Hello! I`am looking for welder or a shop who can fab me a slim mounting bracket for my Acura TSX AT k24a2. My custom top mount manifold covers holes of mounting bracket but not fully. It is a very big problem to weld something in my location.


The issue:


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the reason

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So it seems that i need

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please help

 

Few more photos that might help...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76369536@N05/9323773701/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/76369536@N05/9323772985/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76369536@N05/9323772703/
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What does that bracket hold? And you might want to list your location.

 

I live in Russia, the bracket hold`s an engine, well it is not actually holds it rest on it, i hope i got a right word.. it is a mounting bracket... i`ll find a photo...

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76369536@N05/9334502340/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76369536@N05/9334502936/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76369536@N05/9331714077/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76369536@N05/9331714687/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76369536@N05/9334504914/

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make your fabricator move the runners. the manifold is wrong and I wouldn't want to run a flimsy rear engine mount to make up for a poorly designed manifold.

 

The fabricator is in another country also shipping reshipping already cost me... i`am trying to find a solution.
1) new manifold
2) new bracket

i need a new bracket.

 

That has to be the dumbest manifold I've ever seen. How do you not take into account the rear bracket?

If you can't find someone local to you to do this work, you're better off sending the manifold to someone who has that bracket and let them make the necessary adjustments to the manifold to make it fit.

 

What so dumb in it ?

 

it doesnt fit.

not really a genius manifold if it doesnt fit unless your keeping it on an engine dyno.

 

You would still need to send the manifold out to make sure the new bracket will work. It would suck to get the new one made and have the manifold runner still in the way.

What car is this going into?

 

Also looks like the oil filter will need some kind of relocation at the very least, poor design on this one all around I must say.

 

Didn't even see the oil filter side, no way that's fitting either.

Who made this manifold? They should be sending you a refund, that thing has to be completely rebuilt.

 

ya either way you are shelling out some money for a custom rear mount and oil filter relocation kit, or a different manifold

 

Start over! like the guys above said... too many flaws in that design.