V-band mani

[colpire]

Somthin a little different. Lemme know what you think

 

[airhead04]

Holy crap that is.......soooo different. I like it. But how is the weight held up?

 

[colpire]

the mani is pretty strong. but the intercooler pipe and the dp to the exhaust should do some help. hopefully...lol

 

[hvyman]

Maybe make some sort of a bracket to go from the turbo to the body to hold it up some. Or from the mani to the block. Thats a lot of extended weight on the head studs.

 

[Sir_2jza70]

I suggest a flex joint in the main pipe from the runners to the turbo, then a bracket from the turbo to the body. Some heat wrap/coating would be a good idea too, keeping the heat inside the manifold pre-turbo keeps the pressure up, which might be an issue on such a large manifold.

Its a similar setup to alot of single turbo V8 designs. Should work well.

 

[mk3_7m]

I hope those radiator fans don't melt. ;D

 

[colpire]

hahah Think theres enough clearance with the fans. that would be annoying if it did lol.

and thanks for the suggestions. I think I'll go to the shop and talk to them about possible support locations.


Heres the link to my "build" i guess. Has some more info on my car
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?146515-Custom-V-band-mani-PT6262....some-more

 

[te72]

The only issues I would take with it are the location of the downpipe routing being RIGHT by the radiator (not the best place for some of the hottest temps under the hood, ya know?), and the lack of space for an air filter. Other than that, it's neat.

 

[87M-GTE]

Very cool!

 

[colpire]

yea Im going to run just a screen for the turbo. At the placement its at It'll be hard for something to fly up into it.

And I am curious to see how they will do the dp. It should be interesting. It will definitely be a close fit.