heres my setup for my 5th gen hatch with a b-series all home made except flanges (props to bmc race) all welds are purged and made with FULL penetration so there is no burn boogies (if youve ever welded stainless you know what they are) enjoy and wipe that drool of your chin if the money is right i might make ya one


Modified by openloop at 12:09 AM 6/25/2005

 

looks nice but i have 2 complaints...

1. pics are way 2 big..
2. dont be a noob and act like ur **** dont stink... a cocky attitude to me will kill the quality of something really quick...

 

just because i dont post doesnt mean im new to the forum or new to fabricating and im sorry bout the pic size i dont know what the hell hapenned there

 

damn i didn't think there was anyone from around here that had anything cool! where do you work from or are u just a diy'er, or is there a shop that you work from cuz damn that stuff is nice and looks to be very high quality!

 

you ever watched whiplash

 

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1. pics are way 2 big..
2. dont be a noob and act like ur **** dont stink... a cocky attitude to me will kill the quality of something really quick...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Agreed. If you were humble about it I'd just say nice setup. But to strike your ego down to the ground...

1. XSPower turbo
2. Slow down, some spots got very little argon coverage because you were rushing the welds
3. Have fun routing vacuum lines within 1-2 inches of the primaries for the wastegate
4. Exhaust gas energy (read: heat) spools a turbo, you could have cut down on lag by using shorter primaries (they're not anywhere near equal length so 40' long runners are pointless) since they are towards the front of the car and are going to be cooled down from the air going through the radiator
5. Rubber oil drain hose within a couple inches of the exhaust
6. Do some prep work before welding
7. Nice '********' on some of your stops, ease off the pedal/add some filler

 

1 turbo is cheap works and makes acceptable power just not brand name boo hoo

2 wasnt using gas lens and dark coloring is only on surface a quick rub leaves nice shine

3 vacuum lines are fine probabally gonna run stainless tube

4 lag reduces wheel spin but as far as the runners needing to be equal length its not neary as important as on a n/a car just ask subaru i think they managed ok

5 drain hose has more than enough clearance

6 ???

7 as for the ******** ill admit there might be one or two dont know if they are on my manifold or not (joke)

and as for being humble take a pill sorry if ya cant take a little poke or two

 

no ive never actually seen it but def know of it ive seen some one who was part of it or something drifitng in a white civic and doing reverse doughnuts

 

well if ya ever seen a guy carrying an expensive camera and filming for whiplash its probabally me i drive a red hatch

 

do u guys film all the time and where dod u do it damn i want to get back into the import stuff again we used to go to the pike and now there is nothing and well after seing your manifold and hopefully getting some money it makes me thinkg what else can you make ...where do you work, at a shop or something or is welding and imports an on the side thing?

 

i weld all day at my work that has nothing to do with cars and thats all ill say bout where i work i do mostly aluminum thats what im really good at as for the happening spot i hear york is bangin these days cars are a side thing but a pretty big side thing

 

is there any shop around that you go to and is the mani and such going on your car or what? and what is up with the ssautocrap turbo on there?

 

looks good to me
only problem i see is the one "up" bend that looks like you cut the middle out of a U bend to make the tighter radius bend-where the two halves meet it's not a very smooth transition at all.using a tighter radius u or pie cuts instead of piecing the two bends would probably flow a lot better.
chris

 

i need to find some local people that can help me with stuff on my car like timing belt and hid retro fit kind of stuff! not sure where to look for people especially local people

 

No offense but thats one of the worst imitations of a top mount manifold i've seen.

One of the main benefits behind the top mount is the absolutly equal length primaries which you've clearly negated by merging them immediately after the head flange.

So basically you have a top mount manifold without its pros, only its cons.

It sure does look cool, and thats important right?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stizzit &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">No offense but thats one of the worst imitations of a top mount manifold i've seen.

One of the main benefits behind the top mount is the absolutly equal length primaries which you've clearly negated by merging them immediately after the head flange.

So basically you have a top mount manifold without its pros, only its cons.

It sure does look cool, and thats important right?
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Now post the manifold you built. I think he did a damn good job for the first one. Once again, ask the subbies about equal length.

 

as for the primaries being equal length are you blind or are you confusing them with the secondaries and untill you try to package all that into a stock chassis maybe you should take it easy or just post what you made thats better as for the benifits of a top mount there isnt much of a diff if it bends up or down as far as flow just a slight gain because the flow can equal out affter the downward bend of the ports that and i can run a damn filter on it

 

Here is some help with your pictures.

 

That manifold is sick!!! That's is all you should have put pictures of. Why would you show off your Taiwan made turbo that might last 500 miles and your ssautoshit can't hold boost fakegate. You even used a red velvet sheet in the background like their auctions on ebay. Do you work for SSautothiefs?

But either way, i like the manifold

 

as for the turbo IF it gos bad i can always upgrade but for the cost i couldnt turn it down and the wastegate its the same damn thing as a tial just doesnt say it and the sheet well thats just what i have on my bed didnt plan it sorry if i naturally take good pics ill let you guys know how well the knock offs hold up

 

mad props dude, you're welds look great. Manifold is awesome looking.
Mad props.
**** the haters who say name brand **** is the only **** that works.

 

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When it comes to turbos there is no replacement for quality. Those XSPower turbos are made up of junk Garret parts that didn't pass inspection. Why do you think their so cheap?? The wastegate is one thing, but you can't skimp on the turbo. Especially if you want to make power and have it last. just my .02

 

you ever made any other manifolds or would you be willing to make more...also kind of offtopic have you ever done a auto to man trans swap i need some help!

 

i'd have to say that the quality of the work is great, but the functionality (read: efficiency) of such a manifold is questionable

 

That pic is so big I was actually able to get 5 psi off it alone.