A couple pics of the manifold I fabricated for my car this year

 

Looks like one bend has a pretty hard cheat in it. Other than that its looking pretty nice.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by k20 jon &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks like one bend has a pretty hard cheat in it. Other than that its looking pretty nice. </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha ya, i'm not too worried about it tho

 

How long did it take you to fab that up? How long have you been welding/fabbing?
I might eventually try something like that for my Talon.

Lookin good tho, man

 

It took about 3 hours of screwing around to get it to fit together. I've been building kits locally for 3 years.

 

What did you use, mandrel 180* and just hack them apart?

How did you get the collector to fit nice and tight like that?

 

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How did you get the collector to fit nice and tight like that?</TD></TR></TABLE>

no, thoes are cast ss schedule weld fittings and straight pipe. i make and sell lots of collectors, sorry, can't share exactly how i do it.

 

Nice! Does that mean this manifold can retain stock power steering? Good work!

 

looks good! what size turbo are you running?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tony the Tiger &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice! Does that mean this manifold can retain stock power steering? Good work!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yep, not willing to let ps go just yet

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by speeddave &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks good! what size turbo are you running?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Straight T04E 54 trim .5a/r cold - 76 trim .58a/r hot

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by legendboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no, thoes are cast ss schedule weld fittings and straight pipe. </TD></TR></TABLE>

The fittings are actually welded (there is a bead on the inside of the fitting) and not cast.

Just an FYI.

 

damn corey looks great. still using the ems?

 

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Straight T04E 54 trim .5a/r cold - 76 trim .58a/r hot
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have you got a chance to run it yet? just curious as to how a t4 54 trim performs, dont see people running that turbo too often.

 

Looks really nice. Post pics of the finished product.

 

Yes it looks very nice. What I would like to know is what materials you guys use?
304,310,316 or 321.

I think that this is an interesting question because the prices for that materials differ very much.

Thanks from Germany
Kevin

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mbpwrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

The fittings are actually welded (there is a bead on the inside of the fitting) and not cast.

Just an FYI.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes, cast ss, formed and welded.

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thanks dude, i'm using gooberdata now

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have you got a chance to run it yet? just curious as to how a t4 54 trim performs, dont see people running that turbo too often.</TD></TR></TABLE>

not yet, soon hopefully. your right tho, its not all that common.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hondaapi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yes it looks very nice. What I would like to know is what materials you guys use?
304,310,316 or 321.

I think that this is an interesting question because the prices for that materials differ very much.

Thanks from Germany
Kevin</TD></TR></TABLE>

I primarily use 304. Its strong enough, looks nice and is the easiest on my saw blades.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by legendboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yes, cast ss, formed and welded. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I really don't want to get into an argument here but there is nothing cast about them. They are made from stainless sheet (hot rolled sheet) which is rolled and welded (creating pipe) and then bent to the desired degree and radius. Threaded fittings are cast, buttweld are not.

The brand you are using, which can be clearly seen in the picture, is Kanzen Tetsu (Malaysia). We used to buy direct from their mill until we found a more consistent mill.


Modified by mbpwrx at 6:16 PM 7/5/2005

 

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Threaded fittings are cast, buttweld are not.[/i]</TD></TR></TABLE>

oh that must be where the mixup is. i think i got some misinformation

 

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No worries. There is enough confusing information out there to mix anyone up.

 

That is one of the craziest designs I have seen. Nice Job.

 

dont you think all the air is going to come out where the pipes meet? I would recommend filling those with someJB weld or something, maybe wall spackling?

Nice work man

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mbpwrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The fittings are actually welded (there is a bead on the inside of the fitting) and not cast.

Just an FYI.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Actually some are not Welded

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by This One &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Actually some are not Welded </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, but who wants to pay for seamless pipe fittings?

 

donnnie brasco

 

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He's making manifolds now?