Chop off stock manifold flange and weld on T3 flange?
 

Does anyone have experience with chopping off the stock flange on a manifold and welding on a t3 flange? Can anyone estimate how much a shop would charge for this?

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make a ad plate would be better i would think

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The HMT NE install went like that. I think Bermanators Turbo is in the street by now though.

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if its cast a lot of shops wont bother with it. i had 2 t25 flanges made for 35$. where i live at no shop would fool with it. i found a guy that welds on cast and steel i got lucky and found him. if you do find someone make sure they know what there doing when they work with cast.

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let us know how that turns out.

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Thanks for the info, is welding a cast manifold just a lot harder for some reason?

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a bit harder and not as pretty.....I'd just make an adaptor plate

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YES. its harder. first you need to heat the manifold and weld the flange while the manifold is hot.

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yeah welding cast is generally not something you want to do.

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people do it all the time with the d16y7 exhaust mani. cut the cat off and weld a turbo flange and there ya go. hmt style with no adapter plate.

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Yup, ive doen this on my setup and it works great!
I didnt even brace the manifold to the block. Runnign liek this for nearly 6 months and no cracking.
I used a mig welder, set it on highest voltage (4) and heated up the cast and pooled the molten onto the steel flange. Let it cool down REAL slowly, and it shoudl be fine.

I plan on doing this again when making my T3 manifold, theres nothign I see wrong with it.
alot of the times u just have to take what ppl tellu and throw it out the window, ull save alot of money and if it fails at least u learned firsthand.

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You need a carbon arch welder.

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do what crxdan said...basically weld a big bead on the cast and let it flow into the flange...did that on a y7 manifold a while back and it looked great and never broke

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I did it to my turbo. Kept blowing gaskets and near lost the turbo once.

Used my 50 yr old Forney Arc weld with 6013 rod. Cranked the heat(I mean CRANKED) did 2-3 passes per side (4 altogether) It Held all summer and when I took it of the car a month ago, no cracks or nothing.

Give her a try. If it doesn't work, it was a 30 dollar manifold anyways.

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I had my muffler shop weld a y7 mani to my T3.
Never cracked. Never had a problem.

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How much did they charge you by the way?