wow man, the cell phone pics you were sending me are nothing compared to these pics. and im mad you did all this out in cali and not here in va beach. i really really really hate you right now...

 

Nice setup, couldn't stand that powerband personally, does seem fun though.

 

Fun and useful are not always one in the same

 

nice build, shitty torque lol.

I have been getting some bends that look like that recently. My vendor said they were mandrel bends, but they do look like they were cast.

Thick as hell, I love the way they went together.

 

wow... omg.. lol

 

Holy shit u finally got some good pics of ur setup, wish i could have seen it when i was there, and what the fuck happened to ur valve cover? it looks cracked in the pics, anyway i might be coming back to cali again soon bro so i'm expecting some joy rides fussy.

 

the vavle cover cracked from all the mad tyte jdm power.....

and we should go to cali ASAP jerred i have family and friends i could see as well

 

Looks like a duck, quacks like a...... You're sure you're not actually getting cast pieces if they're that thick?

Schedule 10 is cast, so this guy's manifold is made of cast weld els.

 

I would strongly disagree with that. The only problem with coating manifolds is that it tends to make it hard to see places where the manifold is cracking. There really aren't many downsides to ceramic coating at all, the only downside is that it isn't free.

Speaking of things that aren't recommended, here's the things I wouldn't recommend about that manifold:

I don't recommend making runners that long without some type of slip joint in them. Hard to do with weld els though.
I also don't recommend putting the manifold support that far away from the turbo. It becomes more of a pivot and less of a support. Now the turbo and the head flange are at either end of a see-saw.
I also don't recommend putting a rod end in single shear with a spacer like that, or recommend that the rod be turned along the same axis as the manifold tubing (which is the direction of the expansion load).
I also don't recommend putting the support tab at 90 degrees to the load like that, especially when it's a flat piece of plate. It becomes a massive stress riser when the pivot (sorry, support) is in the middle of the manifold. The weld els are probably thick enough that their walls won't crack at that point though. They're tough enough to forgive the missing attention to detail.



I really do like the (black) tubular manifold bracket though, that's probably my favorite part of the turbo setup.

Don't think that I don't like the manifold, because I do. It's among the best weld el manifolds I've ever seen.

 

I'm assuming that's a mockup engine that the shop used to test fit the manifold... It looks completely stripped and is sitting on a tire so it's probably not the functional engine in the car. I hope.