making turbo manifolds

[dashiftyfella]

do you guys start off with headers and modify them?

[StudlyCamaro]

ive only participated in making one set of manifolds , but we used schedule 40 NSP black but weld pipe and a set of flanges

[AllTheGoodNamesAreGone]

i cant remeber who it is.. but i think we only have 1-2 memebers with forwards swept header manifolds.. and well...

as i recall the got the primary flanges from CIA and then got to bending and welding.. its no small task thats for sure..

[Shane]

Originally posted by AllTheGoodNamesAreGone:
i cant remeber who it is.. but i think we only have 1-2 memebers with forwards swept header manifolds.. and well...

as i recall the got the primary flanges from CIA and then got to bending and welding.. its no small task thats for sure..

1 member has forward swept manifolds....me

i used RK Sport header flanges. [img]graemlins/rock.gif[/img]

[StudlyCamaro]

ahh, found the link to the page i thought you might find interesting

http://www.sdsefi.com/techheader.htm

obviously not for an f-body, but it can give ya an idea

[Tiago]

shane, did you weld over teh coating on the RKs?

[Wicked 3800 V6]

The mechanic who did Anthony's, whose passenger forward-swept header I now have, did it on a Series II flange, modifying a stock GN (Series I) header for custom use.
-Rob

[slow]

shanes post is a little misleading, he used a set of header flanges only from his rk sport headers, not the full header.

Ryan

[Tiago]

Originally posted by slow:
shanes post is a little misleading, he used a set of header flanges only from his rk sport headers, not the full header.

Ryan

I know, but it is coated and he cut off the primaries, I wonder hwo well it welded if he didn't strip the coating off. Doing that sounds like a huge PITA. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[T-Punk]

i think his friend with the tt mustang did it for him. i know he got them ceramic coated so i would guess he stripped off the original coating.

[slow]

ah, sorry Tiago, i didn't see who posted that question.

As far as the answer, im not sure, i saw the qiestion, and did't see who posted it.

here are pics of the headers.

http://www.camarov6.com/ubb/ultimate...=001150#000000

can't tell too much, but im guessing they stripped it off, makes welding much easier

Ryan

[Shane]

i just grinded the areas where we welded....there was some sorta coating on it.

[dashiftyfella]

is there a place to just buy flanges instead of the headers themselves

[Tiago]

I have found the plain flanges in the past but I can't remember where anymore

[Shane]

Find them!