ebay Turbo Manifold Question

[pbarton14]

I'll post some pics tomorrow night of my mani

 

[Dr0]

alrighty thanks for the reply, ill report back for sure if i get any cracks in my manifold after installing the pope downpipe

 

[got_psi]

My callaway is cracked between 1&2 and 3&4 with stock callaway dp , lemme know how the tubular one looks, need a temp till I cand go with a steedspeed or just braze the stock mani

 

[jdwk]

got_psi. Can you see the cracks visibly? I'd really appreciate a picture. Also, how many miles, what boost/tune have you been running and for how long? Also, have you tightened your bolts past spec?

 

[got_psi]

 

[got_psi]

car has 153,xxx miles, stock turbo, stock manifold, stock DP i bought this car last october with 129,xxx on it and the heatshield was on the mani, but when i took it off i noticed the bigger of the 2 cracks, the smaller one was barely noticable. the car was 100% stock when i got it and didnt show any sign of any modifications. im now running 8-8.5 psi, superstock tune on ssafc, catback, CAI, hard pipes, SSQV, 1 step colder plugs, and electronic boost controller. you can here the tick/hiss from the cracks when i give it a cold start up but after 3 mins, it goes away when it warms up. and i have never had the manifold off or torqued the bolts.

 

[mebarsh]

Bought mine with 101k and was already cracked. Car was completely stock when I got it. All I did was grind the crack down and weld it. I also cracked and broke the stock piece that holds the s-pipe to the block if that give any insight.

 

[got_psi]

Bought mine with 101k and was already cracked. Car was completely stock when I got it. All I did was grind the crack down and weld it. I also cracked and broke the stock piece that holds the s-pipe to the block if that give any insight.

just hard wire mig weld?

 

[Cleverfrog]

just hard wire mig weld?

I hope not, brazing is the appropriate way to fix that.

 

[mebarsh]

just hard wire mig weld?

Yeah been holding fine for over a year and 16k Miles no problem.

 

[got_psi]

I hope not, brazing is the appropriate way to fix that.

i agree completely, buy just getting input to see how other methods have turned out

 

[got_psi]

Yeah been holding fine for over a year and 16k Miles no problem.

how deep did you gouge when you did it??

 

[jdwk]

Thanks for the info guys. got_psi, looks like the links to the pictures aren't working.

 

[mebarsh]

how deep did you gouge when you did it??

Not very deep just enough to have clean metal.

 

[got_psi]

Thanks for the info guys. got_psi, looks like the links to the pictures aren't working.

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[jdwk]

Thanks for posting those. I am going to take a closer look at mine.

 

[SCMP3]

I may try this. I'll have the motor out and the car will be getting rebuilt starting next month, so I will have some time to possibly modify it.....to make it to my liking