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Hello there. First, thanks for all the support and hint for completing my custom manifold. As it was told, most of the parts can be found locally or at mcmaster.com and cheapturbo. Here is the results, it should look alike Maxrev manifold. It only need to be welded togeter and a neck and flange must be welded as well. It's pretty easy to do, the hardest part I think, is to cut the pipes, du to very thick walls.

Cheers



http://pages.infinit.net/bobo10/manifold0001.JPG

http://pages.infinit.net/bobo10/manifold0002.JPG


http://pages.infinit.net/bobo10/manifold0004.JPG


http://pages.infinit.net/bobo10/manifold0005.JPG

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What is the total cost of the piping?
Looking nice..

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how long are the Tees' like across the straight part.
i want to know where to cut mine.

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They are about 10cm... but you just put them front/back and you will see how much to cut! I must say, there is no predeterminated mesearurement.


Cheers

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thanks!

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is that stainless steel?

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no its not, because its coated

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give us teh specs liek what type of metal and size, where do you get it? all taht good stuff. thanks

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thats really home made! very sweet!

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what size weld el's did you use..yours look like the angles are a little differant..mine cost a total of $30.00..what kind of turbo are you mounting to that? mine is a spitting image..looks good!

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Mine a Sched 40... cost about the same as yours.

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nice manny man.

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what diameter piping are you using?

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1.5 inch ID.

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Im using 1.5 ID piping as well, is that enough flow?

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u guys can prolly find a lot of answers here.
https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...y;threadid=989

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where did you pick up the little plate that you weld the pipes onto then bolt onto the block? what is the difference between tig and mig? what do tig and mig mean? anybody know of a site where I can learn the basics of welding?

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what did you use to cut the pipes ?

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tig stands for Tungsten Inert Gas and mig stands for Metal Inert gas.. your best bet is to go to your local library and get a book... you know, what people read before there were forums and webpges, etc ;)

that is what I did and I learned a ton and then went and got my welder and started.. tons of fun!

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are you midly retarded?

hacksaw or sawzall... allo???

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here's a Q, did you have to "squish" the pipes at all to match the ovals of the flange?

-H

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they are really hard to do but its do-able.

u gotta stay on it with a torch for like 10 min then take a big sledge to the ends. make sure u hit it i the right spot or your piece could be garbage..
i port matched mine pretty good that way.. only took an hour.

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"u gotta stay on it with a torch for like 10 min then take a big sledge to the ends. make sure u hit it i the right spot or your piece could be garbage.."

when i made the fullrace knockoff i just put the pieces in a big bench vice and it ovaled out quite nice with out heat.

Beau

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heres my manifold

http://images.cardomain.com/installs...8_105_full.jpg

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HEre's a question.. if the pips are actually more round, and the port ont he flange actually smaller diameter than the pipe, would it matter if it were "squished" or not?

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how big was that vice. holy ----! i couldnt even move mine 1 bit..

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um bigger than a bread box ;)

Beau

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Looking nice but isnt that flange a bit thin? 6 or 8mm rigth?

i used 10mm thick iron on this:
http://home.online.no/~arban/Pics/Headers9.jpg

as an alternative i have also bougth a manifold from a different car with a tubular mild steel manifold wich i am in progress with modyfying for fitting my engine and the turbocharger.
This one has a 12mm thick flange.
http://home.online.no/~arban/Pics/FS%20mani3.jpg
pic shows the manifold in untouched condition.

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even though this post is old, i was wondering if you or anyone else could build me this manifold, preferably for under $125. the only place around here that sells those pieces wants way too much for them.

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Since the ends of the pipe were too hard to smash to make them oval I tacked the pipe to the flange then I had to fill the inside of the flange (head side) with welds. I then ported the welds again to smooth the transition between the oval(flange) and the weld els(pipe).

http://community.webshots.com/script...bumID=73923652

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on the round end of the connector at the bolt up to the turbo what is the part number on the round part to bolt up to the turbo plate, 2 90 degree elbows, 2 tee fittings and the manifold plate, what is the other round section on the turbo plate, needing to know cause that is a great setup, and does that allow a/c