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Old 06-13-2019, 07:45 AM
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Here are some photos of the turbo exhaust manifold i made for my new engine.








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Old 06-13-2019, 08:03 AM
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^ That's just pornography.

Very nice.
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Old 06-13-2019, 09:22 AM
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Yeah baby, top notch flanges there. Want a job?

I'd like to see what that fancy garrett TS turbine housing gets you too.
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Anybody here have dyno graphs of twinscroll vs non-twin scroll assuming everything else is the same.
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Old 06-13-2019, 02:25 PM
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Nice to see man welds, instead of the usual microscopic slightly anemic beads that have gained popularity.
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Old 06-13-2019, 09:33 PM
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Forgive my ignorance, and enlighten me.

Those two black things hanging off either side are wastegates, correct? If so, why two of them? Why not just one in the middle?
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Old 06-13-2019, 09:37 PM
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It's a twin scroll manifold so exhaust gas is split right until it hits the turbo. You need one WG for each passage.
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Old 06-14-2019, 03:26 AM
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Thanks.
It's important to get full penetration and also back purge when welding stainless exhaust manifolds, so you have to crank up the amperage.




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Old 06-14-2019, 03:30 AM
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You get earlier spool, and more hp an torque in the mid range.
here is a link you can read: https://dsportmag.com/the-tech/twin-...-great-divide/
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Shifti, that exhaust flange is beautiful...you're beautiful.
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Old 06-28-2019, 05:46 PM
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Sometimes, the simplest little **** makes all the difference.




Shims. That's literally all I fabricated today. Just a few thin little strips of 24ga aluminum, and as a result, the news department is no longer freaking out about Camera 14 (which was recently rebuilt) being slightly off-level.

Total money spent replacing a 15 year old camera (and supporting equipment) which was on its last legs and has failed multiple times: $35,000

Total money spent compensating for the fact that the new robot is a heck of a lot heavier than the old one, which was causing the televator to flex: $0.00. (Sheet metal was already lying around.)


The end result:

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Old 06-30-2019, 10:12 AM
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I should add to the above: yet another win for eMachineshop. I draw a thing, they make a thing.

The bigger item here is the 1/2" thick aluminum plate under the robot, which adapts its industry-standard mounting pattern (four 3/8" bolts on a 4.375" circle) to the very nonstandard 90s vintage Telemetrics arm which was already in place, and too convenient not to re-use.




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Old 09-02-2019, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Vincentmiata
Decided to finish my catchcan setup.

Already made the aluminium bracket about 2 years ago, and now with the shaved bay i decided to take an other route. But could still use it, And now with my 3D printer i could print anything i want. Its printed with ABS
A bit random since so much time has passed, but did you already run the car with this bracket? I have had some trouble at work with warping of 3D printed ABS plastic when re-heated. Mainly when I tried to be clever and heat up a printed part to around 60Celsius-degrees to couple it with a aluminum shaft. Just saying that maybe you want to test that out before you go for some serious driving.

Though printer might make a difference, I was using a basic Ultimaker 2 extended for that trial, never tried again with anything else.
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Old 09-05-2019, 02:13 PM
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Havent drove it yet. So really cant say.. But thanks for the tip, if i drive it some more ill check on it.
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