your thoughts/advice on manifold build por favor

[Grant Monkhouse]

You should be able to get a none internal WG turbine housing, just have to ring up an tell what turbo you have and they can give you options, they will also do different ARs too

[nc30pete]

splendid. I just popped into my mate at the fab shop and he just dug me out two sections of same wall thickness straight stainless tube for me, one length bout 300mm and the other bout 500mm so should be all i need there, apart from making the bigger bit where the two primary pipes come together. My mate monkey is magic at this stuff, made me loads of odds n sods, never excepts any dinero so i always give him beer or turn up with some good chow. Or when his old tank merc breaks i pay the favour back properly

[nc30pete]

reputable turbo specialists is my next port of call then - any reccommendations?

[Grant Monkhouse]

If it\'s a garret turbo then Owens turbos, if it\'s a Borgwarber then AET, there are others. Just have a google for you:)

[Grant Monkhouse]

Universal turbos iv also heard of, many people have recommended them too

[Grant Monkhouse]

I use AET Turbos as they\'re local too me, 30 mins drive from huddersfiled:)

[nc30pete]

Me extra tubes, wasn\'t far off in estimations, 270 mm and 480mm!

[Grant Monkhouse]

Verrrry verrrry nice

[nc30pete]

Grant, that pic with that gargantuan turbo setup you used on the rx4, what  steel is that?  Can you buy those custom flanges/ plates anywhere in the uk? Think my one may let the rest of the materials down in terms of quality

[Grant Monkhouse]

The engine flange is mild steel and I bought it from the US, if I was too make another I would use stainless flanges as a friend of mine could get them water jetted for me but dunno how long it would take.

You may want to try DM motorsport, they do all sorts of stuff like that, just ring up and speak to Danny and see what he can do for you

[Grant Monkhouse]

Gargantuan is great BTW:) but my turbos not that big, kinda wished I had got the bigger size up tbh

[boosted]

I was having a read then i read what car is it? then i read Suzuki Cappuccino!!! Jesus! that\'s gonna be a wild ride ! Need something a little stronger than coffee to stop the hands shaking after a drive in that! Cappuccino with a double shot of Navy Rum init!

[nc30pete]

yea it was fun for the 1 week i had it on the road , rear diff was waaay too low so power transfer was even more wild! especially as it orginally ran 13\' rims with teeny 195 tyres. I was breaking traction up to 3rd in the dry and i never took it past 4.5k as it was only on base map .

Grant - Thought i read somewhere that mild steel is probably better for flange anyway as stainless flanges can distort easier? If that is true the rotary engines would certainly show this up . Thanks for the contact , ill have a butchers :-) once again peeps, thankyou for the input

[Grant Monkhouse]

A flange that is half an inch thick wouldn\'t warp, if it did your engine would be doing something seriously wrong:eek

I have got a spare twin entry stanless steel T4 turbo flange BTW if you need one? You could just cut out the centre section and use it as a single entry T4 turbo flange. Think it cost me £20:)

[nc30pete]

That\'s enough for me , you can read too much sometimes on Ze net and you can fall short if it isn\'t gospel . I had a look yesters on your rx4 build - very nice bud indeed. Think I\'m ok for the moment on t4 flange . Think mines a t3 anyway but if I change the exh housing I\'ll prob be a tapping on your door ....