welding a 1.8L flange onto greddy manifold..possible??
09-19-2009, 10:39 PM
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welding a 1.8L flange onto greddy manifold..possible??
Ok my crank nose in the 1.6L forced me to swap motors. I now have a 1.8L. Is it possible to get a 1.8L flange welded onto the greddy manifold? Has anybody done that?
I know there is the EDT manifold, but if I was going to spend 450 for it I might as well sell off this kit and get a Begi or something.
I know there is the EDT manifold, but if I was going to spend 450 for it I might as well sell off this kit and get a Begi or something.
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09-19-2009, 11:06 PM
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Well I only got the idea because I was looking at solomiata.com
I wanted to keep my 1.6 Racing Beat header because the oxygen sensor would be in the correct location. It's located in the downpipe the 1.8, while the 1.6 has it in the header tubes, so if you use a 1.8 header and the 1.6 downpipe, you'll have no oxygen sensor fitting unless you add one. I cut the flanges off both headers and had the 1.8 flange welded on the 1.6 header tubes by O'Hare Auto Body in Elk Grove Village, IL.
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09-19-2009, 11:21 PM
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Ok my crank nose in the 1.6L forced me to swap motors. I now have a 1.8L. Is it possible to get a 1.8L flange welded onto the greddy manifold? Has anybody done that?
I know there is the EDT manifold, but if I was going to spend 450 for it I might as well sell off this kit and get a Begi or something.
I know there is the EDT manifold, but if I was going to spend 450 for it I might as well sell off this kit and get a Begi or something.
Just think of this as a great excuse to upgrade from a mediocre/entry level turbo system to a good one
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09-19-2009, 11:30 PM
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I know it's not ideal, but isn't this what BEGI does w/ their external wastegate manifolds? I spoke to Corky about this and he said they've never had one fail.
Didn't they do this to Brain's intake manifold too?
I know you have to heat it up before welding and heat it again while cooling down. Something about throwing it into sand as well.
Didn't they do this to Brain's intake manifold too?
I know you have to heat it up before welding and heat it again while cooling down. Something about throwing it into sand as well.
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09-19-2009, 11:58 PM
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I wanted to keep my 1.6 Racing Beat header because the oxygen sensor would be in the correct location. It's located in the downpipe the 1.8, while the 1.6 has it in the header tubes, so if you use a 1.8 header and the 1.6 downpipe, you'll have no oxygen sensor fitting unless you add one. I cut the flanges off both headers and had the 1.8 flange welded on the 1.6 header tubes by O'Hare Auto Body in Elk Grove Village, IL.
Welding cast aluminum is way different than welding cast iron. Cast is a bitch to weld because of the high carbon content. It's doable but doing all 4 runners would be a pita, and thats an understatement. Then there's the issue of port spacing
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09-20-2009, 12:16 AM
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Pretty sure they're talking about cutting the flange where the two header sections, upper and lower, meet, not the head flange.
Welding cast aluminum is way different than welding cast iron. Cast is a bitch to weld because of the high carbon content. It's doable but doing all 4 runners would be a pita, and thats an understatement. Then there's the issue of port spacing
Welding cast aluminum is way different than welding cast iron. Cast is a bitch to weld because of the high carbon content. It's doable but doing all 4 runners would be a pita, and thats an understatement. Then there's the issue of port spacing
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