Back at it again with the VW vband manifolds. The vband manifold is a huge hit with the VW crowd as of late so im hella busy making them. We recently went to a local meet with over 50 cars and we had my turbo kits on display. Heres the latest.
Ryan







R32 vand kit

















Thanks

 

god damn

you machine the head flange your self?

 

Looks like a cool product.

 

Nice.

 

Hella nice.

 

I have a cnc machinist who cuts all my flanges for me....he's also in the aviation field. His work is top notch. We make a good team

 

nice 20v stuff there...

 

Top notch workmanship! The way you overlap the stitches is almost flawless.

In the first picture, looking down into the v-band flange...did you weld the inside of the collector to the flange?

What model tig welder are you using?

 

Yes the inside gets welded first with an argon back up on the outside so I get 100% penetration on the OD...then chill it...then weld the OD will purging the inside. That way when I port the collector I know I have 100% penetration and there wont be a fusion line exposed if I port to heavily. I use a miller LX350

 

I understand. Thanks for sharing! How do you rig the argon to shield the outside? How many amps do you use on the ramp down/ finishing current setting?

 

How much amps you running on the pipe welds?

looks pretty hot to me with all that haz.

 

very nice

 

lol Hot? Yeah im getting nearly 100% penetration. Im less concerned about a coloring than I am of getting a good strong weld. I set the welder to 80 amps and use what I need I honestly believe in using that technique. Most of the time you need a little more heat off the bat then slowly ramping down as the tube heat soaks. I am VERY happy with the way these are coming out lately. To be honest I was a little blow away at the appearance of the welds. A few years ago I had no idea I would capable of doing this.

Back on track.....I use a custom, homemade, gas back up to cover the OD welds.

 

Post a pic?

 

I have the manifold at the machinist getting surfaced. Im picking it up in the morning and ill have some shots of the wg and collector tm.

 

Manifold done....sorry about the tape I was getting ready to ship it and forgot to take pics





To my knowledge this is the first vw manifold featuring a vband turbo and MVS 38mm vband flange.

 

So you are using a custom trailing shield? That's why so much color!

 

Very nice!!

 

stellar welds man. i feel privileged to be on a site with so many super talented people

 

Wow thanks dude. I cant wait to start the next project. Twin 6265 t4's in a caddy cts....just waiting on vbands

 

Some updated shots of the mani in a lightbox:

















Talk about full penetration (peep the seam)

 

new background on the comp lol

 

What are the specs of the piping you are making your manifolds out of?

 

Very nice!

 

Its a 1 1/4" sch 10. The vw cant rev like us they need some help to spool up