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Ok, so I looked at the verocious site again. I used the braided flex couplers on mine, all braided stainless, not direction specific.
But the newer style 'bellow' flex joints are directional.
Good catch (whoever was initially asking).

My braided joints are pretty beefy, I'd definitely go with the bellows next time, much smaller profile.
 
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I've got cabin fever. The weather was crappy and cold all day here, supposed to snow tonight. I'm waiting on my bellows and clutch to get her and I didn't have anything to do today, so I stayed in the house and tormented my wife all day!
Weather has been odd. Played 36 holes over the weekend at Oglebay over in Wheeling. Fri was 80 and gorgeous and sat was nasty, cold and raining which made for a long afternoon.

Can't wait to see the results on this Bill. Always good to have a cheaper/DIY version of mods!
 
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I HATE waiting for parts!!! My mind is racing and my a$$ ain't movin! Maybe the shipping Gods will shine down on me and my bellows will show up tomorrow
I know how ya feel! I got mine today and I was 300 miles from home. But they came at 11:15 and I got home at 4:00. So it was prefect timing. Threw them on and I'm celebrating if ya know what I mean. Can't wait to see the pics.
 
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Whatcha got ^^^^^
 
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Mike, If your asking me it's shocks for the front 4" lift. posted it just now on a diff thread. with pic
 
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Originally Posted by tshrager
Weather has been odd. Played 36 holes over the weekend at Oglebay over in Wheeling. Fri was 80 and gorgeous and sat was nasty, cold and raining which made for a long afternoon.

Can't wait to see the results on this Bill. Always good to have a cheaper/DIY version of mods!
Yeah, weather sucks here. Woke up this morning to 2" of snow!

I'm hoping the pipes turn out good. I'm anxious to get them going, but I'm gonna take my time and do it as right as I can.
 
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Old 04-23-2012, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by DZL JIM
Ok, so I looked at the verocious site again. I used the braided flex couplers on mine, all braided stainless, not direction specific.
But the newer style 'bellow' flex joints are directional.
Good catch (whoever was initially asking).

My braided joints are pretty beefy, I'd definitely go with the bellows next time, much smaller profile.
I had looked at the braided ones at the parts store a while back and was considering using those, but thanks to bulla for hooking me up with the link for the bellows back when I started a thread on leaking up pipes, I decided then if I did this I would use those.
Read an article in my latest issue of Diesel Power mag and they were using your injector cup removal tool Jim. Pretty cool!
 
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Old 04-24-2012, 06:26 PM
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My bellows and my clutch came in today!!! I took some pics of the bellows to answer mine and Rich's question about flow direction. They are directional.

This is the inlet.....


This is the outlet....


...and this is the bellow slid on the end of the up pipe just so you can see how they fit. Perfect!
 
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Old 04-24-2012, 08:14 PM
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Thanks for posting the pics, it makes things a little more clear
they look nice and the fit looks good too. Good luck getting it all together.
 
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Thanks Rich! I'm going turkey huntin in the morning and fishing tomorrow afternoon, so maybe tomorrow evening I'll get started on em!
 
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Looking good Bill, when I get my new turbo I'll have you make me some for my T4 mount for my new turbo, LOL. Just BS you!!
 
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Originally Posted by oldbird1965
Looking good Bill, when I get my new turbo I'll have you make me some for my T4 mount for my new turbo, LOL. Just BS you!!
If you trust my work I'll sure do it! Better wait and see how these turn out first! LOL!!
 
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What wire are you using to weld them or are you using a TIG?
 
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What wire are you using to weld them or are you using a TIG?
I have a small gassless mig here at home that I use on exhaust pipe and body panels, but I don't know if I'll use it on these. I might tack everything up and take them to my buddy to get tig welded.
 
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Old 04-24-2012, 10:27 PM
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The reason I ask is they make a flux wire that will weld stainless. I'm going to make a t4 mount when ever I get time and I was looking into it a few weeks ago.
 

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