Header is finished!

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Looks good Mike, got any pics of your right bicep from all that hack sawing??
Brave man.

Let us know how she runs,
Javad

In a message dated 4/5/2003 10:20:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
mdg3369 at newtsplace.com writes:

> 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
>