housing at 500 rpm, but that ridge had to be machined for better fit dammit!



V band



Machine everything



Worth the trouble for that fit





Preheat then weld time









I don't mean to toot my own horn but I think this tops the Gnar charts



Hopefully this tickles your fancy because it was a stupid amount of work, Oh ya since I love this forum and everyone here so much I also have a video on Youtube that I would definitely suggest watching

Here is the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcY9OH4Asgw

[SnazzyQ]

Damn I wish I could fabricate as well as you man. This car is totally spectacular. Also is that an m5 in the background in the first picture?

[EasySpeed*Inc]

Every custom build has to have a few Ls components

I have decided to go with Ls 585 coils since I am going stand alone it should be a nice reliable addition



The only problem with them is how awkwardly shaped they are



Few test placements to see how I want to position them



They fill the valve cover humps decently l think





Keeping it simple and utilizing the factory cage, but chucking the the main frame



The cage is literally being welded to a more simplified brace



Like this



A few lugs welded onto the valve covers and a stainless 1/4" bar molded to the Ls coil cage







Starting to look gnarly

[Exami]

I must admit I forgot to add the photos of the one way check valves I installed to prevent said problems. Could it be possible your friend may have installed them backwards? To me that would be the only plausible way you could create a positive pressure strong enough to damage seals and gaskets.

I can say for sure it was mounted the rightway. the issue there is, no matter what way it is installed if you buildup pressure. it will pressurize the breather. altho if you have 1way valve in it then that wont apply, tbh i almost asked that will you add one of those..

In case of normal breather, there is no positive pressure(only little if some) from breather meaning if there is pressure on exhaust it will move onto space where there is no pressure, in this case the breather. In your case, not sure about the piping size, just quessing that the final pipesize is about 4" and the wastegate pipe 2"? and exhaust 3.5"? meaning that even with the 2" wastegate pipe inside the 4" exhaust the area of flow is pretty much the same as 3.5" so it wont have constrict.

4"=12,56"^2 area of flow..
3,5"=9,62"^2
2"=3,14"^2

[Devocat]

yes.

[mikey G]

Bingo, you have to take advantage of the bits that let you get creative, keeps things fun. It takes a little time and money but anyone can do this kind of stuff its just a process

:thumbsup

Good shit dude!