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nah ross, i just came up with the idea myself really, i mean i knew some people did it, and i figured it was better to have the pipe crossing under the car where its cooler rather than through the hot engine bay....

xu6 was hsv's supercharged and tweaked v6 commie, problem was when the ba falcon came out, the base 6cyl model out performed it

lol - nice progress on the engine development holden. ford are killin em in this department - quad cam v8's and dohc 6's.

yeah the x-over in the engine bay seems a bit silly. so yeah - is that a 90degree silicon bend or solid pipe?

ok the pipes cost me 150 bucks from memory

there were 2 45deg mandrel bends, 2 90 degree mandrel bends, and 1 180 degree mandrel bend. no silicone bends, silicon turbo pipe was costly (red joiners) but that was about it, only thing i have to do is support the pipes a little better cause when you hit it with full boost they move around a little bit

ross um

only other pic is www.ozemail.com.au/~jcornford/ic2.JPG

the pipes were done by ashmore exhaust, and then i just had to cut em to suit, it was a bit of a bitch tho, in the end i cobbled it together rather roughly but it works, theres a few things that could be done to tidy the whole thing up if i get the time, which i incidently have now, i just need to get the effort :D

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