Manifold building adventure

[SkyLizzle]

Heya gorgeous work first off! and 2ndly how much $$'s are you in as far as materials?

[Zacho]

Thanks for the words Colin.

Heya gorgeous work first off! and 2ndly how much $$'s are you in as far as materials?

With coating/porting around 450 all said and done. I get a really good deal through work on the weld el's (the 90 & 45 degree sch40 bends). This doesn't include my jigs or the MASSIVE amount of time required. If you wonder why $1200-2000 cost what they do...these things take an enormous amount of time and patience.

[Zacho]

It's all finished, just have some grinding to do on the ports. Then it is off to get coated Monday.

[scottygtr]

That looks amazing! Nice work

[Zacho]

Some better pictures. Nothing is cleaned up on it yet. Some of the head flange welds aren't the prettiest but the weld puddle was always trying to wash out on me since I was using 1 1/4'' pipe in 1 1/2'' recesses. Lesson learned for next time.

I think my patience paid off. The head flange has almost zero warp. I'm going to run it on a belt grinder very briefly to make sure.




Here you can see in the corner I also welded the insides of the turbine flange.


All that is left is sandblast/coating/a little port work.

[r33_gtst]

Love it
Can't wait to see the end result

[Zacho]

Figured I would post up pics of it all coated and finished. Its a nice piece.

[ColinR33]

Wow! Very sexy Zacho.

[gtrjerry73]

wow i am impressed. really impressed. it turned out really well. you have got to be proud of that. look forward to seeing it in the car keep us posted

[ST240]

Yeah that turned out awsome man. Good job.

[leeaspin]

Wow man awesome job it turned out really nice. How much does it weigh?

[Supraclean]

Zach u da man. Nice work, keep it up. Going to have to start building downpipes/ intake manifolds:P

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[Voodoo_ChildR32]

Utterly amazing! Kudos on a professional looking piece.


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[Zacho]

Thanks for the comments gents. I didn't weigh it but it isn't light weight. But I'm OK with that, I know this won't crack and it fits exactly how I want.

It is in the car already, I'm trailering it to the dyno in a little over a week. Here are some more.






Here is what it replaces. I modified and fixed this thing multiple times. It is also the reason I have so many scratches in my engine bay from removing/putting it back in so many times.



If anyone wants some help if they decide to build their own, maybe I can help point you in the right direction. PM me and I'll do what I can.

[gtrjerry73]

Props props props!!! Couldnt have done better myself... seriously if I did it would like this good job man