i have a b16 in a crx and was wondering if i could make my own turbo tubing without a turbo or manifold yet?? i want to start building my kit and my buddy owns a machine shop and has a tubing bender and stuff..id use the same size pipe as the throttle body bore, but what would be the best pipe to use?? any sugestions..thanks

 

Does your friend have a mandrel bender? or a regular press bender that most muffler shops have? Normally, people buy prebent tubing from summit racing or local muffler shops, then tehy chop/weld to spec. that's what i suggest you do as well. Try to use aluminum if you can, and tig weld that thing. Tig welding looks the best. Well, some mig welding can look nice too, but yeah..

 

Too much trouble IMO. Just go buy some bends from Jcwhitney and cut them to your specs like mentioned above. I got all the u bends, bends i needed for $78 shipped from jcwhitney .

 

Unless he's extremely wealthy, it won't be a mandrel bender. Not many places can (or have reason to) cough up the dough for those babies.

 

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thats a good point i never thought about doing that..probly save me alot of time also..thanks!

 

it could be a die bender, those are wrinkle free also.......

i second teh cut and welding part... thats what i do when i make ehxuasts, ic piping etc

 

Buy some mandrel bends from JC whitney or whoever, and like everyone else said, chop em down, and what I would do is just tack weldthe stuff in place and take it to someone who knows how to tig weld good and have it tig welded.

 

so should i look for mostly 90 degree bends, or U bends, or straightpiping?? or just alot of misc stuff? thanks

 

If you can't eyeball it tell what you need, just get a bunch of 180s. You can make pretty much anything out of those. Unless you are after looks, you'll save a lot of money paying somebody to MIG them rather than TIG.

This new "racer" generation is so hung up on form they tend to forget function..the important part

 

why have it mandrel bent? It's PRESSURIZED AIR ..... it's forced in there anyway, the bends don't have to be supa smooth. Just use your friends bender and do it on your own. instead of cut n weld, cut n weld, cut n weld... my god that'll look horrible.

 

That's why you're called a "Trial User". Any more bad advice that you shouldn't be giving out?

 

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agreed

 

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ARGH! ever hear of a tig....even migs can come out clean....another thing called paint.....and yes my friend you want it to be supa smooth! looks will be accomplished.....polish the manifold and you'll be just fine....oh and don't forget those fzukn' dubs with the spinning plastic shight!