[urq] Heat cycle brand new Dialynx manifold

[Maurits Jonkergouw]

I spoke to Keith from Dialynx and asked him the same question. His answer 
was all manifolds are pre-heat treated and ready to go... I'll just have to 
wait and see :-)

Regards,
Maurits


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ingo Rautenberg" <i.rautenberg at waratap.com>
To: "Maurits Jonkergouw" <urq at moregraphics.nl>; "Audifans" 
<urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Heat cycle brand new Dialynx manifold


> Maurits,
>
> I am not aware of any way to heat-cycle an exhaust manifold except through
> actual use on the car. When I worked at the dealership we would always 
> keep
> spare exhaust manifolds that had been machined after heat-cycling for 
> those
> that had warped.  Those were stock cast-iron units, however.I'm not 
> certain,
> but I don't think the Dialynx requires heat-cycling.  Can you check with
> them?  Aelred should be able to give you an answer.
>
> Ingo
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Maurits Jonkergouw" <urq at moregraphics.nl>
> To: "Audifans" <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 12:16 PM
> Subject: [urq] Heat cycle brand new Dialynx manifold
>
>
>> I want to heat cycle and machine a brand new Dialynx manifold prior final
> montage. But how exactly should I do this? I have a friend who is actually
> blacksmith so I can take it there and put it in his furnish...
>>
>> I need all the info I can get please, like possible issues 
>> heating/cooling
> down. How many times, max. allowed heat etc. etc. I don't want to ruin my
> new manifold...
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Maurits