well i built my first manifold for a friends drift car. he placed first at the last event here in Houston and got his D1 license witch means he will notw be going on tour with his AE86 1985 Corolla GT-S (i also drive a GT-S) so he went from a stock SR20DET turbo on 12psi to a SPA GT30 turbo with a anti surge 4inch inlet and i thought id help him out for more power as well as getting my name out there. this was a great challenge trying to fit a large turbo on a 4age motor. the distributor is in the worst position ever on these motor with stopped me from going top mount. so i went bottom mount. but we still had to do a in car brake master cylinder. it turned out great for my first one and only welding for around 2 and a half months. so heres some pics. please let me know what you think of it! enjoy

 

So about the master cylinder..... where is it going?

Looks good man, IMO, more heat good have been used on your flange welds for more penetration to "grab" onto it.

Not bad for a "rookie"!

Now make us some tattoos!

 

thanks man, its my first and a bad car to do my first on... big head ache. i wish it was a simple ram horn b series mani lol

master cylinder is under dash Tilton set up now

 

daaang, youre definately moving along nicely.. and that steady hand pays off man.. your beads are straight and even all across. very consistent.

i wish you luck with your business man, keep this up and you'll definately get your name out there quick. those welds remind me of synapse's welds.. keep it up.

 

Yeah I figured, no way anybody could epic fail that bad on accident.

Good work man!

 

Wow Toxic! Very nice job! I really the design and how you made it to put some length on those runners.

 

pretty cool... how much did u charge him?

any close ups?

 

thanks man!!

lol thanks

ill post more pics, i did not charge him. only for the parts

 

looking good bro

 

Can't see the pics from work but I have forgotten, what welder do you have again?

 

sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Good work. Flanges and 14 tpi bandsaw blades arrived here today so I'll get cracking on my first one too.

 

nice one homie

 

Where did u get your pipes from? im also planning to do my own. Very nice for a first time, it'll take time and practice to perfect them. Even the great Bisimoto took 15 times to get the performace and look that he wanted.

 

miller diversion 165

 

so heres a update, ive been busy doing a 350z cage, but the car has left the shop now and the customer is VERY happy with the turn out. here is the down pipe. making 3in fit in a ae86 is one hell of a job. i used .035 308L mig wire for the whole thing. making the reducer to the flange was SOOO hard. turned out great though. let me know what you think

 

the easier way to make a reducer is to roll one out of sheet, to make it even easier you can use the software in the link below to make the template for you.

http://www.pulserate.com/index.php?content=product

 

nice job your weld are very clean

 

Looks very good, especially considering it's your first manifold!

 

Nice work Toxic, your really improving rapidly. Nice to see another fellow houston fab guy, i didnt even know you were from here till I saw you avatar from here on houston240sx. Look foward to seeing your next project.

Dave

 

nice!!!

 

Looks good man...

 

Damn so many pie cuts....how do you do the pie cutting trick?

 

horizontal band saw FTW

thanks guys for all the kind words! ill be posting some pics of my new welds with the new millermatic MIG i just ordered. cant wait to get it. right now im doing a cage in my friends 350z. already have 6 hours of cutting all the crap out of it. also building a nice new welding cart to have both my miller mig and tig on. should be sick. gonna have a friend powder coat it

 

niptucked is this what your talking about ?

* of bend / # of pie cuts = xx.xx* / 2 = xx.xx*

for ex. 90*/6=15*/2=7.5* < that is many *'s you cut each side the pie

if not i hope it still helps you and everybody else