The Off Topic Thread.

[Puffwagon]

Sounds like burning the candle at both ends lol

[k31th]

yeah, that's probably a likely assessment... but still having a lot of fun

[Puffwagon]

More work means more fun ultimately

[k31th]

That also seems pretty likely... $$ spending is so easy... but to earn it, not so much.

morning all, happy Wednesday 🪟

[Puffwagon]

Indeed.

 

Did some car fixing today, 2 steps forward, one step back. Oh well I'll have another go at it tomorrow and it'll be sorted.

[k31th]

morning all, happy Thursday 🛏️

[Slowxr6t]

@Puffwagon if you think about it, its always one step forwards.

[Puffwagon]

Well it was today. My dump pipe goes down one side of the steering column and the wg dump tube goes down the other. Because it is tightly packaged and if you don't line sh*t up perfectly, the dump or the wg pipe will touch the steering column. Because I was in there yesterday frigging around with it all, the wg tube was touching the steering column.

 

I pulled the wg tube off today, gave it a squish in the press and put it back in, problem solvered.

[Slowxr6t]

I got half an inch clearance from 4 inch dump pipe to block, half an inch dump to steering column and half an inch from wg pipe to steering column. My wg pipe is only 40mm steam pipe though.

[Puffwagon]

My wg pipe is 2.5 inch/63mm, so it might be a bit tighter than yours. I'd already hammered the fark out of the dump years ago to get clearance. I have a 3 piece dump, one small bit from the turbo (3 inch) to the 4 inch top part (90 degree), then there is a second lower part that has the wg tube receiver (also 90), then the cat goes onto that, then intermediate muffler section, then up section, then the over the cradle section, then rear section with resonator. It's all vbands and can be difficult to line up perfectly the first or even third try. Just gotta put it together and adjust it as needed. Nothing is banging or rubbing now so we'll see how long that lasts.