My car is down..again

Manifold repaired. I don't have the time or money to recoat it. The flange was also machned to be flat once again. Here are a few pics of the gastly manifold:

I only need water lines now, and I'm set.
 

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LinuxRacr said:
Manifold repaired. I don't have the time or money to recoat it. The flange was also machned to be flat once again. Here are a few pics of the gastly manifold:

I only need water lines now, and I'm set.

Damn what happened to your manifold. If you need water lines for your turbo

call Stan at Fast-turbo.com, he should have water lines and fittings in

stock(tell him Albert told you). You can get a hold of him at 1-877-98TURBO if

you need them ASAP.
 
Where is Fast-turbo located? The manifold was stripped of it's jet-hot coating, so that it could be re-welded. That's why it looks so tore down. It won't be on my car for long probably though. I have plans for tubular cast.
 
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LinuxRacr said:
Where is Fast-turbo located? The manifold was stripped of it's jet-hot coating. That's why it looks so tore down. It won't be on my car for long probably though. I have plans for tubular cast.

Its in Haslet, just north of Saginaw on 287. Give Stan a call tommorrow.
 
Glad to see you're getting it up and running again. I sympathize with your problems. I had my fuel pump go out on me today, so ive gott aorder one in...
 
You have a thread detailing the symptoms you experienced when you fuel pump went out, so that others may learn (Cause I wanna learn)?
 
Assymbled again. Now I just have to re-tap the stud hole in the head that the threads got pulled out in, and put the assymbly in the car. Again, I am not going to a car show, it will just function now. So I don't want to hear about how ugly the manifold looks. I don't plan to have this manifold on too long.
 

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THAT MANIFOLD LOOKS LIKE HELL, YOU OUTTA BE ASHAMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



jk :p Glad to hear it's nearly back up and running.
 
The Leaks

Here is a pic of the exhaust leaks the warped manifold caused:
 

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Well, I just finished putting my car back together. All I need now is a new silicone coupler for my intake pipe to my compressor housing. The GT28RS has a bigger inlet. I will start her up tomorrow.
 

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Ok, got the car started earlier, and it was running. It felt good. Then I saw little green drops falling under the car. It appears I have a coolant leak from somewhere around the water pump. WTF? (pissed)
 
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These pictures are scaring me:

See pictures below. Follow the wetness patterns that change with each picture angle. (nervous)
 

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These pictures give me hope!

Looking at these pictures, the coolant is NOT coming from the head area, but from the thermostat housing:
 

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What I believe I need:

The circled gasket is what I need it looks like. While I'm at it, I can put my JDM Mazdaspeed lower temp thermostat back in. The gasket is $5.70 + tax. No dealers stock it locally. :
 

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My symptoms were pretty severe.
I couldn't hold a constant fuel pressure at idle.
I was bucking, spitting, and overall driveability went down the tube after the tune had been fine for months.

I know that it can be less severe, and not be able to provide enough fuel up top no matter how much you add. It would just feel like you hit a brick wall in the upper rpms when your pump can't keep up anymore.
 
Jeph said:
My symptoms were pretty severe.
I couldn't hold a constant fuel pressure at idle.
I was bucking, spitting, and overall driveability went down the tube after the tune had been fine for months.

I know that it can be less severe, and not be able to provide enough fuel up top no matter how much you add. It would just feel like you hit a brick wall in the upper rpms when your pump can't keep up anymore.

I saw the thread finally.
 

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