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Good to see AdamRX7 and the car still around here!

Must be a blast in the snow! Larger drifting circles than say with a FwD?

Yeah been busy with marriage and a son. I'm glad you saw potential in this little car. I like to check up on her. If you ever sell her let me know first

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Adam
93'FD Touring non-seq
05'WRX

Whats up adam .. its been a long time. Yes the colt is doing pretty good for the most part. It has been a fun project for me and now with the 3065 it should get a little more out of control than it already was.

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Warren
91 Eagle Summit AWD 10.14@138.31 (6.56 @110.30 1/8th, 1.48 60') 1.40 best 60 ft - best mph 154
03 EVO 10.86 @ 134.73 best mph 139.00
90 GST 10.36 @ 142.49 best mph 147.10

Tubular Header Fabrication Attempt

Key notes :
1) Stainless flanges
2) 1.5" Tubing
3)Runner length 28 inch
4) Stock dsm turbo locations
5) Head flange to radiator 9 inches
6) flange to timing belt 3 inches
7) height limit 6 inches from top of flange
8- No provision for dipstick ( will be removed)

One of the challenging things for me in regards to this manifold, is the proximity of the turbine inlet to exhaust port of runner number 3. With that being said , I had to get creative with the location of collector in regards to that specific runner. Inorder to try and accomplish this, I had to pie cut the entry to the turbine housing, as the picture below illustrates. Keep in mind that I was also trying to ensure that I can get to the bolts and nuts to attach the manifold to the turbo , as well as the cylinder head.



Once I had this portion oriented how I wanted, I began to construct Runner #4 as it would be the longest one in the manifold, and where I need to get a given length. A shot showing the collector , runner number 4 complete, and the start of runner number 3


here is front shot, showing how far down runner 4 goes down, also I hope I have enough clearance for the wastegate that is off the turbine housing.


top view


side view


Runner 1 and 2 are going to "side wind " past the timing belt area inorder to attain that 28 inch runner length

More to come as I move along...

Critique, laugh, reengineer, enjoy etc........

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Warren
91 Eagle Summit AWD 10.14@138.31 (6.56 @110.30 1/8th, 1.48 60') 1.40 best 60 ft - best mph 154
03 EVO 10.86 @ 134.73 best mph 139.00
90 GST 10.36 @ 142.49 best mph 147.10

Finished up runner #3 , I like the way it turned out.. I basically tried to make it follow the path of runner #4 , while trying to attain 28 inches of length


Next I planned my attack on #2 and number #, these are just the start of them, so they are not completed yet



a view from the rear, looks like a convoluted mess..


and now some over all shots to kind of show you what it looks like as a whole




this is alot of fun.. I won't be making another one again.. it is quite labor intensive. But I suppose everyone needs a hobby,

see ya later

w

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Warren
91 Eagle Summit AWD 10.14@138.31 (6.56 @110.30 1/8th, 1.48 60') 1.40 best 60 ft - best mph 154
03 EVO 10.86 @ 134.73 best mph 139.00
90 GST 10.36 @ 142.49 best mph 147.10

Worked on the manifold a little more today

Here are some shots of runner number 2 finished up




Number 1 was the easiest to build, but it had its challenges too... Anyway I have finished the manifold so lets go In order

TOP VIEW


Front view ( if you were standing infront of car)




Side View ( from timing belt side)


Side View ( 45 degree top view from timing belt side)


rear view 45 degree from timing belt side


full rear view ( from behind engine)


now who wants to weld this pig up, as its going to be challenging

enjoy

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Warren
91 Eagle Summit AWD 10.14@138.31 (6.56 @110.30 1/8th, 1.48 60') 1.40 best 60 ft - best mph 154
03 EVO 10.86 @ 134.73 best mph 139.00
90 GST 10.36 @ 142.49 best mph 147.10

That was my question, how on earth do you get to everything to weld it up? Looks awesome though! I can only imagine what kind of time you have in that thing mocking it all up.

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93 Mitsubishi Expo LRV 1.8/manual
95 Eagle Summit DL Coupe 1.5/manual
01 Mitsubishi Mirage ES Sedan 1.8/manual

That came out a lot better than I thought it would from the pics that were posted from the beginning stages. What's your fitment like? It's probably deceiving from the pics but how does it fit in your car? I'm sure that it can't be much more room that a ramhorn manifold seeing as how you used your stock manifold as a jig. Definitely a cool design and a show of patience and skill. I can't wait to see how it flows.

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2006 Pontiac Vibe 1.8L 1ZZFE 132HP
1997 Honda Civic EX Coupe 1.8L DOHC TURBO
Conner 6/23/09 8 lbs 3 ozs 20.5 inches
Caleb 3/17/12 8 lbs 15 ozs 20 inches

The runners will have to be individually broken down and then welded back on to get the 360 degree weld. Thanks , its unique that for sure


I have not check it on the car yet, It should look like a convoluted mess under the hood, at least where the turbo is. The stock manifold was used, so I could maintain where the 3065 is, it really has zero things in common with a ramhorn manifold, as most of those were set up for T3 flanges, and based on the inherent design of the ramhorn, it is difficult to get that to work with a stock location turbo.
My goal is have a pressure sensor hooked up to see how things change from one manifold to the next. Thank you for compliments they are appreciated.

Really though, I am building this completely for the challenge, so I intentionally made it this way, so if it fails, I will know what NOT to do next time

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Warren
91 Eagle Summit AWD 10.14@138.31 (6.56 @110.30 1/8th, 1.48 60') 1.40 best 60 ft - best mph 154
03 EVO 10.86 @ 134.73 best mph 139.00
90 GST 10.36 @ 142.49 best mph 147.10

Hey, you have to start somewhere, right? Just looking at it, it definitely is unique and if it flows better than the stock manifold then I'd say that it served it's purpose. Hell, even if it didn't, it certainly took a good amount of thought and creativity. I sure wouldn't mind having your fabrication skills.

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2006 Pontiac Vibe 1.8L 1ZZFE 132HP
1997 Honda Civic EX Coupe 1.8L DOHC TURBO
Conner 6/23/09 8 lbs 3 ozs 20.5 inches
Caleb 3/17/12 8 lbs 15 ozs 20 inches

Wow looks intense!

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92 Colt GL 4g63t + AWD swap
00 Mirage LS

thanks aaron hope all is well with you

It was a decent saturday of working on the colt. Jeremy and I tackled the rear strut towers that were cracking.. These were previousily welded on so that the 1G suspension, would have a better angle for mounting. Due to being welded on thin sheetmetal, they started to crack. You can kind of see it in the picture below


We basically , added a 1/8 inch plate of steel and mig welded it on. It is now in the primer stage


Next up>> we have hated the way the exhaust looked on this car, so we are redoing it, and making it come through the reverse lights In addition, the rear section of the exhaust is to be constructed compeletely out of stainless. I bent up a tail pipe section out of stainless plate, to make it replicate the reverse tailight shape. I think it is going to look awesome once completed. Here are some quick shots of it coming through the bumper. The cross sectional area of this shape is 12 in^2 versus a cross sectional area of 7.1 in^2 for a 3 inch tube.





Next I have started to weld up the exhaust manifold, here is a shot of the first weld bead.. about 500 more joints to go


thanks for looking.

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Warren
91 Eagle Summit AWD 10.14@138.31 (6.56 @110.30 1/8th, 1.48 60') 1.40 best 60 ft - best mph 154
03 EVO 10.86 @ 134.73 best mph 139.00
90 GST 10.36 @ 142.49 best mph 147.10

nice update and damn u.. u stole my exhaust idea lol.. but I was gonna use a duel out muffler and use both sides like u have on the 1 side..




Steve

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Steve 89 colt 2.3 stroker stock top end. evo3@20 psi 13.489@99.30mph 3/10 2012
On drag radials.auto trans.launching @ 5 psi and no traction thru 2nd.

Didn't know it was your idea to steal either way, now you will have pictures to taunt you to do it as well

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Warren
91 Eagle Summit AWD 10.14@138.31 (6.56 @110.30 1/8th, 1.48 60') 1.40 best 60 ft - best mph 154
03 EVO 10.86 @ 134.73 best mph 139.00
90 GST 10.36 @ 142.49 best mph 147.10

I take it you had to remove the bumper support? Did you have to do anything extra to get the cover back on?

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89 Mirage Billet 20g 63t 12.4@120 417whp 400wtq @ English Racing.
89 Colt GT E316g
06 Silverado SS
07 ZX6R