awesome work leigh, mint welding there too ;) good luck with it all! Steve

Mate I am good friends with kyle so I will tread lightly but I will say this...... That is some very impressive welding...... I have seen welding done by Troy Trapenier in the states a custom car builder and I would have to say its every bit as good...... Maybe your waisting your time with these manifolds...... But hey good luck competition is always a healthy thing in buisness.....

Quote: Originally Posted by VKI-11A Where abouts in NSW are you located duz? im in wollongong area Quote: Originally Posted by TroyVK lookin good Leigh but wouldnt it be best using a 1 piece flange? less chance of warping ect? the manifold in the pics is my prototype. i made the whole thing by hand including the flanges. all my manifolds will have laser cut ONE PIECE flanges that i have had custom designed. there is a few tricks i have incorporated into my design to improve performance and durability over other designs. it will all be shown when i complete them and put them up for sale. like my first post said its ********COMING SOON******** LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by duz360 im in wollongong area Would you be interested in doing a single turbo 304? Im not in any great rush so I understand if you want to get things up and running first. :)

Quote: Originally Posted by VKI-11A Would you be interested in doing a single turbo 304? Im not in any great rush so I understand if you want to get things up and running first. :) im definately interested but i will definately need some time as things are very very busy atm. where abouts are you located?

Quote: Originally Posted by BUSTA 1 Maybe your waisting your time with these manifolds.... I would never say Leigh is wasting his time, you just said how good the quality of his work is. And if he can back it up with price, then I'd say it's fair game on! Let's not forget kids, calaisturbo.com.au isn't the only place in the world with RB type motors :p Best of luck with this Leigh, i know you'll look after the calaisturbo guys like you always have.

Quote: Originally Posted by Epitaph I would never say Leigh is wasting his time, you just said how good the quality of his work is. And if he can back it up with price, then I'd say it's fair game on! Let's not forget kids, calaisturbo.com.au isn't the only place in the world with RB type motors :p Best of luck with this Leigh, i know you'll look after the calaisturbo guys like you always have. HAHA you took it the wrong way totally, typical of some of the people on here....... My point was with the quality of his weldingis second to none.... isnt he waisting his time fiddling round with manifolds surely he could put those skills to better use.....

ahhh i understand ya! :D The internet is a funny thing, you can't sense people's tone of voice :p

Quote: Originally Posted by duz360 im definately interested but i will definately need some time as things are very very busy atm. where abouts are you located? Sounds good, ill keep an eye on your thread and see how your going. Goulburn NSW so not too far away.

i will have 10 rb30 manifolds ready starting from next week depending on when i get my flanges from the lasercutters. can also supply external wastegates turbosmart 48mm for $740 fitted tial 44mm $740 fitted turbonetics race gate 45mm $690 fitted tial 38mm $500 fitted here is a pic of my daily driver showing flexy heatshield (completely shields all wiring and fuse box) and pod enclosure

good stuff liegh nothin like a bit of compition to keep prices down good welds and top lookin pipe work good luk with the future and hope it all works out for you

Quote: Originally Posted by duz360 i will have 10 rb30 manifolds ready starting from next week depending on when i get my flanges from the lasercutters. can also supply external wastegates turbosmart 48mm for $740 fitted tial 44mm $740 fitted turbonetics race gate 45mm $690 fitted tial 38mm $500 fitted here is a pic of my daily driver showing flexy heatshield (completely shields all wiring and fuse box) and pod enclosure i love the catch can looks trick and the shield is awesome very factory lo0king leigh

man where do you get that flexible heat shielding from? i have been looking for that stuff for AGES!

Quote: Originally Posted by StockyMcStock man where do you get that flexible heat shielding from? i have been looking for that stuff for AGES! You can get it from repco mate.......

hmmm....... not any repco i've seen. i'll ring around tomorrow. cheers.

its an acl product and its pretty expensive and come in odd size sheets. i have an extra large sheet coming so i could sell you some off my sheet if you like

haha that looks familiar :)

whoa i don't check this thread for a few days, now i come back and you have pics of the plenums up smoothed and polished AND high energy sumps... what next for Duz Racing haha? Looks great dude, where exactly did you learn to weld may i ask? Was it by trade or purely as a hobby?

it started as a hobby but ive been welding professionally for 3 years now doing structural and architectual design and fabrication/welding. moving onto car stuff is just a natural progression for someone who is into cars lol

went and saw leigh yesterday to hand him that turbo above in the pic i seen the high quality again he puts into his manifolds making, designing, and putting it together even plenums , sumps the welding is awesome wouldnt trust anyone else with custom fabrication either which is what i needed for this turbo