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Old Feb 17, 2003 | 11:26 AM
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OK guys i need help. my kit is almost done. i found a hf manifold at the junk and bought ti for 15 bucks.im going to be hooking it up to a t3. ineed tomake the adapter and dont knwo where to start. where can i find a nice square 3/4" thik piece of steel? what about the studs? i seen in the site that their using pathfinder exhaust studs but when i go to the autoparts store what year should i ask for?? man i getting anxiuos, please help?!! after this i need to get a downpipe made but i want to do this first. thanks
Old Feb 17, 2003 | 01:02 PM
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adapter plate tech: https://www.homemadeturbo.com/tech_p...er_plate_tech/
Old Feb 17, 2003 | 05:49 PM
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ya beleive me i ve read that article more than a couple of times, but do you know where i can find the steel plate at??im gona try to do it myself at my auto shop class but need the plate. a machine shop would probably sharge too mcuh for 2hrs of labor. thanks
Old Feb 17, 2003 | 07:07 PM
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What about stainless? Would it work?
Old Feb 17, 2003 | 08:15 PM
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We use cold rolled mild steel.. just cheap ----, cost about 3 bucks per plate.

Any steel yard should have this stuff.

Stainless would work, just a bit harder to cut through.

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Old Feb 17, 2003 | 08:22 PM
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Thanks Jeff



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