diy manifold do's and dnts?

[Adey aka Ewok]

lookg for some hints or tips really, not built a turbo manifold before but after seeing a few people do it i decided yesterday to hack up a spare mani for my clio, not far off being fully welded up but was looking for some guidence just incase ive done something very stupid or that is frowned upon?


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[Adey aka Ewok]

thats strange i could see the pics when i wrote it all?

[Adey aka Ewok]

[Robbo]

dont put ya cock in it

[robbie506]

dont put ya cock in it

[Adey aka Ewok]

ok well i ment in the manor of building one but ill make sure i dnt do that

[J$£5GTT]

dont put ya cock in it

he may like it....

[Adey aka Ewok]

how it looks with a turbo on




and the final product, hope it will do not much info on here but thats what 10 hrs of coffee breaks in 2 days looks like. found a few sites on the net will paste the links in for anyone whos intrested

[James5]

Adey that looks pretty impressive, I take it you are now doing the f4r conversion into the little R11??


Just found a pic of Ashy's for you matey

[Adey aka Ewok]

no man, the 11 got sold a while ago this is for the track slag clio

[philg]

im no expert but that looks great to me, have you done lot of welding?


phil

[Adey aka Ewok]

on that manifold yeah, in general i have to be able to for work tho i have no papers/qualifications for it, ive been doing it a few years. usually quickly knocking up a replacement bits for machines while parts are ordered but found myself a little quiet this week so got busy

[Ashy]

I guess you've trial fitted it mate? Just yours comes up and over the top which may cause problems with the head / plenum? Also how much clearance have you got between the head and bulkhead?

Guess theres more room than on a 5? just make sure you've allowedroom for the downpipe too!!

If all thats ok then your onto a winner as the fab work looks spot on

[Adey aka Ewok]

I guess you've trial fitted it mate? Just yours comes up and over the top which may cause problems with the head / plenum? Also how much clearance have you got between the head and bulkhead?

Guess theres more room than on a 5? just make sure you've allowedroom for the downpipe too!!

If all thats ok then your onto a winner as the fab work looks spot on

not yet, not got that far tho i tryed to keep it within a certain size. in the pics the highest runner looks higher than it act is. fair bit of room on a clio tho the battery and a few other bits will need moving. worst case ill have to cut and reweld it tho i dnt think it will need it

[Spooky]

that'll fit nicely on mine

[Scoff]

Glad to see you swapped that thin tube for sommat the right diamater It'll work right enough

[Adey aka Ewok]

Glad to see you swapped that thin tube for sommat the right diamater It'll work right enough

what an odd ball size it is too! was a pita to get off the shelf in glos. cheers scoff, do you think there will be much wrong with having the runners unequal? lots of cars inc the 5 dnt have them with no ill effect?

[Scoff]

what an odd ball size it is too! was a pita to get off the shelf in glos. cheers scoff, do you think there will be much wrong with having the runners unequal? lots of cars inc the 5 dnt have them with no ill effect?

Nah it'll be fine. My old manifold was unequal and that worked fine. Once the turbo and cams are sufficiently large to begin emplying NA exhaust tuning rules then it all gets a bit more important though.

[Adey aka Ewok]

Any tips on downpipe size? Is a 2.5inch down pipe going to be restrictive or should I look to be making mine 3inch?

[SP33DY]

I've got a 2.5" downpipe on my clio running into a 2.5" straight throug exhaust (no cat just the back box) and it's flowing 374bhp at the minute, so unless your going wild it should be fine

Looking good by the way, but any reason why you didn't just grab a BBPT turbo log mani off ebay?

[Matt Cole]

Be prepared for a bit of this:

[Adey aka Ewok]

I've got a 2.5" downpipe on my clio running into a 2.5" straight throug exhaust (no cat just the back box) and it's flowing 374bhp at the minute, so unless your going wild it should be fine

Looking good by the way, but any reason why you didn't just grab a BBPT turbo log mani off ebay?

didnt want the turbo round the back where i couldnt get to it, and i like to get busy, that cost me £10 in materials the rest was left over bits (ie spare manifold) the wire and welder i use at work, just cost my time more than anything tho i wasnt busy at work so was actually getting paid to make it for myself
cool thats fine, got a good selection of 2.5 inch swept bends and pipe left over from a job so that should do for me

[Ricardo]

fancy making one for me Adey

[Adey aka Ewok]

ooooo, tempting have to fight spooky for one tho lol. tell you what ill fit it up and see if all goes in ok, if so i dnt mind chucking another one or 2 up longs i have the spare time. oh lost your number so txt me but your stuffs in the post

[SP33DY]

didnt want the turbo round the back where i couldnt get to it, and i like to get busy, that cost me £10 in materials the rest was left over bits (ie spare manifold) the wire and welder i use at work, just cost my time more than anything tho i wasnt busy at work so was actually getting paid to make it for myself
cool thats fine, got a good selection of 2.5 inch swept bends and pipe left over from a job so that should do for me

Awesome stuff mate, at least this way you'll have a better selection of turbos unlike myself who's limited to a t28

Heres a pic of my engine bay when it was low pressure, it's quite a busy engine bay.



I also have a full catalogue of photos that they took so if you want photos of where and how they put the oil return back into the sump just give me a shout and I'll get them up

[Adey aka Ewok]

That would be good too see if you could cheers

[SP33DY]

Heres a link to my photobucket, it's the step by step photographs that Ktec give out with the DIY low pressure conversion. Hope it helps

http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/j.../Clio%20Turbo/

[Adey aka Ewok]

cheers for that bud, looks like they just tapped into the sump as high as they could, sure i can do the same and i even think i have some suitable fittings at work

[SP33DY]

Yeah they've kept it quite tight to the block as it runs between the block and the drive shaft.

I figured you'd be better off looking at the full set of pics as it might help you with your intercooler placemant and pipework run.

If you have any questions or want any more info just fire me a pm and I'll see wha I can do

[Adey aka Ewok]

nice one, think im going to return at the front of the of the sump rather that the rear. still trying to sort something different on the inlet front so it faces left instead of right. will do buddy cheers again

[Woznaldo]

That's awesome work Adey!

I haven't welded in quite some time now but, I'd love to get a new welder just so I could fabricate a few parts and do a few body/chassis mods without having to rely on someone else.

[Adey aka Ewok]

Any one interested in the manifold, been offered a complete kit at a rate I can't refuse so this is of no use to me now lol