Re: ls turbo build
 

I wouldn't worry about them. I put a set of ebay china stainless longtubes on an LS swap build, and they are holding up really well. Huge bang for the buck.

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How long have you had them. All the ones I ever seen lasted about 6 months and breaks right off at the merge, especially after the heat cycles and the stress of the weight from the turbos. But then those I saw were on Hondas.

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LONGTUBES. On an NA setup. I would never hang turbos directly off of a thin tube header. lol.

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Oh ok, I misread the long tubes because all I saw was those shiny turbo headers posted earlier.

Re: ls turbo build
 

my turbo is not going to have any stress on the headers either..

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Any updates my build is very similar to yours keep up the good work

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thanks... with a 18year old and her baby, and my 12 year old in baseball and my 2 year old, not much money at the end of the day.. daycare and everything else is making this slow...

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I understand I've been ordering parts also for about 3 yrs so mine ain't that "quick build" either

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Looking good I have same set. On3 makes set a lot more durable if mine break I will try them.

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Here we go..finally getting back on this thing

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Nice I will be on my shortly

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Stand is almost done

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Very Cool. I have changed directions on my LS build and am about to pull the trigger on ordering a turbo set up. I'm following Denmah's sloppy type build from LS1tech. Most likely doing a VS Racing set up for now.
Like you, I want to keep the AC. What bracket did you have on the AC comp at first? And now you have a bracket from LSbrackets.com? Would you mind posting a link if you get time? Would you want to sell the C6 manifolds you started with since you're doing headers now? Keep up the nice work! Love the build.

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Thanks.. both ac brackets came from lsbrackets.com . They don't make the bracket that I had anymore.. but you can call them to make sure..I sold mine. I'm not using the c6 manifolds or the truck manifolds.. so I will let them go..

Re: ls turbo build
 

Hotside about done

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U going with 3 inch hot side?
See the cone now. Nice work.
Is it fully divided?

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2.5"

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Wastegates mounted

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What AC system are you running?

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Looking good!

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It's a vintage air...

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Very nice progress!

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Turbo in.. cold side left and downpipe

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Any more of how u routed into turbo? Assuming u ran divided hotside all the way to turbo

Re: ls turbo build
 

Just a question, if you are fix mounting your turbo to the frame and have no flex joints in your hot side what are you going to do to stop the pipe from breaking due to engine movement?

The only time I have ever seen a turbo fix mounted to the chassis was on a car with engine plates.

Maybe I am missing something on your setup but if I am not you might want to consider this.