ok i was told by a tech who works in a local some what reputable shop: that a "homemade turbo setup" is not a good idea because mateing the turbo adapter and the hf manifold wont work because they are 2 diff. metals and that the turbos have been known to fall off the manifold, but he did say that happens only with the stock manifold but a ebay manifold would be ok cuz it would be the same metal as the adapter. so has anyone ever heard of this b4? is it true??? thanks

 

no It may be diff metal but ive never heard of them messing up anyhow or "falling" off. There has been many good homemade kits. In my opinion its better than a bought kit because its cheaper and you can use exactly what you want to use

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatchinprogress &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok i was told by a tech who works in a local some what reputable shop: that a "homemade turbo setup" is not a good idea because mateing the turbo adapter and the hf manifold wont work because they are 2 diff. metals and that the turbos have been known to fall off the manifold, but he did say that happens only with the stock manifold but a ebay manifold would be ok cuz it would be the same metal as the adapter. so has anyone ever heard of this b4? is it true??? thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

It sounds like he is talking about welding the turbo adapter to the HF manifold. Why would you want to do that anyway? Just get a threaded adapter and it will be fine.

 

yeah i wanted to thread and not weld also. but i was still wondering about that because ive never herd that. when i told the guy it was an hf man. thats when he triped about not doin the work, like i said b4 he said an e-bay man would work just not the hf....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatchinprogress &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah i wanted to thread and not weld also. but i was still wondering about that because ive never herd that. when i told the guy it was an hf man. thats when he triped about not doin the work, like i said b4 he said an e-bay man would work just not the hf....</TD></TR></TABLE>

He's an idiot. Plain and simple. Mine has over 5000 miles on it without any problems. And what about all of the ones people are using on http://www.homemadeturbo.com? there aren't any reports of failures that I have seen.

Now how about that cheap eBay SS Autochrome manifold? That's another story indeed. Try running a search on SS Autochrome and see what you find.

 

hey thanks jim thats what i needed hey jim i pmed you

 

The '88-'89 Standard model Civic has the manifold I recommend. It flows better than the HF. It is identified by a #3 on the 4th runner.

I chose to coat the manifold, adapter plate, exhaust housing and downpipe in high temperature ceramic coating.







You gotta love turbo + AC

 

hey jim im me when you get this

 

nice setup

 

What the 'tech' was talking about is called....oh ****...what is it called? i think it starts with a b? i know what he is talking about....but lik ethe 2nd guy to post said....why the **** would you welt the turbo to the exaust...or even to the intake or any other pipes....its called an adapter plate.....tell him to shove a spinning turbine up his ***

 

Sorry i didnt write this all in one post...i just finished reading the rest....man that guy is ignorant. I know a bunch of people who use HF exaust manifolds on their D series turbo (usually a RHB5 , IHI turbo off of an old prob or a mazda)

 

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