my 1380 gt2056 build
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mock up manifold made:





cheers to chris dillow for donating an lcb to canabalise. just needs flanges at the top for a y peice which can drop down into the turbo.

Looks good mate. Just got alot of grinding ahead of you!
Im glad to see it go to a good home lol

looks good, must have been fiddly trying to weld that

im not sure yet whether itl be a pattern for mk2 made by maniflow (unless anyone can recomend another company) or ill work this one a little, i cant imagine its that good flowing with my welding inside. just getting final price from maniflow via email as we speak. they said 380 plus Vat in stage 2 diameter stainless with flanges welded on the top but im asking about a multiple buy or trade prices etc.

haz was a big leaning curve as i couldnt weld a all at the start and bits kept falling back off lol but asked martain some advice on setting up the welder and had another go, welding got better but still isnt neat by any strech

Have you tried it in the engine bay?

Why not have the turbo over the clutch end?

AP i tried the manifold from when it had the 90 degree at the bottom to see if it would fit, that bit did so then i fabbed this on the bench as it is easier to get too, ive fabbed it around the covers etc at the end hense the bends but havnt had time to check again in the bay yet yet. im 99% sure itl fit tho ill double check before i sent it out.

disch because im having a front mounted rad and electric water pump so that space is free, i also want o keep my servo, i think the weight balance will be better aswell as the fly and clutch is at the other side, among other things i would like something different aswell, i can use the threads on the engine mounting thats would be used to hold a side mounted rad to make a braket up to the turbo.

Edited by Rick.SPI on 1st Feb, 2011.

few bits arrived in the post today:

my new rad:



and a few manifold making goodies:





:)

Where did you buy your tube from?

Saw that bad boy manifold in the flesh yesterday, was awesome! Really does look good so can't wait to see how it works.

tubes from ebay mate just 1 1/4 stainess tubing.

dave should be good, paul s have gave me an exelent plan for holding the turbo up whist giving it enough move for the heat expansion.

well... did a little mocking today. heres where the turbo will sit, just need to finish te rose joint braket to hold the turbo up and then the neat proper manifold can be made by someone who can weld (this one is just to get an idea where i want it)







evrything is about where i want it, exhaust is in a good position to come out, up follow the top of the inner wing thats left and then straight out of the a panel. air inlet and outlet are in good places. can use the old actuator bracket, or what will be left after ive chopped alot off to make a good mounting point for the front rose joint, and a braket can be made on the exhaust flange for the rear one, will be coming off the engine mount via a braket.

firt time its seen daylight in a while:



and one of phils dry deck kits came in the post:



trying to aim for dyno seshion in a month for running, which is very optimistic but at least it gets it moving along if i make it or not.

Edited by Rick.SPI on 10th Feb, 2011.

can you not clock the turbo 90 deg and get rid of that last bend?

hay looks good, nice to see some thing different!

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joe, tryed many ways but in the end this suitd what i wanted in terms of thing being where i need them, if it is 90 degrees evrything seems a bit compact and then things started to get tight, because it needs to be far enough away from the alternator belt (no water pump) so it dosnt give exessive heat and melt it, but at the same time i want to keep it as far in the engine bay as possible as i dont want that heat near my tyres, will make aproprate heat shields to be extra safe.

miniwilliams thats what i thought, seems to me like this area is wasted with a front mounted rad so i wanted to utilise it :)

when it finaly done it wont look slap dash as it does now it just in mock up phase at the moment.

did some bracketry today following pauls mounting advise...

this is what i came up with:







need to make some left handed and right handed 5/16 unf joiners for the roses (there not actually fixed to each other at the moment just a bolt in to show the theory of what it will be like) the old actuator bracket came in very handy. will weld an extra bit of stainless plate on the flange for the rear mounting point as i dont want to use 1 hole for two jobs.

think it should be ok.

Edited by Rick.SPI on 11th Feb, 2011.

Looking fresh!

Well i think it looks good now for a mock up. Look forward to seeing the up dates.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

As Joe suggested, I think you would be much better off rotating the turbine slightly and loosing the last 90 degree bend.

The turbo could stay in pretty much the same position too.

Good work though!

I like that bracket, it's quite a neat use of the existing bits

sorry for silly question but what advantage is from.. and how you can install dry deck kits?? :)

Nothing special!

it re-driects how the water flows through the engine, it goes out the side of the block and into the head rather tan circulating the whole engine, in all honesty mate im not the best person to explain it all, i went on other peoples advice. i cant say whther its any better either as i havnt used it.

cheers for the comments chaps.

Do i spy a screamer pipe.

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


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you do, its one of pauls flanges, although not sure yet wether ill just join it into the main exhaust or run a seperate pipe and have two coming out of the a panel instead of the one.