decided to try to make my own turbo manifold

[ca18donny]

Idecided last week to build my own turbo manifold.I am using sch. 40 1-1/2 inch carbon steel weld elbows(if i like the way that this one fits i might build another one using stainless).I am now just waiting for my last two elbows to get here tomorrow so I can finish it up.here are some pix of my progress so far:the collector

the inside of the collector
Modified by ca18donny at 3:14 PM 9/24/2009

[ca18donny]

how far I have gotten with It so far

just a couple of random shots of my car



let me know what you all think so far.

[ca18detgabby]

car looks awesome. need some paint........

in for more pics of the mani, looks good so far. how are you going to mate runner 2 and 3 with just an elbow? a little extra pipe?

[ca18donny]

Thanks.the paint is already planned for it (Ford electric green metallic).I should be finishing up the mani today at work.I will get more pics of it tonight when it is finished.As far asrunner 2 and 3 you are correct they will have an elbow with a short piece of pipe to the head flange.

[LEE_08]

not bad mate, car looks hot!

[ca18donny]

I finished welding everything today now I just need to clean up all of the welds and have it ceramic coated.Here are updated pics:



Over all I am happy with it

[fabio240]

Looks great I wonder how hard dsm flange would be to put on there......(hint) someone make one for me plz.

[louiswun]

Very nice rim, I like it !

[Kalypso]

great manifold well done, I wish you did a write up.

I dont like the wing or the maxxes (get some sp's ), but nice work all around, thank you for sharing.

[ca18donny]

Thanks for the comments.If i make another mani I will document everything then.This time I was not sure how it would come out.I used this topic off of a VW forum to get the idea of how to do it.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3835589

I just got the 962's so I think they will be staying for a while at least.

I will post up finished pics after it gets ceramic coated and installed.

[Kalypso]

thanks for the link, im doing this eventually.

[ca18donny]

In the link he used a chop saw to make the collector,but I used a Bridgeport mill to do mine.It was easier that way.I cut my collector at 11 degrees.

[RS12Turbo]

Looks great I wonder how hard dsm flange would be to put on there......(hint) someone make one for me plz.

Looks good!

Here is mine, I need to pull it off to get ceramic coated. A buddy of mine on Club s12 is making them to order.....1/8" wall stainless. Thing is stout! Weighs in at about 25-28 lbs Oh....and mine has a dsm flange.






Modified by RS12Turbo at 8:37 AM 9/28/2009

[fabio240]

Looks good!

Here is mine, I need to pull it off to get ceramic coated. A buddy of mine on Club s12 is making them to order.....1/8" wall stainless. Thing is stout! Weighs in at about 25-28 lbs Oh....and mine has a dsm flange.







Modified by RS12Turbo at 8:37 AM 9/28/2009

YEh I know your friend makes them but I believe I sent him an Email but he never replied I just wanna know a price my car is an s13 with a big 16g.....

[RS12Turbo]

yeah...he's been hard to get a hold of recently.....i'll try and get a hold of him...and see if I can get him. Whats a good contact number/ email address he can get you with? Email it to me if you don't want to post it [email protected]