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    10-31-2008 10:21 AM #1
    JUST EPIC










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    10-31-2008 10:38 AM #2
    looks like some of the old waterwall panels in the hartford ct power plant- pad weld over pad weld...over pad weld

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    10-31-2008 11:22 AM #3
    Words do no justice......

  4. 10-31-2008 12:34 PM #4
    does the turbo still spin?!

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    10-31-2008 12:40 PM #5
    apparently it could hold a massive ........5psi

  6. 10-31-2008 01:50 PM #6
    Awesome

  7. 10-31-2008 02:47 PM #7
    It's not a tumor!

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  8. 10-31-2008 05:05 PM #8
    great

  9. 10-31-2008 09:47 PM #9
    that's a lot of weld wire... *LOL*


    I wanna see that bad boy running, glowing red hot, and cracking in 9 billion places as it rips its self apart.

    I feel bad for the turbo.


  10. 10-31-2008 11:03 PM #10
    Hot. I want one. That will be the next hot addition for the rat rod/rusty beater style car at the shows.

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    11-01-2008 07:24 PM #11
    Looks like it was welded with thermite.

  12. 11-01-2008 08:28 PM #12
    That is possibly the worst fab work i've EVER seen

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    11-02-2008 08:35 AM #13
    wow. just.


    wow.

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    11-02-2008 10:39 AM #14
    Just more proof that anyone can weld but not many can be called a Welder

    Fab jobs like that keep me in business so thanks !



  15. 11-02-2008 04:57 PM #16
    Whiskey Tango Foxtrot??

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    11-02-2008 06:33 PM #17
    If it doesnt work on the car I know a few galleries that might want it as a sculpture (insert roll eyes smilie)


  17. 11-02-2008 09:22 PM #18
    I'm usually just a fab form lurker, but WOW!?
    That is the nicest maniturbadownpipeocharger I've ever seen!

  18. 11-02-2008 10:39 PM #19
    reminds me of the elephant man

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    11-02-2008 11:53 PM #20
    my thoughts exactly

  20. 11-03-2008 12:19 PM #21
    INSANE! i cant believe someone wated their time working on that thing

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    11-03-2008 03:57 PM #22
    Where did it come from? Does anyone know what car its supposed to be for?

    It is quite the most amazingly bad piece of fabrication I have ever seen. My cat has made better welds than that by standing on the torch!

    Throw an Audi engineer down a hole with a ladder and he will fashion a shovel from it and tunnel his way out

  22. 11-03-2008 05:42 PM #23
    That failed? I can't believe it...

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    11-03-2008 06:00 PM #24
    Ive been in the market for a turbo mani, where can i get one of these?

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    11-03-2008 07:45 PM #25
    Quote, originally posted by MikkiJayne »
    Where did it come from? Does anyone know what car its supposed to be for?

    It is quite the most amazingly bad piece of fabrication I have ever seen. My cat has made better welds than that by standing on the torch!

    It was from a Renault.


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    11-03-2008 11:02 PM #26
    that turbo has some nasty STD
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    urine so much trouble right now

  26. 11-04-2008 09:37 AM #27
    i dont think theres an ointment to clean that up.

    It looks like an old sunken ship.


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    11-04-2008 03:20 PM #28
    LOL... I've seen some caveman welds, but that takes the cake. I didn't know Ray Charles had a welder
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    11-04-2008 08:35 PM #29
    That ish is tight I want to see it back on and pumpin out more than 5 pounds. Custom FTW

  29. 11-04-2008 08:55 PM #30
    Hey now, you guys quit makin' fun of my craftsmanship


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    11-04-2008 11:56 PM #31
    Awesome, looks like a molten steel diarrhea dump.
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  31. 11-05-2008 11:05 AM #32
    It's now on it's way to Honda-Tech right now...

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    11-05-2008 11:14 AM #33
    I just double checked. It was from a renault 19 16v turbo

    Considering it's french it may have came from the factory like that.


  33. 11-05-2008 01:45 PM #34
    Just showed this to my welder friends...

    This got me wondering how much it weighs


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    11-06-2008 12:19 AM #35
    wow....just wow....

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