RE: turbo EM repair

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

In my opinion you should simply plan on having the manifold planed after
it is welded.  The reason it cracked in the first place is because
stress was building up in it, and it sacrificed itself rather than
popping EM studs.  

Shortly after I bought my '83 QTC I found that I had a few broken studs.
I had the EM machined and it has worked fine for the past >10 years.
For the first 4-5 of those years the car was my daily driver ...

HTH!
Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)

... with a 5kCSQW EM that decided to pop 2 studs instead of itself ...
thank goodness!  Hello P&R ... remember me?

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> My question about turbo exhaust manifolds is this: to avoid planing
> (straightening) after welding cracks, can't one use something like a
> torque plate (just like for machining cyl. heads) to bolt the manifold
> to
> during welding and cooling to prevent or minimize warpage?
>