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Old Nov 28, 2012 | 02:53 AM
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I'm wanting to but sometime of a flex/expansion joint in my turbo manifold, not because i cant line it up, I want it in the to allow expansion/ contraction. What are you lads running, what set ups do you have? the set up i have is all heavy wall so there will be no flex.

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Old Nov 28, 2012 | 03:45 AM
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run it with no flex, i have built more than half of my kits with no flex.
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No flex on my setup either, also heavy wall tubing. No issues here.
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Old Nov 28, 2012 | 08:54 AM
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With that small of a kit, no flex will be fine. If you really want to run one, I use the vibrant turbo flex couplers.
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No flex in mine but we braced the turbo to the engine.
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Yep...built more kits then I can remember and have yet had one come back and never used one! Only the occasional brace off the motor
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This is good to hear, i really didn't want to run one. Thanks for your replys.
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What ever happened to this build? I thought it was a super sick setup, especially with all the custom built water cooled stuff.
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Originally Posted by 02anti_vnm
What ever happened to this build? I thought it was a super sick setup, especially with all the custom built water cooled stuff.
Slowly mate, there's a whole vehicle build so i got to make almost everything
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How much of a pita is it to weld ss to mild or aluminized steel? Would it work?
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it welds normal...you prolly cant tell a difference
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how do you unbolt that form the motor. the heads go up at an angle out so...... you manifold can go straight up and out.

got a video of you taking it off. would love to see it??
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Originally Posted by Toxic-Evo
how do you unbolt that form the motor. the heads go up at an angle out so...... you manifold can go straight up and out.

got a video of you taking it off. would love to see it??
2 flanges, not in that photo, each flange is just after the collector. 3 bolt to not allow rotation of the turbo
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Not to hi-jack, but what if I had solid mounts and braced the turbo to the chassis with no flexjoint?

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