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****COMING SOON**** custom exhaust manifolds

Started by duz360 vbmenu_register("postmenu_1098447", true); · 16 Aug 2006 · 480 replies

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i just taped 1 then T peice if i need more things.. aircon does need vac BTW to operate the actuators for selecting vents.
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and that way works fine for u E-Z? cos that sounds easier to me How many T peices are u using and where are they all going to?
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g'day mate just admiring your work, GT42 on a vl!!!...SERIOUS STUFF! i spoke to you last week bout getting a low mount manifold made to suit a std vl turbo as the shi.te manifold i got was a direct bolt on to suit, this is now cracking up everywhere, cheap chinese crap...remember me, mick in northen NSW :) anyways i'll get in touch with you during the week to sort it out and just wanna say definately go ahead with it. its to suit a T3/T4 turbo with a T4 cover or GT35 with a T3 flange, and to position the T3 flange flat/horizontal in relatively the same position as a standard low mount vl turbo manifold would as we breifly discussed. i'll just go with the std VHT paint and gasket/stud kit that goes with the manifold. thanks again and i'll be in touch. cheers mick
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oh hey mick. i spoke to you when i was at the auctions lol. no probs ill get your order sorted out
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leigh: have you got efi 5L heads yet? wouldnt mind if you were able to make them, could you give me a price on a manifold/turbo setup?
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pm sent you you kanos!
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Quote: Originally Posted by duz360 oh hey mick. i spoke to you when i was at the auctions lol. no probs ill get your order sorted out cool mate, how far through it are ya? any idea when it'll be ready :) i can't wait and my manifold is soooo rooted cracks going right across the top of all the join onto the flange!!! haha cheap ****
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Hi Leigh, does your price of $350 for the 3" dump (turbo to cat) apply for the 5 bolt internal wastegate housings as well ? (GT3040R) cheers
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Quote: Originally Posted by MICK86VL cool mate, how far through it are ya? any idea when it'll be ready :) i can't wait and my manifold is soooo rooted cracks going right across the top of all the join onto the flange!!! haha cheap **** pm sent Quote: Originally Posted by BlackVL Hi Leigh, does your price of $350 for the 3" dump (turbo to cat) apply for the 5 bolt internal wastegate housings as well ? (GT3040R) cheers as a rule no as i dont stock internal wastegate flanges but if you are looking to buy a kit then i will definately do the dump pipe for the same price.
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Thanks for the PM Leigh, glad we could decide which way I should go.
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hey leigh, sorry to ask again, but do you have any pictures of the custom radiator overflow bottles which you can mount next to the radiator. and also, do u have any pictures of the catch cans u have made that fit where the charcoal canister does normally?
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hey champ. atm im halfway through setting up my new workshop. i will get pics of the stuff you mentioned next week sometime.
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awesome man :) also what size fitting do i need to get tapped into the bottom of the plenum? so i can t peice all my vac lines off of it?
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anything really, just get a fitting and tap to match and run it through
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Quote: Originally Posted by NightmareZVL hey leigh, sorry to ask again, but do you have any pictures of the custom radiator overflow bottles which you can mount next to the radiator. and also, do u have any pictures of the catch cans u have made that fit where the charcoal canister does normally? any news on this stuff here yet leigh?
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Hey leigh, can you please read the PM I sent u aprox 2 days ago :) I can resend it if your inbox was full however it didnt tell me it was full so??? Cheers Dan :)
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all pm's replied
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Quote: Originally Posted by NightmareZVL hey leigh, have u made any Polished Radiator Overflow bottles, which can be mounted next to the radiator (on the cap side) on an rb30? if so how much would i be looking at? can you pm me when you have done this please aswell
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Bump for Leigh, got a collector from him the other day, awesome job, good quality and welds looked very nice. And a very nice and friendly bloke aswell. Thanks mate.
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Leigh, just to clear something up for a cirtain someone.... Can you confirm that it is true, that in some cases if you dont have big enough rocker breathers on your car, oil can be pushed through the turbo seals as it has nowhere to go? I've been told by at least 4 reputible mechanics the same thing. Reason being is that I sold a turbo to a guy that was perfect when it came off my car (which my mechanic can confirm because the last time the car was even started was when it was on the dyno). And the guy says the turbo is ****ed and sends it back to me without even trying bigger breathers, now I have taken the turbo to a guy to get checked out, he blew compressed air into it and no air bypassed the seals, he also removed both of the housings and had a look, everything has come back fine.
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