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anybody wantign to make their own manifold should really check their local plumbing shop. went here with a friedn and gto everythign i need besides flanges for $16. 2 T's and 2 90* elbows. will post pics when im done welding it up.


outside the box kids ;)

PS i'm wasted

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what plumming store

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very interesthing, will have to see results and durability.

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they have them at just about evevery plumbing store, local stores are most likelet to have them. home depot isn't the best bet this time.

a fridn of mine is actually using one from another memebr here, not sure of the name right now.




i'll post pics in a bit of what i bought.

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Thats a pretty good deal, what size and material did you get?

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Are you talking threaded elbows and tees?

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black iron turbo manifold? :1

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O0 where are the pics?

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butt weld elbows and Ts?

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Yeah, plumbing supply stores usually have them, just have to call around sometimes.

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yeah

yeah thats what it was. it was a choice between that and galvanized, figured it would be a little easier to weld then the galv.

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here is what i got next to a HF manifold to show size and how it would line up

http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/8/...3/plumbing.JPG
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/8/24/183923/tee.JPG

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someone did this, i dont remember who tho :S

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lol yeah i know, a friend of mine ended up buying it not knowing that it was plumbing parts because he had heat wrap on it

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die grind the threads out O0

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This is awesome, i'm making one. i dont even need it

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it has been done before, most here think outside the box...
but post some pics when done.

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:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :y

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---- i might make a few and wrap them then sell them on hondatech
great idea
but instead of welding them together i'll just use some of the coupler thingys
---- i'll make a few with an extra one for wastegates.
can't wait

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yeah i know it has been done, i already said a friend of mine has one. just letting everybody else know whats up.


yeah i dont even nee done either. ---- we actually went to the store so that he could buy the parts for him but he bitched out so i picked them up fro myself

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On the other hand besides using pipe fitting you could goto a pipe supply store and buy weldment fittings and then you dont have to worry bout grinding out the threads and having to deal with cutting threw that thick ass pipie to weld on a flange and the weldment fittings come with bevels on them for weld prep. to make welding easier.

heres my HMTurbo header made fomr weldment fittings.

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looks good. i know thay had weld T's and 90's but they were pretty pricey. think they wanted $22 just for a T, if i was gonna pay that price i would just get the ---- from ace stainless or another site that sells that ----.

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I did:

https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...?topic=82585.0


Attachment 19305

Slo_crx1 did it before me, for a 14b on his b16 a while back. That's where I got the idea.

You have to take some material off between the T's and die grind the threads. Bevel the edges too between the joints then fill the bevel with weld.

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damn, almost makes me wish i still worked at a hardware store..haha

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Looks good. Can someone post some pics, of the inside of the runners, once they are welded to the head flange? I want to see what kind of porting needs to be done, or filling. Thanks

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too much trouble for shitty flow. might aswell buy a ching chow cast manifold and get better results.

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That's what I have. Just curious about the ports. :1

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i tried tig welding those exact fittings together and that ---- is as bad a cast iron. the weld is cracked before you even pull the torch away. those are not weld els

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heat with a rose bud torch till red hot then weld it

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good idea...but i dont think its going to hold up.

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it will i have repaired alot of cast ---- the very same way i told you you can tack it to hold in place while you heat it

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is that just with galvanized?

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anything cast need to be heated and gali will flake away as you heat it with a torch it just a surface coating actually if you dont remove the galvi coating it will make the weld weaker

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Most good plumbing supply shop carry weld els. I respect the effort and I hope it holds together.

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i seen dthose but they wanted $21 for each T. i dont really need a mani at the moment since i already have one but if i was gonna spend that much i would just buy soem from Ace or somehtign like that since their a sponsor. but ---- even doing it like that you can make a pretty quality manifold for under $60

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you're falling behind. you bought them parts 6 days ago and we have no pics :3

:P

weld them up already!

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lol, ---- man i still need to order flanges.

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pffft... just jb weld a buncha gaskets together. :D

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hahahahaha...hmmmmm

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You're getting raped. I got all my fittings for <$20.

Been holding fine so far. although I haven't driven the car as much as I'd like.



Tig is too ----- for this ----. I just cranked the heat on my Mig and welded it.