Jeff's DIY turbo build

[Desircustoms]

Long story short, I bought a turbo Yaris a few years ago, crashed it a month later due to a sticky drum and my stupid driving. I loved it because it was fun and cheap on gas, it's usually one or the other.

I've decided to learn the basics and do it myself instead of paying someone to work on my build. 3 years ago I had no idea how it all works. I studied a lot, bought a couple welding machines, and now I'm anxious to put it all together...

I'm going to start with the downpipe and the whole exhaust system. I've started welding the 180 bend, I'm going to bring the car inside the garage tonight or tomorrow and start dismantling the exhaust.

I'm hoping to have her ready in a week or so. I say a week because I've never welded an whole exhaust system, and I'm only halfway on my 1st 80cf argon tank, I don't have a lot of hours with the tig torch but I love it already. The original plan was to mig weld everything, but I scratched that plan and bought the cheapest tig welder at my favorite store "PA" on black Friday 2019.

The car is also starting to be somewhat of a rust bucket, so I'll fix all the rust and give her a fresh paint.

I found a Garrett gt1752 off a 2003 Saab 95 yesterday at the scrap yard, no shaft play, looks like it has low mileage. I already have a Mitsubishi td04 13t from a Subaru that I'm going to use 1st.

I'll post a part list eventually, I'll install everything, and post some pictures along.