RX7/forged 370/TC78
Started on the hotside..... Decided to go with mild instead of SS because i am going to coat and possibly wrap it anyway
And if anyone is wondering why in the world i put the Vbands on, there is a reason
I am going to put a small SS weld between the flange and the cast manifold....
I was going to just wack the flange off the manifold and weld my pipe to the manifold, but decided to use the flange/bolts to give it all the support and then weld around it (as a seal)..... that way the crack prone cast weld wont be supporting any weight (studs will be) and it will just be a seal
and i hate bolt flanges.... FTMFL....
And if anyone is wondering why in the world i put the Vbands on, there is a reason
I am going to put a small SS weld between the flange and the cast manifold....
I was going to just wack the flange off the manifold and weld my pipe to the manifold, but decided to use the flange/bolts to give it all the support and then weld around it (as a seal)..... that way the crack prone cast weld wont be supporting any weight (studs will be) and it will just be a seal
and i hate bolt flanges.... FTMFL....
Did the other side this evening... As you can see i am trying to keep both sides as symmetrical as possible.
That is why i like these manifolds and using some of the other styles of manifolds in combination bother me.... I am just weird like that
I will now mock my turbo flange in place and build from the flange to my manifold V-bands
talked to a welder that does X-rayed high temp and high pressure SS and carbon steel pipe welding and he told me to use 309ss filler..... so that is what i will use throughout and will purge
That is why i like these manifolds and using some of the other styles of manifolds in combination bother me.... I am just weird like that
I will now mock my turbo flange in place and build from the flange to my manifold V-bands
talked to a welder that does X-rayed high temp and high pressure SS and carbon steel pipe welding and he told me to use 309ss filler..... so that is what i will use throughout and will purge
worked on my flange setup tonight
Started with a 2" > 2.25" transition and a little bit of cutting and forming.... looks great IMO
Never said but i am using 2.25" up pipes.... most use 2.5" but I want to keep velocity up and make this thing as fun as possible
Started with a 2" > 2.25" transition and a little bit of cutting and forming.... looks great IMO
Never said but i am using 2.25" up pipes.... most use 2.5" but I want to keep velocity up and make this thing as fun as possible
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Alright got off of MW2 long enough to get something done 
Hotside is done... now coat and wrap with the new DEI titanium stuff
any bets if I will be able to keep down to 4psi without creep?? asking because i didn't really know how i was going to place the WG's but this seem logcial to me... maybe not??
and i am lazy and didn't want to spend the time to TIG everything, and i am really good with MIG so i did that
I only TIG'd the SS v-bands and the WG flanges
I am a little rusty with TIG but not too bad
Hotside is done... now coat and wrap with the new DEI titanium stuff
any bets if I will be able to keep down to 4psi without creep?? asking because i didn't really know how i was going to place the WG's but this seem logcial to me... maybe not??
and i am lazy and didn't want to spend the time to TIG everything, and i am really good with MIG so i did that
I only TIG'd the SS v-bands and the WG flanges
I am a little rusty with TIG but not too bad
Staging Lane
Joined: Feb 2010
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From: Ohio
If your going to drag race this car you'll need to put a anti roll bar in the car. My car would roll all the way over on the right side tire's when I launched the car! That's really the only problem with the watts link. No body twist, the whole car would just roll. Good luck with the rest of the build.