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Posted by dmontzmax (92 SE) on July 15, 2002 at 23:14:44:
In Reply to: Some additions to jeff's comments.... posted by Matt on July 15, 2002 at 23:06:10:
: all of the rest of the piping on the system was done in stainless also, due to the heat involved. : Flanges to bolt up to the rear manifold were brand new laser cut/CNC machined steel sourced from the shop who did the work. : : The original design did not have an FMIC in mind, but I told them to hold off on the next one until I can fiddle with it some. when I decide what I want on my car, I'll give them the measurements and have them build the new version with an FMIC in mind. basically, the turbo is just going to be situated so that the charge piping spits the pressurized air out of the right side, so I can run it into the fender well or wherever I can find a place to run the piping.. then the IC will be behind/under/near/whatever the bumper and the piping will come back in on the left side of the car, roughly the same place as my CAI currently does. : I figure that's about the best and cleanest way to do the piping, so that's pretty much where we're stuck. : As with you, I'm so busy, I don't even have time to wash my car. Got married two weeks ago and still haven't even finished cleaning the shoe polish off the car! : : Kinda sounds like you want to just get a custom one done that resembles our or maybe one of the 4-gen turbo applications. The 4gen one is pretty good, but you gotta deep six the battery to the trunk, and there is more piping involved. : : How serious are you? : : : I realize there's X amount of ways to make a manifold for a V motor. Pretend you're a salesman trying to sell "your" product, how would you describe and present your manifolds? If I go with your manifold I needed more info, material, mandrel, type of welding, does it use any OEM exhaust parts, new flange, what size flange, etc. anything. We can either chat here or else where but personally I prefer here so anyone else can read and maybe we'll answer questions they might have.
: the OEM manifold tubing is made of some sort of stainless. we're not sure what, but it IS stainless. the flanges itself are steel of some sort, not stainless (as they were rusted when we cut apart the OEM manifold. the tubing wasn't).
: so basically what is involved is send "us" (jeff or I) the money, then I'll purchase a stock front manifold and send it to them with the money. They then chop it up and add the turbo stuff to it, and then I'll pick it up when it's finished and mail to the new owner.
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: : This setup puts the turbo right under the front manifold downpipe. We managed to figure out how to effectly and reliably make a custom x-over pipe to utilize all 6 cylinders. Since there were not commerically viable turbo flanges, a thick custom one was fabricated. It uses the stock front manifold and all the piping and welding is compatible w/ that material(it was some sorta odd stuff).