I'd prefer unpainted and unwrapped.

I like to send my stuff off to Jet-Hot.

 

well again mine was a prototype

 

And it looks damned good. That's why we're interested in getting ones like it for ourselves and making constructive suggestions.

 

It does look good but like Weir says, 1.5" or go home!!!
Where does your guy get his weldeld from? If we can hook him up with a better cource for less as far as the flanges and weldels go, he may be able to offer a kick-*** price and sell a bunch of them here.
Tell him to look at acestainless.com for stainless steel 1.5" diameter weldels 304 grade Sch10 or Sch40, they have really good prices and do not come painted like the ones you used.
As far as flanges go, there is only one place to go to, WeiR!!! $22plus shipping for BP flanges, I know you don't have a batter source. lol
It is looking good being a prototype, but now that you have suggestions on how to make it better, your friend will sell a shitton of those here and elsewhere i'm sure.

 

yeah he can do 1.5 no prob and i'm talkin to "weir" about those flanges right now he's going to make two for nb and na both internal wastegate if any one wants one of these with an external let me know

 

ZABAC- i looked at the website and they don't seem to have 1.5" but what i can do is get the one's that i used and just take off the black paint how does that sound

 

1-1/2" sch10 long radius butt-weld 90° elbow 304/304L stainless $5.79 ea.
http://acestainless.com/index.php?ac...od&productId=2
You have to look for it...

 

ok that looks good i'll talk to him and see if that's were he wants to get it from, cuz were he get's his from is right next to the shop and plus those are more expensice which means he's going to charge more to make it

 

one more pic of the mani

 

That looks pretty badass. PM me when you've got everything figured out with prices and whatnot. I'd prefer unpainted and unwrapped as well, I've a a TD04HL-13G externally wastegated to go on a 1.8L that I need a manifold for. Thanks!

 

I'm interested in the price for the manifold too.

 

lol
from all the people on here i would least expect for you to ask. lol.

 

Looks surprisingly shaped like the BEGI S4. I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

 

uhhh...great minds think alike, lol

 

The OP started with the "JDM" manifold off Ebay that is a shameless ripoff of the BEGI S4. The photo sequence suggests this manifold started out by cutting the cracked tubes out of that, leaving the head and turbine inlet flanges connected to each other by the brace that had been insufficient to prevent cracking. So it would be natural to end up with a similar tube arrangement.

Just making this up as I go along...

The thing I noticed here that I haven't picked up from available pics of the JDM manifold or the BEGI original is the rearward offset of the turbo from the header centerline. That makes it easier to get the air past the power steering pump and into the compressor. Is that a new thing with this manifold, or was it there with the original?

 

I actually haven't seen this manifold cause all I get is the red X's too here at work. I want to know the price to see if what I want to charge for my manifold is competitive.

 

Ahh .. so it's a hack job of a hack job..

 

SolarYellow that's kinda what we did.. we figured just to leave the two flanges together with the rod so that way we have at least a place to start and basically copied the ebay mani but some other mods had to be done due to the bigger tube size.. like i've said earlier were going to make 4 two the bp's and b6t's from what i know now the price is going to be 500 but it's still kinda sketchy i'll get the secure price today

 

Don't you find it kind of shady to sell another company's design?

 

If it's not patentable, let alone patented... no.