Topic: Fixed my broken manifold (Read 6415 times)

patsmx5 · « **on:** July 15, 2009, 11:13:16 PM »

So over christmas I turbo'd the car. I couldn't find anyone who could weld the wastegate pipe on to the manifold (steel to cast iron), so I ended up having it brazed on. Yeah....... I added a bolt on brace from the WG to the manifold to keep vibration down. Six months later, I start the car one day and it had completely cracked/broken away from the manifold.

**miracle it lasted this long**

I went ahead and changed the old 1.5" tubing for a piece of shedule 40 pipe, 0.139 thick vs. like .020... And made four braces to steady the pipe and keep vibration down, and offer support so that the weld from the pipe to the manifold isn't having to carry all the load.

Before:

Then it broke:

Now:

I'll have more pics later. My camera is being retarded. I took like 20 pics, and they're all viewable from the camera, but it would only upload three. No idea. I'm upgrading the software so maybe that will fix it. But got this welded up for 30 bucks.

SgtB · « **Reply #1 on:** July 15, 2009, 11:31:53 PM »

Looks like shit. Good job.

turbob16hatch · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2009, 08:10:55 PM »

real hmt there.... good job

CSaddict · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2009, 08:27:09 PM »

Wow, now that is support!!!

patsmx5 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2009, 11:59:13 PM »

Thanks. Hope it works well. Got the turbine, manifold, and DP all cleaned up and painted it all black. Looks better. Hope all the paint doesn't fall off. Gonna put it all back on tomorrow.

Camera is a POS. I can see all the pics, and I even FINALLY got them to upload, but now I can't get photobucket to see them. I'll try to take some pics of everything painted and see if I can get them up. Got my inspiration from the rolling stones.

Ghetto_D · « **Reply #5 on:** July 17, 2009, 12:07:05 AM »

sand it down or strip the rust with a wirebrush, wipe clean with a rag. paint it flat black with some high temp engine paint or bbQ grill paint do a few coats, lay it on thick. Toss in the oven to bake for a few hours and that bitch aint coming off.

that brace looks good.

patsmx5 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 17, 2009, 12:10:02 AM »

Quote from: Ghetto_D on July 17, 2009, 12:07:05 AM

sand it down or strip the rust with a wirebrush, wipe clean with a rag. paint it flat black with some high temp engine paint or bbQ grill paint do a few coats, lay it on thick. Toss in the oven to bake for a few hours and that bitch aint coming off.

that brace looks good.

Thanks for typing out what I did so I won't have to.

Just haven't baked it yet, gonna do that on the car per the instructions, but if I could I'd do it in the oven.

That Guy · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2009, 02:25:57 AM »

i had some bake on gunkote shit for my pistol i got an old ass oven for free off local classifieds. it didnt even leave the back of my truck, just plugged it into my heavy gauge welder extension cord, baked paint, then dumped the bastard off at scrap metal dump, pretty sure it was still warm... all for free

patsmx5 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 17, 2009, 11:00:25 AM »

roadkill1991 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2009, 09:29:30 PM »

looks like a evans peformance cdm wastegate

looks just like mine
lol

NoiseRacing · « **Reply #10 on:** July 23, 2009, 02:15:38 AM »

patsmx5 wow how random to find you after being banned from MT.net. Anyways love to see the continuation of your build and a place to find your build.

bigdaddyvtec · « **Reply #11 on:** July 23, 2009, 04:11:25 AM »

wholy shit it looks like horexs moms cock

jagojon3 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 23, 2009, 01:08:46 PM »

Nice work, I think it looked better before paint.

bryantaylor · « **Reply #13 on:** July 23, 2009, 04:18:32 PM »

not bad at all pat.

patsmx5 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 23, 2009, 05:52:56 PM »

Here it is all installed and baked on the car.

bryantaylor · « **Reply #15 on:** July 25, 2009, 03:44:28 PM »

god damn look at that clusterfuck of wires

patsmx5 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 25, 2009, 04:03:16 PM »

Thanks.

Yeah, it looks like shit, but it works fine. Half of that shit is the old wiring that's in place so the stock ECU will run the alternator.

Need to build some fancy circuit to run the alternator and then do away with the OEM shit and rewire my stuff.

TheMadScientist · « **Reply #17 on:** July 26, 2009, 11:31:20 PM »

I love it looks tits. Love how people that are banned from other sites are accepted here with open arms those are the people that make this site what it is today. It's great brings a tear to my eye, lol

HiProfile · « **Reply #18 on:** August 12, 2009, 10:41:52 PM »

I'm guessing a GT32? Not many Garrett's have a 6-bolt DP.

So far it looks good. What's it do for power? Low 300's?

patsmx5 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 12, 2009, 10:44:15 PM »

Yeah, gt3271. Still working fine. It's around 270-300whp. I need a cutout and larger injectors. (and a drivetrain to take the power....)

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