anyone have pics of their turbo / manifold / wastegate bracing?

please post!!!

 

Bump.. i'd like to see some to get ideas for mine..

 

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exactly my intentions for this thread...

 

Someone's got to have some pics of the braces..

 

I am needing the same thing right now!!

 

from the backside it looks like poscile sticks

But from the front you can't see as much, I also built a bracket for my downpipe that holds the downpipe up to the motor aswell to take the stress off the heavy *** turbo I have. So the manifold will not be the only thing supporting the weight of the turbo.

 

HOLY BRACING BATMAN!!!

 

MIKES, what kinda metal is that you used to brace?

*edit* - any pics of the downpipe bracket???

 

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Them POS's need it...

 

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Count me in on needing info

 

bracing is important, but make sure you have a peice of flex pipe in your downpipe. also having solid motor mounts doesn't help cracking at all either..

 

How's that a POS? i don't think it's the ssautochrome manifold....correctl me if i'm wrong, but that's the sparke manifold...

 

Looks like obx, i also would like to see some more pics on braceing.

 

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from the backside it looks like poscile sticks

But from the front you can't see as much, I also built a bracket for my downpipe that holds the downpipe up to the motor aswell to take the stress off the heavy *** turbo I have. So the manifold will not be the only thing supporting the weight of the turbo. </TD></TR></TABLE>

That looks like those EM Racing Bars.

 

kooks mani i braced

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xaznxboixsirx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How's that a POS? i don't think it's the ssautochrome manifold....correctl me if i'm wrong, but that's the sparke manifold...</TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by baby99si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks like obx, i also would like to see some more pics on braceing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

His sig says sparks manifold.

 

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regardless of it being a POS or not...
i think it's a good idea to brace the manifold anyway!

no matter how strong the manifold, with the weight of the turbo and downpipe and wastegate after a lot of driving somethings eventually gonna give from the weight hanging off the manifold...

bracing will just buy you some insurance

my point of this thread was to see how differently people approached the idea of bracing...

b18cls1: do you have any more pics of that bracing that's not so "zoomed-in"?

 

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you know... i WAS gonna mention the same thing, but...
i decided to leave it alone! lol

 

Make sure you brace the wastgate flange too. Mine broke 3 times on that mani. I also had boost creep, I don't even want to go into all the problems I had when I switch to that thing. Good Luck

 

B18C4-T- take a closer look at the pics. The wastegate is well supported and it is not like the old ones where the wastgate neck was like 5" long. I also had the wasgate port on the manifold port matched to the gasket to stop boost creep. Quite a bit of material was taken from there. Yes it is a Sparks Racing mani and despite the issues I have heard about cracking, nobody can say it doesn't work well. I have taken lots of steps in ensuring this thing doesn't crack. I beleive the main part is bracing it to support the weight of a Sc61 and making a bracket for the downpipe to the block to take the extra weight off the manifold. Time will tell, because I have a point to prove with this manifold that it can make decent power along side withthe best of them. Heres a pic with the turbo and wastegate on.

and a couple more pics of the mani by itself


I am not sure what grade of metal the machinist used to brace it with. They have done all my fabricating on my Teg and GN, so I just leave it up to them. BTW the oil dipstick still works with all the bracing done to the back of the manifold.

 

What about bracing the manifold/turbo to the block? I'd like to hear people's thoughts on that.

I'm going to be running a Max Rev stainless manifold, and am wondering about materials to be used in bracing the assembly to the block. I know stainless expands differently than 'regular' steel, so is it necessary to take material expansion into account in designing the brace? (for instance, I wouldn't want the block brace to restrict the normal expansion of the manifold, which seems like it could cause damage).

 

jesus! why would you want to brace something that's supposed to do its job when you buy it. doesn't make sense to me. search! and you'll find all the answers you need. For that cash buy yourself an inlinepro or revhard...i'd rather stick a drag mani on my car than that thing It's not that i don't believe that it'll do its job as a manifold, but it's just not durable...that's the problem

 

i dont car what manifold you have, there are possibilities of cracking!!!! i want to see some bracing pics mounted to the block

 

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regardless of it being a POS or not...
i think it's a good idea to brace the manifold anyway!
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I have to disagree...
I have actually had some manifolds crack from being braced.
If you tie the manifold down too well, the thermal expansion from the manifold is going to crack it somewhere.
When it heats up and wants to expand and cant it has nowhere to go and cracks

 

i run a SSautochrome manifold with supports off the block to hold the turbo up. There is no weight on teh manifold so no cracking....the manifolds seem to make good numbers