Exhaust elbow to down pipe

[306Puggy]

I spent probably 10/12hrs on my turbo pipes...

on, off, on, tack, off, weld, on, break off, tack again, refit...repeat. that was for relocation.

but you wana do it right, you need to jig it up.

just get on with it. gee

Well if I had a welder to hand I would do that. But it doesn't sound good considering I would need to do the following:

remove std turbo
put new turbo on
mark the right way to align the elbow
put std turbo back on with new mani gasket
drive to garage to get the elbow welded
then take everything apart again to fit the new turbo

and then add on to the fact that I would have to walk to and from work 5/6 days a week and then work on the car in the afternoon, that's going to be a f*cking nightmare. We don't all have a barn to work in with 5/6 spare cars hanging around you know

No, put the turbo, the car is now useable and all. When you get time get under the car, bolt your plate on, then hold your downpipe where you want it and tack it in place, then get your bend at the bottom or a bit of straight or whatever then tack that in place. then once the whole downpipe is there and looking good, join it up to the original system, make sure it fits nice, tweak if you have to. Then and only then when its perfect, unbolt the plate from the turbo remove the whole tacked lot and get it all welded together with some nice solid beads. Simple as that

Not sure I understand the above? I don't have a welder for starters hence why it is such a problem getting it all welded up. Not sure which plate you are referring to? I am finding it hard to visualise what you are trying to explain I notice you are referring to tack welding a lot which I assume without a welder to hand the above is not possible?

This is so friggin' complicated! Anyone want an unknown condition GT2052S with a few dodgy adapter plates?