I haven't seen anyone do one of these for a while, but here it is:
go to a junkyard and find an old 2.2 (early 90s I guess), there are a million
it will have an exhaust manifold that looks like a 'T'...pull it off and buy it (I paid $10)
take it home and cut off the downpipe section so there is an O in the bottom of the manifold, and it now looks like a '--'
cut out a piece of steel to patch up the hole, and weld it over the hole
next, get a ~2" length of rectangular tube with a decent wall and notch the sides so that it will sit on the front (side facing you when it's mounted and you're at the front of the car) of the manifold
weld it on the manifold between where the 3rd and 4th cylinder exhaust ports
cut out the manifold inside of the piece you just added
weld T3 flange on top of the piece you just added
and presto, super cheap turbo log manifold
*if using something other than a T3 or T4 turbine housing, you may want to use round tube instead of rectangular
*if you can't weld it yourself, have someone else do it, it probably won't cost more than $100
I have a picture of mine in my profile that should give a decent image of what I'm talking about
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damn thats a blast from the past....
i remember when wes did this
Dam-it Muffins (Event) wrote:damn thats a blast from the past....
i remember when wes did this
Yeah, I was just thinking about how I haven't seen a new one in recent years.
...and everyone's always complaining about parts being too expensive...
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lol...thats the manifold i was running when the car was put in SCC....they are ugly as hell...but they work.....kinda.
check that out in the top right corner there.
thats exactly what you described.. (I think)
I'll be getting a manifold made for me, but not yet.
Its a start.
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that's the tuna
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