After years of planning and no garage I've finally started on the drivers side manifold. Pictures can be found here:

http://www.itv.se/~a1003/turbo/exhaust/exhaust.html

The compressor housing is about 1/2 inch from the hood, I'm afraid that it'll hit the hood when the engine rocks a little. Guess it's time to make a new fiberglass hood with raised scoop.

/Anders

 

i dont know if its me but the pictures arent loading up

 

Incredible, when I finally start on doing something interesting the server where I have my picture gallery has some sort of disc failure. It'll probably be back within two to four days :-(

I'll post when it's back.
Sorry for this.

/Anders

 

Hmm, it seem to work all of a sudden - don't know how stable the server is right now. But the pictures are there now.

/Anders

 

What wall thickness tubing is that? It looks pretty beefy.

I've seen headers made from butt-weld 90º pipe fittings (from a plumbing supply store); has anyone heard of/had success with this? Seems it would be a lot cheaper than stainless steel, yet still hold up well and be able to support the weight of a turbo.

 

They have 2 mm wall thickness (about 1/12 inch), plain steel - no fancy stainless stuff.

I've seen these bends being used on dragrace Volvo PV:s going low 10´s in the quarter. They will handle the heat but probably weight as much as a cast iron manifold. Quite easy to work with though. Tomorrow I´ll finish cylinder 3´s pipe and also start on cyl5 and 7. Damn, this is funny - but it takes a lot of time.

Thinking about the downpipe, I've got some 3" long radius bends laying around but I think I'll step down to 2.5" for clearance against the brake booster and steering shaft.

/Anders