ok guys i have gotten a few emails on where to locate and make up your own manifold. ill try to explain some steps and where to locate the parts.

now with 90 elbows and Tee's u can create any kind of manifold u want as you guys have seen beau do with the stainless steel manifold hes making right now.

ok www.mcmaster.com has eveything u could possibly think of but i think there prices are outrageous. (5.59 for 1 1/2" elbow is crap, i can get em for 2.50$ cdn.) but if you choose to buy off mcmaster here is what u have to search

"Unthreaded Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fitting"
"Butt-Weld (Aluminum) Pipe Fittings" (duno why u want alum)
"Butt-Weld (Stainless Steel) Pipe Fittings"

**MAKE SURE U HIT "CATALOG PAGES" FOR PRICE (SCROLL DOWN)**

heres some pics of the weldable joints. as u can see you could design anything imaginable.




finding someone with a welder is another thing

but i mean if your gonna pay 1200$ for a full raice manifold, u could buy a tigmate for 1199$ learn to tig weld and make the manifold for another 100$ and u have a TIG welder now..

hope that helps some people out there.

 

Pipe fittings are cheaper but the metal is more brittle than tubular stainless - thicker 14 or 16 g tubular is a little easier to work with and should be more durable - the material I use in my manifolds is 304L tubular 14 g. I'm not even going to tell you what these tee's sell for .

anyway I sell these for $350.00 uncoated and $425 with bright ceramic coating.

 

nice manifold..

 

the first one was made for a 2g Eclipse - the second for a SOHC neon - same concept though. I like how the second picture looks like somone squatting - we call it the "***"

Ted

 

how do you cut the holes for the wg and collector/flange?

I am considering buying a welder to try and make my manifold, but I couldnt possibly afford a plasma cutter as well..

also, I am not verry familiar with welding... how many amp welder should I look for to weld the "butt-weld" pipes and what type of welder do you need for stainless?

 

well u have a few choices. now cutting 1/2 steel with a plasma is pricy for the unit that will do it. instead have a machine shop or someone u know do the flanges with a mill.

if you havent ever welded before u might want to consider a small night course or something on the basics that will help you alot.

u could either go TIG or MIG.
the Miller M200 or Air Liquide M200 are great units and can be used for anything. i think your looking at about 1200$ for those units. 200 amp.

for a tig, it seems beau's little tigmate is doing a great job, the hobart tigmate is 1199$ i believe.

and for a plasma cutter. heres a list u can compare prices and what its capable of doing. http://www.plasmacam.com/plcut.htm
so your looking at about 2300$ for a plasma cutter that will cut 1/2 pretty fast.

hope that helps ya out.

 

I just bought a little Lincoln Electric "Handy MIG" from Lowes for about $260... works just fine if you're working with Mild Steel.

-Henry

 

i got a little electric. once i used a welder with co2/argon.. omg eletric is so *** compared.