manifold

[galant king]

Has anyone thought about using the stock headers and cutting it before the cat, then welding a turbo flane to it. thats what im going to do. and it will clear everything.

[galantv600]

6 or 4 cyl? the 4 u can do whatevre since there is so much damn space, but the six is harder o do due to the space being a litle limited...

u could just get a 2g turbo mani if ur a 4 and itl probably hold better and not risk cracking your weld....

[4-G-rim]

You can do that...it can work. Machine shops or a good fabricator can make that. Worst case scenerio...they cut all the way to the flange go from there to make the manifold.

[Jet Black]

The problem maybe that no one wants to work with cast iron.

Idk all that much about the specifics, but I remeber one welder telling me that he wouldn't weld cast iron manifolds because its too difficult...or something along those lines.

[Xrs2]

I think Tearstone kits do something like that?. Use headers instead of a manifold. I think on thier page it says you can use stock headers. I'm not 100% though. Or if they said aftermarket headers. I would ask tearstone and see what he says.

My dad is a welder, and he said that Cast Iron is a royal pain in the ass to weld. Well not weld but keep it from falling apart at the welds. He said especially if you weld another metal to it like a SS flange, because they heat at different rates and one cracks the other sometimes.

[Jet Black]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Xrs2)</div><div class='quotemain'>My dad is a welder, and he said that Cast Iron is a royal pain in the ass to weld. Well not weld but keep it from falling apart at the welds. He said especially if you weld another metal to it like a SS flange, because they heat at different rates and one cracks the other sometimes.</div>

Their we go! I knew it!

As for Tearstone, idk about the I4 kit, but for the V6 he supplies custom turbo manifolds that bolt on to the stock manifolds. No fabrication is required.

[Phil]

add those to my list

[seth98esT]

Screw that. Why waste your money. May as well just buy a flange and make your own tubular header. Or just buy a $180 Evo3 manifold. If you are penny pinching, just get a OEM 2g manifold for $100-120 and port it yourself..