I want that turbo header..its a very nice piece..just go get it coated now and itll be uber sexy!
how much did he charge you for that turbo manifold, cuz im looking for a similar design but made for my eco???
what in the bloody hell do you need an oil pan that big for? lol
As to the mani... I don't know, maybe its just the pics, but the welds look... well... mediocre at best... the weld from that support rod to the flange looks tight, but the welds on the runners themselves look pretty sloppy.
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'Nuff said
v-band clamps are the only way to go, IMO
nice setup
scarab, if you look at the penetration on either side of the welds it looks like he's got it setup right.
The only thing is he's not laying the nicest looking bead. Then again, there's no comparing it to any machine welds.
That would be interesting to have as a straight header.
Still, very not bad.
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Thanks for all of the comments and compliments, the header is 321 stainless with a burns merge collector, the dp is 3" stainless with v-band and flex joint and the oilpan is a modded stocker and I paid $1600 for everything including shipping. Maybe Atomic will chime in and give individual prices for everything, and though the oilpan looks huge it's only about 1" deeper than the stocker but it has kickouts and internal baffles for oil control plus it has a -10an fitting for the turbo drain fitting. The reason for such a large capacity oilpan ( it holds 2 - 2.5 qts more than stock ) is that the 2.4 motors are notorious for burning, loosing and using oil and the last thing I want with my new turbo motor is to be low on oil and spin a bearing or lose a turbo. I'd rather be safe than sorry. Also I am going to have the header jet-hot coated at least on the exterior.
2000 Z24 5spd header & catback for now.
If any of you want to contact him his email is atomicmotorsports@yahoo.com.
2000 Z24 5spd header & catback for now.
97cavie24ls those are the only ones I have right now I'm waiting for the parts to get to me, they should be here by the end of the week. Then I can take more pics of the baffling etc.
2000 Z24 5spd header & catback for now.
Very nice engineering involved, but the fits on the oil pan are terrible, you deffinatly wouldnt want to be welding aluminum with fits like that. And the welds on the manifold...eek. But still, nice pieces, just work on fits and welds.
Well I appreciate that but I didn't do the work Atomic did and I'm not concerned about the welds, for me it's not about asthetics it's about performance, and as long as none of the welds leak then I'm fine. No one will really see the oilpan or the header once they are on the car anyway.
2000 Z24 5spd header & catback for now.
how much was the turbo header???
Dale Young wrote:Well I appreciate that but I didn't do the work Atomic did and I'm not concerned about the welds, for me it's not about asthetics it's about performance, and as long as none of the welds leak then I'm fine. No one will really see the oilpan or the header once they are on the car anyway.
Yeah, but what you're ignoring is the fact that sloppy welds like that are going to be more likely to break down the road. I dunno who atomic is but i can bet he couldn't pass a welding cert. test with those pieces.
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uh ohh, is that a t4 flange on that manifold? which turbo are you using?
RyZ96 wrote:uh ohh, is that a t4 flange on that manifold? which turbo are you using?
I was just about to post the same thing.
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2000 Z24 5spd header & catback for now.
Ok as far as the welds go thats a double pass weld so thats 100 %penitration. 1st pass was light penitration(good looking) and the second was 100% penatration (contaminated looking).
When you do 100% penitration on thin wall tubing its going to be verry inconsistant and sloppy looking. I take it there are not any welders in the j-body forums.
The header was also all welded up while i was running my shop out of my garage. Since then i have moved into a full shop and am now set up for back purging headers.
For the pan that was made to Dales specs. He wanted it as large as posable for odvious reasons. The pics dont do the pan any justice it turned out much better than even i was expecting.
Whoever said those aluminum gaps look bad need to look again. Thats top quality work in progress as you can see its just tacked.
I would put my welding up against anyone in the local chicago aria and im confident i could hold my own. Im certified in MIg Tig and Arc by Local 73
My website will be up and running here shortly for anyone interested. My labor rate is usualy $40 depending on the job. Some stuff like headers i give flat rates.
For instance dales header was $875 my log manis start at $280 most welding jobs are flat rate jobs.
My web guy has all the pictures of my recent work or i would post up some finished recent work. If this post is still going in a day or two i will post up some pics.
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Damn, I couldnt run a header like that with my auto
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Regarding the pan: Large as possible for obvious reasons? Please explain because the reasoning isn't so obvious on this end.
Blew it up, build numbers coming soon
larger pan = more oil
which = no running out of oil
deeper = keep more oil away from the crank , since you can run the level a little lower
more oil = longer you can run before oil change , and lower oil temps
