These are all with a really shitty camera. Also, my welder ran out of Argon, so the collector is not finished...I thought Id post my progress so far...
From a ways back:

You can Kinda see the inside:

The inside pointy thing. I thought it would be impossible, but after some messing around, and a really simple trick, I got it

I got to some of the inside walls before the gas ran out....

A close-up of my weld...the little dings are from the vice...NOT weld spatter...

This would be better suited to a T4 turbo inlet, but for the application that this is designed for, I think it will flow just fine.

Once I get some more argon, the wastegate flange will be added as well...
Next weekend this is going on a tubular manifold that will support a Turbonetics T3/T4 turbo. Setup is around 12 psi w/tial wastegate, VAFC hack in an LS swapped '89 four door Civic...should be VERY fun


[Modified by Tinker219, 8:16 PM 3/8/2003]

 

Looks nice!

 

Looks great tinky. Do you plan on selling soem collectors? I may need a few

 

Ya, actually it looks pretty damn good. How many tries have you taken so far at making a collector?

 

sweet dude, Im there.
You really need to invest some money in a new digital camera

 

Tinky...i like it... Rhymes with Pinky...
ya, anyway, It took 2 tries to get it....and of course on the third my welder runs out of gas
I am actually going to be selling complete manifolds, but hell, if the collectors take off, they are even cheaper to produce yet
$60 stainless, $40 mild steel sound good????

 

is your middle name geoff

 

if you mean full-race geoff, im flattered...but nope...Dale actually

 

lol i cant tell if these are as good of quality as his... but it looks a lot like his

 

they arent THAT good, but Im sure the pictures scew the image a little. Geoff has a certified welder doing all of his work. Ive only been TIGging for around two weeks Im getting pretty good...once I get my stainless order next week, I should be posting some really purty concoctions...including a tubular stainless mani that shouldnt be more than $350....

 

/me yawns...hey what does the burns one look like again?

 

Sounds really good How thick is the guage, and do you have to wait for your stainless shipment to make it? I'm trying to get my manifold finished asap and i need a collector

 

Ya, I dont have any stainless in my garage...so I have to wait until about the end of this week.
Actually, its a lot easier to have the collector made first, and then base the rest of the manifold off that. But I can make one over next weekend.
I can either do schedule 40 or schedule 10, stainless or mild....
I would leave some extra length on each runner so that you could custom tailor anything that may need to be done....

 

That welding looks horrible! Such a difference between the collector and the manifold

 

I hope you are saying that my collector looks better than the mani I take it the manifold was MIG welded
TIG rocks...I will never go back, unless its to tack something together under the car...then it goes on the bench to be TIGed

 

its migged with SS wire. I never said it looked grreat, i'm not that great of a welder, never said i was. I'll grind em down later. The brown **** will come off with a good sand blast.

 

hey tinky, i dnt supposed you would consider selling the one you already have would ya?

 

ill trade ya one for a Boost chip Stainless collector of course.. 90 LS engine in 89 Civic

 

Uberteg thinks your ECU platform sucks, and that you should upgrade to a real ECU.

edit: Oh, yeah, the welding looks like it's coming right along. Keep that one you have now, that looks just fine, and compare it to what you're turning out in another two weeks, and again in another month. You're gonna love it. Everything starts looking like it was formed by the hand of god and not some mere mortal...


[Modified by J. Davis, 4:29 PM 3/9/2003]

 

its for my brothers car...I have AEM EMS in mine...hes going for a little cheaper of a setup than me

 

You'd have to convert to obd1 to use my chip. But i'll trade ya if ya do

 

:werd:, obd0 blows

 

Sold...haha, ive had my collector for a day, and sold it already...sweet...anybody else want one???

 

Great for DIY manifold makers such as myself, the collector is he only hard part and tinky has em for sale mad cheap

 

tinker .. how much do you sell the collectors for ?