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OK guys i need help. my kit is almost done. i found a hf manifold at the junk and bought ti for 15 bucks.im going to be hooking it up to a t3. ineed tomake the adapter and dont knwo where to start. where can i find a nice square 3/4" thik piece of steel? what about the studs? i seen in the site that their using pathfinder exhaust studs but when i go to the autoparts store what year should i ask for?? man i getting anxiuos, please help?!! after this i need to get a downpipe made but i want to do this first. thanks

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I belive someone here on the site sells such an adapter plate..

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adapter plate tech: https://www.homemadeturbo.com/tech_p...er_plate_tech/

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Yes, read the Adapter Plate article. All the information on how to make them and what NOT to do is there.

If all else fails, take the two gaskets, and a picture of the a plate from that section to a machine shop and have them whip it up for you. Very simple. Shouldn't take them more than 2 hours.

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ya beleive me i ve read that article more than a couple of times, but do you know where i can find the steel plate at??im gona try to do it myself at my auto shop class but need the plate. a machine shop would probably sharge too mcuh for 2hrs of labor. thanks

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just use any steel plate that fits the bill with regards to thickness.. I have not heard of any specific steel type being used for this.. just plain old steel plate ;)

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Actually.. old rolled steel, or mild steel would be good.

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What about stainless? Would it work?

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We use cold rolled mild steel.. just cheap ----, cost about 3 bucks per plate.

Any steel yard should have this stuff.

Stainless would work, just a bit harder to cut through.

Jeff

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Thanks Jeff

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cool ill check it out

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I just thought of a question....when you were talking about the studs from a pathfinder, do those go into the manifold and bolt it to the adapter plate? Are they welded on or just bolted through? then the same question for the turbo side of the plate. Thanks

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Depends on what kind of plate I am making.. I do studs on the top side on all of them. The studs get drilled and tapped into the plate, then screwed in.

The bottom side can be different, really depends on which turbo.

I think if you re read my article, its pretty clear on where the studs are.

Jeff

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my bro in law got me a plate from his work but its only 1/2 in thick, what do you guys think, will it work???

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itll work, mine is 5/8" thick

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Mine is 3/4" thick and Jeff laughed at it..

My adapter plate just has some girth. ;D

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hee hehe man i cant wait, ill hopefully get that done in my shop class tonight. now i just need to get my car smogged before i drop the turbo kit and boost the hell out of my hatch!

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well i just want to show everyone the progress on my homemade adapter plate, looks rough but it is progressing. my bro in law drilled the holes and we tapped them. then we took the plate to muffler lshop and they torched out the center section and the notch they did it for 5 bucks. now i just need ot grind out the center and smooth everything out. slowly but surely hee hee. http://hondaswap.com/gallery/viewima...30821919cb.jpg