Header is finished!

[Michael Gough]

Finally....
Damn what a great project!
Header is done, now just have to tie up the loose ends and fire up the
badass rebuilt MC motor.
Pictures at
http://www.newtsplace.com/~mdg3369/images/?mode=album&album=mikes_header&dis
psize=640

The later ones are high resolution and can be enlarged. The earlier ones
can't.
1 1/4" weld-els (45° and 90°) mild steel, schedule 40 from McMaster-Carr as
well as some straight pipe from Lowes, the collector cone is sch. 10
Stainless 3"-2" pipe reducer. All flanges are 1/2" mild steel, base plate
for collector is 3/16 steel. All tig welded. Everything was cut with my $40
Stanley hack saw (beautiful tool, it really is) No, I didn't use an electric
chop saw, and yes I am crazy! The "Y" for cylinders 2,3 was made by cutting
the side out of two 45° bends and welding together. The "Y" for 1,4 was made
by cutting the sides out of two 90° bends and welding.
Cylinders 1 and 4 never flow at the same time, neither do 2 and 3, so there
should be no restriction by pairing them together. FWIW, I think it would
have been just as easy to make a 5-1, but I like how it came out.
Still don't know where to put the wastegate, and it's gonna be a pretty big
PITA to fit an exhaust pipe for the WG between the header and the K27 cold
side.
Also pictured is a comparison between the header and the POS factory
manifold, what a pile of crap that thing is! Take a look at the pics and
decide for yourself.
If you have any questions feel free to ask, I'll take a few more pics when I
take the manifold off the head. I'll probably do a write-up once I get my
lazy butt around to making a website.
Yes I'd sell it, and no, you can't afford it ;)
Mike
'88 QSW Turbo/EFI