What is a moderatelty priced exhaust manifold that will retain A/C?

I've seen the full race manifolds (yes they are nice) but are there any others that are a little cheaper?

It is a street car...looking for great mid range and top end with a t3/t4 hybrid turbo on a 1.8 liter GSR.

 

most log-styles are AC and PS compatable

 

Inline pro

 

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I was leaning more toward a Ramhorn style....but a log isnt out of the question.

I am trying to prevent boost creep and spiking. I definitly don't want to go with a DRAG manifold.

What log manifold has a good design for the wastegate?

 

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I was leaning more toward a Ramhorn style....but a log isnt out of the question.

I am trying to prevent boost creep and spiking. I definitly don't want to go with a DRAG manifold.

What log manifold has a good design for the wastegate? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Inline pro or Blox.

 

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Yep, we make a/c log and rams. The logs just consist of moving the flange towards the passenger side.

 

I'm not sure if i'm getting what you mean by moving the WG to the passanger side. Have any pictures of it?

 

I had a SPoolin log manifold that cleared AC w/ a 3" downpipe. Also, when i tuned, they printed a graph of the boost pressure and mine was steady at 9psi no more, no less....it doesn't creep at all

 

I am running the Neukin A/C ramhorn manifold with a T67/T3 bb turbo. The turbo I am running is one of the biggest t3 back turbos. The fit is tight as hell. The fan will have to go on the front of the condenser. Get Thermo-Tec heat sleeve for the A/C lines. Any turbo smaller than the t67/t3 a.k.a Full-Race should fit with no problem.






I think it was $750 or less for the manifold with a tial 44mm flange.


Modified by VtecCarHauler at 2:01 PM 1/5/2007

 

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I ment the turbo flange.

 

keep in mind, you could always redo your a/c line. somewhere in between 125-200 depending on where you go. my main concern would be compressor clearance, the line could always go behind radiator or few other ways.

inline pro/revhard/blox allows for 3" maybe even larger depending on who makes it and how its cut

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by VtecCarHauler &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> I am running the Neukin A/C ramhorn manifold with a T67/T3 bb turbo. The turbo I am running is one of the biggest t3 back turbos. The fit is tight as hell. The fan will have to go on the front of the condenser. Get Thermo-Tec heat sleeve for the A/C lines. Any turbo smaller than the t67/t3 a.k.a Full-Race should fit with no problem.
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but is ur a/c cold during the hot summers?

 

My latest topmount manifold is AC compatable, and so far has cost me under $25. T3/t04b, sohc, oem cast manifold, two 2" 90* elbows, 18" of 2" sch40 pipe, t3 flange (60% of the price!). It will need a slimfan on the condensor, and I can't use the internal WG. Kinda pisses me off, spending 7x more on a WG than the manifold. lol

The only reason most manifolds aren't AC compatable is because builders are lazy. For a ramhorn, all you need is a slight angle in the collector to move the flange over, and run the comp on the pass. side. A local place sells them in such a fasion that allows AC with a GT35. Everyone is just caught up in the 'compressor on the drivers side' and 'turbo can't be angled' ****. Hell I made an HF mani compatable with AC with 2 steel plates and a 45* elbow, while still keeping the internal WG and using a full 3" DP. BTW pie-cut 3" still owns 2.5" mandrel bends.

 

We offer one..

 

Do you have any pictures of where the flange is on this log manifold? So far my problem with the logs is that they have the WG on top of them, and that prevents me from putting a heatshield over the manifold.

 

get the mani above you. jesse makes nice mani's and has great customer service

 

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If you really wanted to put a heat shield on the manifold, we would be able to work something out with you on the log.

 

To the guy with the nuken ramhorn mani. If you did put a fan in fan of you condensor how did you clear the a/c line that is right in front?

I looks like your you move the condensor a little back to make space for it. But there are no brackets holding condensor on top, looks like there might be a zip tie on there. I'm cool with that . I will have to do some thing simalar cuase I will be installin my peak boost a/c ramhorn mani soon.

For the guy who started this thread I have not receveid my peak boost a/c mani but the feed back on it is good and people are make great horse power with there products. They just had a sale and I got mine for 625. +shippping.

 

yea we make those AC manifolds too .. is that what their called ? jk

 

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ProjectDC2: The turbo looks snugg and really close to the block...did you have to shave the block at all?

I wonder if a sohc in a civic has more clearance in the front compared to bseries.

Btw ..what is running the oil lines like? Any pictures of you running the oil drain and feed line on the turbo and installed in the engine bay?

EDIT: More curious of seeing a 96-00 Civic with Bseries not sohc...not that i have anything against sohc's


Modified by hybridekay at 3:03 AM 1/7/2007

 

Unless you're some kind of magician i can't see how you want to put a heat shield over that log with the WG on top of it, like all logs have it.
But if it can be done, i'm all ears!

 

I make a ramhorn also


-James

 

I will be running one of james' manifolds. car should be dyno'ed this week. I will post results when they are in. Price was good, quality seemed on par with others, fitment was decent and timeframe was reasonable. Imo, if you got $1200, buy a full-race. If you don't but want better performance than a log style, I would recommend one from james.

 

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But if it can be done, i'm all ears! </TD></TR></TABLE>

Sheet metal and a bender, or sheet metal and a hole saw , the only thing that would be sticking threw would be the wastegate if you cut the hole in the sheet metal. Wastegate can also be placed on the side more, or even underneath if the turbo was small enough.

 

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Yours was the first ac one I had done I have got a fixture made now which has all fit perfect

-James