How to build a top mount manifold with minimal warp
16-Oct-2006, 07:53 PM
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How to build a top mount manifold with minimal warp
1. build your collector. i don't have any pics of building my collector, but space is sometimes an issue with top mounts so i decided to go with something a little more unconventional.
2. place your collector where you want it in relation to the head flange and start making your first runner. i decided to go with runner #3 since i knew it would be the most difficult to route.
3. tack it all together and then weld the runner, but not the pipe joining the runner to the head flange.
4. do the same for each of the remaining runners.
next runner:
5. once you have the runners all welded, bolt the head flange to a thick plate or head that isn't being used. i use a 2"x3" piece of steel that i drilled and tapped the head flange bolt pattern into to prevent warping.
6. weld the insides of the pipe to head flange seams to help prevent cracking.
2. place your collector where you want it in relation to the head flange and start making your first runner. i decided to go with runner #3 since i knew it would be the most difficult to route.
3. tack it all together and then weld the runner, but not the pipe joining the runner to the head flange.
4. do the same for each of the remaining runners.
next runner:
5. once you have the runners all welded, bolt the head flange to a thick plate or head that isn't being used. i use a 2"x3" piece of steel that i drilled and tapped the head flange bolt pattern into to prevent warping.
6. weld the insides of the pipe to head flange seams to help prevent cracking.
16-Oct-2006, 07:54 PM
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finished product:
you can see there is a little bit of warp, but not much.
the external wg will go on afterward.
you can see there is a little bit of warp, but not much.
the external wg will go on afterward.
16-Oct-2006, 10:16 PM
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Nice, perhaps the DIY section instead?
16-Oct-2006, 10:20 PM
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dam man thats some skill right there, quality welds aswell
17-Oct-2006, 05:47 PM
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Originally posted by Mischev
is that fuzzy's manifold?
is that fuzzy's manifold?
17-Oct-2006, 06:37 PM
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man u got skill... im impressed
18-Oct-2006, 10:42 PM
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so they can be built 2 prety mutch any dosition ???
i want ac and turbo i was told i cant be done but if i can get the **** costom made i can put it anyplace yea??
can a turbo be on any angle ?? or
i want ac and turbo i was told i cant be done but if i can get the **** costom made i can put it anyplace yea??
can a turbo be on any angle ?? or
19-Oct-2006, 03:23 PM
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looks good but to bad it's not Stainless.....
19-Oct-2006, 04:05 PM
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Originally posted by GOT_RICED
looks good but to bad it's not Stainless.....
looks good but to bad it's not Stainless.....
19-Oct-2006, 09:36 PM
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How do you Tig those tight spaces? Damn...
19-Oct-2006, 11:01 PM
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thats someoe who's passionate about their car!
21-Oct-2006, 12:02 AM
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Originally posted by weiRtech
looks can be deceiving... the piping is all 304ss, just the flanges are ms.
looks can be deceiving... the piping is all 304ss, just the flanges are ms.
this is SS
22-Oct-2006, 06:30 PM
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Originally posted by fastandfurious8
doesnt look antyhing like stainless.
this is SS
doesnt look antyhing like stainless.
this is SS
anyways, that's some nice footwork there weirech. looks good. why didn't you have the flanges CNC'd in stainless too?
what I did with mine after it was welded, is I had the flange milled flat again to remove the warpage.
22-Oct-2006, 07:50 PM
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Originally posted by bbarbulo
you are a mook.
you are a mook.
22-Oct-2006, 09:23 PM
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Very nice work, and very nice welds. 
23-Oct-2006, 09:54 AM
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Originally posted by fastandfurious8
doesnt look antyhing like stainless.
doesnt look antyhing like stainless.
23-Oct-2006, 02:01 PM
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Originally posted by SLOGAN
why would you argue? He clearly knows what he is talking about.
why would you argue? He clearly knows what he is talking about.
