homemade manifold might be warped, what should I do??
05-30-2004, 08:38 PM
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homemade manifold might be warped, what should I do??
ok, I made my oown manifold, looks great and fits great, but I went to do my final install of it tonight and the passenger side bottom bold doesn't tighten down tight enough. It ahs like less than a 1/16th of an inch to tighten (one full turn of the bolt) what can I do about this? I've checked to see if the turbo is hitting on anything, but everything looks great. Do you think that if I double gasket it, it would maybe work?
05-31-2004, 05:01 PM
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Re:homemade manifold might be warped, what should I do??
Whatever it costs, its probably worth it. The first turbo Corolla had a warped flange and I ran it like that, sounded like ----, black soot all over the engine bay... Get it resurfaced and you'll be happy with it!
05-31-2004, 05:50 PM
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Re:homemade manifold might be warped, what should I do??
I'm going to do the same with mine. Hackish on this board made mine and the drivers side is off a fraction of a mm. So we are going to get it machined as well. The flange we used is pretty thick, so machining a fraction of a mm would be fine.
