Re: log manifold fabrication progress *update 1*
 

wha? hotrex?

go get some 110v arvin milkhouse heaters, and put new fans on the backside, cutting out the grates front and rear.

Re: log manifold fabrication progress *update 1*
 

wtf are you talking about. I'm clean, don't have herpes, dont have sex with banana titty chicks, and don't ---- people over.

and link me to heaters.

Re: log manifold fabrication progress *update 1*
 

http://www.northerntool.com/images/p.../177966_lg.jpg
the heater

theyre 1500w = around 2500 btu's, but it needs air to move it.

Re: log manifold fabrication progress *update 1*
 

Both 15000btu HF heaters are on sale for sub $50 right now. got my uncle one since he get's free lp

Re: log manifold fabrication progress *update 1*
 

yeah, use a ------- propane heater thatll melt the shed down.. good idea.

Re: log manifold fabrication progress *update 1*
 

why put something flamable by any heater? not everyone is a ------- moron.
15,000 will actually heat a large room or two medium sized rooms. a 2500btu hot plate is what the hippies use to heat their electric conversions.
i remember growing up those 1500w heaters with electric motors in them as a kid and they couldn't heat a big heated room in weak alabama winters. only warm it up from a niple poking 60F to maybe 70F, even then they'd have to run constantly. So how is one gunna deal with a garage in a cold -35??? it won't, ever. you'd never heat an unheated room with it.

it aint even that cold here in the winter( 20's-30's for a couple of months) but i make my money in a family biz of developing land & new home construction. we have to use the larger turbine kerosene heaters b/c little ---- like that only wastes generator power while creating a warm spot a couple of feet in diameter. completely useless they can't heat a small room on their own.


thanks for trying tho c0mpl3x

truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

Ok got some work done.

Got my 6.0l manifolds. Cut the stock flange off, cut and ground smooth casting lines, numbers, etc. Cleans them up a bunch. Got them mounted and mocked some piping up. Waiting on Turbo and money for more piping. Sorry for the camera phone pics.

What the manifolds started out as. You can see the mostly finished product in the pics.
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Drivers side. Hot side will go down under harmonic balancer then back up.
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Front shot.
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Passenger side. Essentially where the turbo is going to sit.
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Passenger side again.
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And what the manifolds look like cleaned up. They will get blasted then coated.
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bevel ready for my buddy.
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Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

that'll look real cool when its all done. good numbers too!

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

indeed it should. I want it to be as clean as possible(aside from the wire harness. I'm gonna change that down the road).

Anyways got my fuel rail spacers made lol. Just some 1/2" ms tube cut and filed to 1/2" long.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

I would have left the flanges on and bolts on to the manifold. Cast like to crack when welded. :'(

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

ill informed my friend. If you just weld onto it, yes it will crack. If you use the proper rod, pre heat, maintain heat, and post heat and wrap... I'm not worried. My buddy(tig instructor @ a local university) is welding the cast piece.

thank you, come again.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

Ooh im liking this project O0 Any more info on the setup?

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

just because you have heard of cast cracking when welded doesnt mean they did it correctly. there is a way of correctly welding pretty much every metal.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

cast likes to crack because 2 different metals, 2 different heat cycle expansions, and one similar weld holding them together.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

that and what affects the hardness of metal is the carbon content and cast iron has a lot and by heating it up while welding makes the metal very hard and hardness=brittle and just cracks when it is heated up becuase some expands a lot less then the other part of the same piece of metal.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

Check my first post. I did some editing. Added some more pics aswell of the car.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

Your chevelle is ------- sweet.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

haha thanks. Its a bit rough, but fixing the rust and scratches doesn't make it faster:) I also tossed a couple pics up from this year with the C5 Z06 wheels on it.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

Normally I don't like new looking wheels on old muscle cars but the Z06 wheels look bad-ass.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

The headers will be fine, especially if you bevel the welded edges like you're doing, then fill the bevel in with weld. That's how I did my cast pipe fitting log.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

This is why I cut the flanges off the manifolds. It allows for a much cleaner and easier way for routing the hot side.
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My buddy that is welding the manifolds is doing all the welding for those funky ass steed speed turbo manis.
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Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

how the hell does that car get the air into the TB with all the hot parts mounted that damn high? and why is the hot side mounted so high up and not down by the crank?

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

You're an idiot. Your 2nd post is pointing out what you think are flaws in a well done highly custom swap and turbo set-up. Way to go asshat. Let's see your badass swapped + single turbo muscle car with painstakingly flawless tig welded work like this guy has. Who gives a ---- about potentially high IAT's in this situation anyway lol. I think his set-up will be more than ample and the hot air near the TB won't be as big an issue as you're saying it will be.

Also, there is nothing wrong with where the turbo is mounted. It's surprising he even got it to sit where it is. It's a 6.0L monster not a 1.8L rubber band motor. You've never heard of a top mount set-up I take it? Look at the size of the turbo, do you really think it could sit any lower? I think his build is excellent and very well planned and executed. I'm sure it's far better than anything you're bench racing ass has ever done. Go race some Kia's with your 90whp shitbox dumb nig ger fa ggot.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

O0

I like it.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

manifolds are done. Thanks Chris!!!!

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1..._3820Large.jpg
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And my plumbing will be quite a bit different compared to the completed kit I posted. He wanted to retain the battery in the front passenger headlight area where I don't care and its going in the trunk.

thanks :)

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

looking at that pic of the completed setup i was wondering about those flex pipes. every flex pipe i ever have always leaks, do they make one that can hole 30+psi?

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

racing solutions(sponsor here), has ones that are lined inside... Not sure if most are not lined but its worth checking out.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

----, im in for the updates

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

Damn bro car looks sick :o. Thats is the same motor as the gmc yukon. I remember seeing a turbo kit for those car, at 5psi they hit a little over 400hp and that with the all time 4wheel drive trans. Can't wait to see what it puts down.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

dam thats so ------- sick

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

Very nice. your boy can lay down some sick welds.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

that ---- is hot, basically the same ---- i want to do to my Malibu...LSX + turbo = boner

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

Got my intercooler from ETS. Pretty sexy looking.

Turbo/wastgate/bov are still waiting at doctors of performance. Waiting for the JGS wastegate then it will ship out.

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Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

That's a big looking interfooler :P

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

Shes a heavy bitch.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 2*
 

Got the intercooler hanging now. I will clean up the mounts, and get them coated with everything else when the time comes. Brackets were super simple. Chopped down 1" aluminum angle. Counter sunk allen head bolts.

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Quick shot of the mounts. Very sturdy.
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Straight on with the grill in.
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From the side. Camera flash, without flash its barely visable but I am going to paint the intercooler semi gloss black.
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Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 3 intercooler in*
 

I'm jealous! The car look so great! I always wanted to have one muscle car... But I cant have 2 cars and it cost to much for gas if I only have 1 ...

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 3 intercooler in*
 

Nice setup...So thats an escalade engine? I'm a noob when it comes to domestic motors.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 3 intercooler in*
 

essentially yes. The escalade 6.0l is a lq9. Has higher compression pistons in it. 10.4:1 vs 9.6:1 or something like that. I have the LQ4 which has lower compression(I wanted this for stock w/ boost) like I'm doing to get everything rolling.

Its easier and sounds more baller to say its from an escalade then to say. Its from a 2003 Chev 2500HD pickup truck.

Re: truck manifold single t76 *update 3 intercooler in*
 

i estimate 650+ horsepower of spiker smoking madness :P