The Rieger has been fixed, btw! Got this done o'er the weekend last.



I got together with my brother tonite and we headed over to get welding... we ended up getting damn-near 'there' in a couple hours.

























Keep in mind, I really only saw this kinda of work on car shows and every so often a friend/relative! I'm already in the industry so learning to weld is on my checklist for life; that and I can make other parts of my life less expensive by making what I need.

I've been using my car to teach myself all sort of chicanery of the autophile type kind. It was fun at first, and even through tech school... now that it's my week it has gotten a little tougher to keep happy and motivated about hurrying/spending. I might be able to scrabble it all together by Focus Rising/Ford Nationals 2016, so that's what I'm shooting for. I need to learn (guess) where to put these o2 bungs in the whole thing but I keep hearing everyone knowledgeable (in my opinion, anyhow) saying "18 inches downstream"... I had the AEM instructions for the damn gauge when I first set it on jackstands but they are long gone now.

I'm headed back Saturday after I snag up another 3" ninety degree exhaust pipe or two for cutting & welding what I need. Intuition tells me to make the shape of the route to the exit as smooth as possible to cut down on turbulence inside the piping, so I may need to cut slices and weld them to the shape I need to cut this last bit! AAAAAAAAGGGGGHHH! SO CLOSE!


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