Hey guys! Its been a long time since i've posted in here. Sold my built integra but im still fabricating. All settled into the new shop and the first car I got in is a tiburon drag car. Turbo is a gt35r 86mm billet wheel. Car will not be done until next season but the fab project is just what I love doing the most. Here are the pics. Professional photoshoot for turbo kit is scheduled for 2 weeks from today....enjoy





















Also, the entire collector ID is fully polished including the wg addition. Customer is coming to see the finished product so I didnt want to take it apart. More pics coming soon

 

Looking good Ryan, its been a long time homey

 

Damian????

 

yeah bro

 

Forgive my n00bness, but why did you go with long runners for each exhaust port, instead of shortish length 'primaries' with a simple pipe covering the rest of the distance to the turbo? If the collector determines how well the gasses meet, doesn't gas experience less turbulance in a straight pipe?
Also, wouldn't there be less friction from one large pipe rather than four smaller pipes? (I know this is like telling a monkey to not pee in the sea for fear of flooding, but every little bit helps...)

 

Well ebola, for one, that would require me to order more tubing. Secondly, It would require me to add an additional vband in the middle of the manifold somewhere and/or make the four runners join into a perfect circle to meet this larger tubing you're talking about. From a functional standpoint I wouldnt want to do that because you can get cylinder contamination much easier. When all the runners join into one large tube very close to the cylinder head the "inhaling cylinders" can get contaminated from the exhausting cylinders. The customer also wanted the turbo to be forward facing so air gets rammed into it during a pass at the strip. He is also molding his fiberglass one piece front end around the compressor housing to promote this. The way this manifold is made it should have EXCELLENT flow and very little turbulence due to a tall, narrow cut collector. All in all, the customer wanted the turbo in a specific spot so what the customer wants the customer gets.

 

At what distance from the head do you estimate that you minimize the risk of "inhalation"? Why has this problem never impeded anyone that runs log manifolds on extremely high hp setups? EG> Shep's Talon, basically all single turbo v8's etc.

 

Cool setup Ryan.