B18b ramhorn manifold
 

i made this out of an old ford racing manifold for a focus that i got off a freidn for a tank of gas for his mach 1 when it was costing $3/gallon
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...05-07_0008.jpg
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my welding could be better, but it's for me, doesn't need to look good to go fast
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...15-07_1324.jpg
mad tyte yellow valve cover
took only about 4 hours of total work inculding ------- up once because i was fiddling around with wastegate placement.

as a side note check out what a search for 'turbo' gets you on altavista.
http://www.altavista.com/image/resul...=all&miwxh=all

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that metal looks paper thin :-\

good luck not getting creep with that WG elbow..

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thickness should be fine, it's not aluminum foil
only option i had as far as where to put the wastegate.
thanks for the optimism.

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Git r dun.Should work them grade A HMT sexy welds add at least 10hp O0

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apparently you havent paid much attention to how easy ssac manis break, and their metal is about as thick as that....

good luck with it

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we will have to see than, i guess you don't hold much hope for ford, i can understand.
it's made from tempered steel which is studier than the galvanized piping i used. i am confident that my welds will hold. my only further plan for it is to go at it with a die grinder to smooth all transitions to eleminate hot spots.

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get a 90 degree bend and replace the right angle to the wastegate.

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it works and you got less than $100 in it thats good

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Looks tits!! Rock it till it falls of......the weld it back up! :P

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Looks good. You get a bannana sticker!

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That is absolutely horrid.

I love it. :y


Any reason why you couldn't have made the wastegate straight? It looks like you have plenty of room in front.

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i could've cocked it at a right angle to the manifold but it was easier to weld less of a gap to fill.
i didn't want to go vertical since hood clearance might've been an issue.
you guys think this will flow better than my old manifold?
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Def that wastegate pipe is not helping maybe just slap a few pie cuts in there for good measure.

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Why put a DSM mani on it? So you can run a shitty 14b or 16g or something along those lines. Just stick with what you have until it breaks.

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The boost creep from that WG elbow will help that LS out a lot on the top end :6

Looks sweet :y

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So you chopped off the dsm cast flange part and welded a B-Series head flange! Sweet. Any pics installed before the new mani?