car is a 98 240sx. ka24de.
304l sche10 pipe. 20 cfm. 308 filler. 3/32 tung. no back purge. just flux.

you must excuse the poor fitups in certain places, all i had was 4" angle grinder with a cutting wheel, and 14" chop saw. New bandsaw will be in right after xmas. and after reading a bit just found out i am doing things the wrong way and have been practicing engloids right way and it really helps alot. Thanks engloid!!!! so next manifold should be better.







thanks in advance.

 

do you have any more pics of that collector ?? it looks like you have 2 runners going in to the inlet flange ?? if so y did you make it that way , not bad for your first mani

 

it was just too difficult to get the cuts straight enough for a 4-1 collector on a chop saw so i had to do 4-2-1. next one will for sure though (bandsaws own). thanks

 

i have those shoes looks awesome man

 

set-up is kinda dicky, even with a grinder and thats it you just got to take more time on the set-up. Makes it much more worth it in the end. Welds look half decent though.

the turbo sits real high, any clearance issues?

 

not to shaby

 

no clearance issues at all. i just jigged off his other mani (well not really just for placement) He orginally wanted a log top mount and i was like ehhh since i am doing it anyway, why not make it better. i was running out of straight, so i had to stop trying the 4-1 collector. don't think i didn't try atleast 3 times. his butt dyno says it feels faster and comes on harder than his old mani. but thats not saying much.





wastegate fell off bought this mani used online.

Most of the welds are consistent and look like this. however i am trying the correct method and getting better results,



PS: its funny i don't even skate any more, but i can't go back to regular shoes. i need lots of support that only skate shoes provide.



Modified by fabnewb at 4:39 AM 12/21/2004

 

Looks like you got some serious head flange warpage. That could be tricky to fix!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by legendboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks like you got some serious head flange warpage. That could be tricky to fix!


</TD></TR></TABLE>
which is why i hate pictures.... i hate not being able to tell because of shadows.

 

it got milled after i was done just to make sure. the guy said it wasn't off by much. like 1 and a half thousands at most

 

Yeah don't count on pictures to tell if something flat/straight/square. The lens distorts stuff.

 

hey yeah, i'm the owner of the car and i think its pretty awesome, though im not a big fab/weld critiquer guy.

here's a picture of another manifold that i took about a year and a half ago. fabnewb doesnt suit you i believe this is a 3s-gte manifold, you did make this didnt you?



we'll get pics up near new years of the new stuff. gonna get a full 3" downpipe, a wastegate dump pipe, stainless intake pipe (this unit will be the icing!!!), and stainless piping for the precision intercooler i got in today

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fabnewb &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> 4" angle grinder with a cutting wheel,
</TD></TR></TABLE>

****, that's a good idea. I'll have to do that, I'm tired of cutting things with my dremel

 

yeah i made that one too. and yes its for a 3s. i am new to the fab forum. and spork it works wonders.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by adictionbass &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i have those shoes looks awesome man </TD></TR></TABLE>
what shoes are those ?

 

dvs milans in 11 sole tech (etnies, e's, emerica) shoes and dvs are the only shoes i wear. especially cuz i get them for free