i got most of the parts alredy to get this project going. i just have to order some straight pipe form ace stainless. i got all the bends form ace. my order made it all the way to boston in 3 days!!!!!!!!!! i got the a20a exhaust flange from sam @ bmc race. perfect quaility. got my tuner toys/stealth mode oil line kit, cant reember who's who anymore, lol. rest of the stuff is ebay specials



i got just about everything for my welder setup. just need to get some rods and a new mask. i am open to anysuggestions.

 

Subscribing, used to have a 87 prelude with the A.

 

keep us posted with pics... looks like a great project for sure!

 

bout to head to homedepot now to get some monir things. myight buy one of there cheapo mask for now. def need some gloves. what should i look for in getting a decent welding mask. i was looking at some $40 ones on ebay today, wasent sure

 

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****** A. I had three of them.

 

any updates on this.. ?

 

Spend a bit more money on a better mask initially. You'll be better off in the long run. I have a Miller Elite that I like a lot, There are also many many other options, Optrel, Jackson, etc.

 

I think welding helmets are just something you get used to. I use a cheap home depot one and i've grown to love it, when you start putting stickers on your first helmets you don't really want to get rid of them afterwards, well i don't anyways lol.

Definitely interested in seeing the progress on this project. Good luck with everything and let us know how it goes

 

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me too! im more comfortable and focused with my old homedepot (Lincoln fixed lens) then my miller big window elite helmet!

 

Sweet project. I just made my first log manifold and everything turned out fine. Just take your time and do lots of fit up. Looks like you've got quite a bit of material there....looks like it's gonna be fun. Also, speaking of hoods, I've got a cheap Jackson from National Welders and it works great. It was under 30 bucks I believe. Might have been under 20. I had an auto darkening from Harbor freight and it worked alright but it was just brittle. It worked alright until I dropped it a few times. Good luck with the manifold!

 

Lol I am stuck on the $50 harbor frieght helmets for life each one lasts about 2-3 years and does great in the meantime (I am always melting my helmet or messing it up in one way or anyother)

Yah go skicker crazy on mine too, tial, garrett, precision stickers is all you ever see on mine lol

-James

 

so you bought all those pipes cut and bent like that? or did you do the cutting? are they beveled? sorta hard to tell

 

beveld bends. brought them ecactlyhow they are from http://www.acestainless.com

 

why did you buy so many bends???

 

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He also stated it's his first manifold so maybe he is leaving himself some room for error, if he messes up he has extra, better to have too much then not enough.

If you dont mine me asking about how much did the materials set you back?

 

yeah i brough a few extras for backup/pratice

the 18 90* elbows were 83.70 (4.65ea)
the 8 45* elbows were 45.60 (5.45ea)
plus 16.44 s$h from santa ana CA to boston MA2-3 days!!!!!!!!!!
my total came to 143.74

the flande and collector pipes i brought from bmcrace

 

That's a lot of bends!!

Have you already designed the manifold? Or are you just going to create as you go?

 

Dang, that IS a lot of bends. A Ramhorn only takes 13 bends total.

But there is a problem... You don't have any straight pipe. Even with the collector precut you always need some straight to fill in the space between bends.

And in the future, to save money, one 90 degree el is the same as 2 45 degree els but less than half the price. You are going to have to cut some of the bends regardless.