Manifolds for 100 shipped?
 

I'm thinking about cranking out some manifold for dseries and more than likely bseries later on, just wondering if anybody would be interested.

they'll be made out of 3/8" mild steel for the flanges and mild steel bends/tees for 100 shipped. tig welded.

I've already made a few flanges, trying to get the bolt pattern down, but they'll go for 20 shipped.

Would anybody buy these things at these prices?

also if anyone knows where I can find the dimensions for a t3 flange, i'd appreciate it.

pics will be here by the end of the week.

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you say you're making flanges?

whats your process for this. it cant really be said on whether or not people would buy them without seeing pictures of your work.

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right now I'm using a drill press and torch, using a gasket as a template, once I get a solid steel template ready I'll be using a tracing torch on the exhaust holes.

I know pics are needed, I'll have them by the end of this week. Just seeing if the price sounds about right.

And yes, my welds are solid.

the flanges are still rectangular , as in not tapered on the sides like the gasket is.

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If you bought 25 flanges or so, you could probably get a shop to cut them for you, for not that much money.

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i'm doing this for free right now....

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sounds alright... 8)

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cool, I'm probably going to do a run of 5-10 or so flanges then make a couple manifolds to see how they sell.

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so $100 shipped for a mani with turbo flange? throw up some pics and ill definately consider it

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Ya pics of the manifold and mounted pics and you will sell without good luck

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Make me a sohc mani with t3 flange on it for 100 shipped and u have a deal.

PEOPLE WANT PICS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

Seriously man. Its sounds good.
Get some pics up.

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Any stainless mani's in the near future?

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i will give you a $100 shipped on a mani do they have external wastegate flange??

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manifolds come prewarped?

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:)

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I'd definitly be interested, once you get b series roling in

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If it's good quality work (well constructed...good welds, good flow, etc.) people will buy them. At $100.00 shipped for a custom manifold, that might be the cheapest ever on this site. As mentioned before you need to post pictures.

Good luck.

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I'll buy a sohc d series too !

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no abaz, I know what a jig is for.

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I can't imagine how you can make ---- for money at $100 shipped. Consumables plus parts plus shipping= no money left over.

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I've got 3 8 foot sheets of 3/8" steel- free, and the tees and elbows, if I can find them for around 30-50 bucks then I'm still making 50 bucks. The flanges alone are straight profit.

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You have a computer operated cutting unit to cut the flanges?

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well, yeah I do but I'm not using it. I'm using a drill press and a torch.

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id like to see the quality of these manis and the quality of the flanges as well

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Well, to be sure of the quality of your manifold, we could find ten people giving 10 buck each, then you send the manifold to Abaz so he can test the quality (if he want). And the 10$ these people would be giving could count as a donation for the 2006 HMT donation.

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Re: Manifolds for 100 shipped?
 

we're not all communist labatt50...hehe. It sounds like a good idea to me, but I'm just now getting into the fabrication phase.

I still need to find a template to make the T3 flanges and source some piping locally. GIve me a week and we'll see what I can crank out.

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i'd buy a d-series + t3 flange for $100 shipped any day if the welds are straight.

count me in ;D

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Sorry to bust your bubble, but anything welded for a long period of time (as manifolds usually are) does warp. To what extent really depends on several other things. Its highly recommended that flanges are milled according (usually several thousandths does the trick) so that you can have a really good seal with your gasket and optimize air flow for quicker spool times.
At $100 shipped with nice tig welds, youd be like JJ, only youll be the king of manifolds

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okay, I got one welded up, gonna do the t3 flange tomorrow then grind down the welds and paint.

You were right, it did warp a little bit, less than a 1/16" but I'm gonna have it planed so it will fit flush.

should have pics up friday.

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this is HMT bitch. ---- buying materials, just look behind all kinds of diff shops and pick up thier scraps. then it would be nearly 100% profit O0

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cant wait to see these.

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---- yeah, b series, t3 flange... how much if you added for a external wastegate flange... 38mm?

that's a fcking deal dog

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I would be interested.

But please dont paint it before the pics, We want to see the detail on them.

Re: Manifolds for 100 shipped?
 

Well, to be sure of the quality of your manifold, we could find ten people giving 10 buck each, then you send the manifold to Abaz so he can test the quality (if he want). And the 10$ these people would be giving could count as a donation for the 2006 HMT donation.

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give me a qoute on a t3 bseries with a 38 mm w/g flange and ac compatible please... how soon can you have one done???

awesome ------- deal

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waiting for some pics O0

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if it is warped, a machinist can true up the flanges

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I'm down for a manifold PM me about it.

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Ill take a D series manifold thats AC compatable and flanged for a DSM T25 please. ;D lol

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i dont think you'lll last long doing this.

reason being that making $50 on a manifold you have to spend a ton of time hand making parts for is going to burn you out quickly.

theres quite a bit of time into a project like that to only make $50 off of it.

You'd be better off finding a local laser cutter, who will stamp out like 25 flanges for you for fairly cheap, selling them for $150, cutting your time down to nearly nothing, and making more like $75 or more from each one.

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even $150 is a pretty good deal. the best ive seen produced in quantity is on eBay for like $149 + shipping or something like that