BadAss 2.2L/2.5L Equal Length Runner Tubular Header Group Buy

[black86glhs]

DO you think the tack welds will hold????
Seriously, looks great. Nice and smooth where the runners meet at the collector.

[BadAssPerformance]

LOL... next steps:

-weld up
-baseline runs on the Shadow
-swap onto Shadow (take instalation pics)
-get new runs in with it

[black86glhs]

Sitting here with some popcorn waiting.........

[WickedShelby88]

If this thing doesn't improve the VE of an 8V engine what will

[WickedShelby88]

Yeah I know what will work. I was just trying to give JT a compliment on his handiwork.

[BadAssPerformance]

And the compliment was appreciated I gotta pass along the compliment to the actual fabricator tho, I cannot take credit for his work

[black86glhs]

And the compliment was appreciated I gotta pass along the compliment to the actual fabricator tho, I cannot take credit for his work

Oh hell, I thought you did the work.
The person doing it is doing mad superfly work, yo!!!!

[BadAssPerformance]

Its a team effort, I dont have as easy of access to a TIG right now... and yes, it is beautiful work

[Clay]

ok, I missed this the first go round I guess, but now that I see it, Im interested. FYI.

[Reaper1]

This may be a stupid, nit-picky, and worthless question, but is there going to be efort made to better match the round tubes to the squarish ports? I know with regular tubing all you need is the right madrel, but with this stuff I don't see that happening easily.

Like I said, probably stupid, just something I noticed...

[BadAssPerformance]

On the original I formed the tubes with a mandrel but that was thin wall mild... with the thick wall SS I would rather not stress the material as SS has a memory. The insides of the ports could be ground to taper outwards....

[8valves]

It's not a bad thing to leave them as they are. They can act as an anti-reversion buffer. I wouldn't worry about them at all.

It looks damn good JT, and as I said before, WAY more effort into that collector area then I think a lot of people would realize. Those are some difficult cuts. Worsened by the thickwall.

[Reaper1]

True on the anti-reversion. I thought about that, but then my fluid dynamics and aero thinking kicks in and I see turbulence, but I forget about the reversion thing! Thanks for reminding me!

[BadAssPerformance]

I didnt think about the anti-reversion either, was more thinking about flow... Good point Aaron!

[8valves]

Hey, I try from time to time.

[ScottD]

JT you got any engine bay pics you can share? I'm curious to see the turbo in relation to the firewall.

[BadAssPerformance]

JT you got any engine bay pics you can share? I'm curious to see the turbo in relation to the firewall.

First pic is in the SS prototype in the tightest compartment found so far, T3 comp housing 88 p-body that I think something is goofy with the engine mounts?

Second pic is the original prototype in the Z with a T04B comp cover on T3/T4.

I have another pic somewhere of a T04E comp cover on a T3/T4 with the original prototype in an L-body

[minigts]

First pic is in the SS prototype in the tightest compartment found so far, T3 comp housing 88 p-body that I think something is goofy with the engine mounts?

Second pic is the original prototype in the Z with a T04B comp cover on T3/T4.

I have another pic somewhere of a T04E comp cover on a T3/T4 with the original prototype in an L-body

Looking forwards to the pics of the L body prototype. I'd love to see how the clearance.

[BadAssPerformance]

Amazingly enough it seem that the l-body has more room than the p-body? or at least that one!

ETA: moved the above posts to this thread from the BS one

[BadAssPerformance]

NEWSFLASH!

BadAss Header Prototype to be viewable at SDAC-19!