My Turbo Manifold

[fat_85_civic]

Hey Guys

I’m just about ready to start putting the turbo on to my car after about 9 months of collecting all of the parts and I thought some of you might be interested in the log manifold I made for my car, I had to make my own manifold because of the engine and car I have any other manifold would not have fitted in.

Heres the butt weld fittings (steampipe) I started with

http://www.redpepperracing.com/gallery/d/206494-1/Steam+Pipe.JPG

First I cut the pieces down to fit and used an old gasket to get the port spacing correct

http://www.redpepperracing.com/gallery/d/212123-1/Manifold+2.JPG

Here it is all welded together and the mount for the flange started

http://www.redpepperracing.com/gallery/d/212675-1/manifold+10.jpg

Before it was fully welded together I ported it all out on the inside to remove the lips from the fittings not lining up perfectly.

And this is the test fit before it was fully welded up.

http://www.redpepperracing.com/gallery/d/212690-1/manifold+14.jpg

http://www.redpepperracing.com/gallery/d/212702-1/manifold+18.jpg

All I have left to do on it now is a little bit more porting around the flanges and it’s ready to go.

Hope yous like it!

Cheers
Luke

[beeza]

Awesome Luke,just awesome!

[IEVAQ8]

nice work

[Lukezen27]

Nice work Luke...

I'm using a log manifold and she works well and no chance in hell that she'll brake :thumbsup:

[Limbo]

mate looks nice but wouldn't it be cheaper to get a built log manifold?

[fat_85_civic]

As i said in the first post


I had to make my own manifold because of the engine and car I have any other manifold would not have fitted in.


and all up it has only cost me about $250, and it would of been alot cheaper if i could of welded it up myself. I just tacked it up and had it welded by someone else.

[Aza]

nice work , have u machined the faces?

[fat_85_civic]

not yet, im goin to finish porrting it all out first then check the flatness of it too see if it needs doin, it was bolted to the head whilst it was welded so hopefully its not too bad

[G AE82]

Cool, D series turbo in a AH. This will haul.

[Lukezen27]

Is the motor built for boost?

[fat_85_civic]

not yet, im going to get the turbo all sorted out and running low boost first then build the block with forged pistons an rods.
At the moment it is only 20K Kms old so its in good shape to turbo.
Ill post up a build thread soon with all the things ive got planned.

cheers
luke

[Blue]

have you thought of coating it with say ceramic or other temp coating?

[fat_85_civic]

maybe, i want to run it for awhile first tho incase it cracks somewhere and need to be r-welded, ruining the ceremic coating. and i dont really want to paint it because it will most likely burn off, but i might give it a try. Im hopefully going to make up a heat sheild for it too.

[nd55]

Great effort!!!!


I might suggest cutting some slots between the ports on the flange to allow it expand & contract.

..... but I'm not being a back seat driver.

Nick.

[CRAVED]

nice work, just wondering who cut the head flange for you ? or was it pre built/cut?

[fat_85_civic]

i got them done by a local guy who works at an engineering compay. his e-mail is:
colemaneng@optusnet.com.au if you want to email him. He's located near nowra in NSW. His prices are very good and he did them for me within a day.

Luke

[CRAVED]

Cheers Luke - i'll add that to my repository of fabrication stuff .