Welding a turbo flange on a stock manifold

[Caveman]

Hi

Does anyone know how well a stock ex manifold with a turbo flange welded on will work? Not going for peak performance, just some good cheap fun

So anyone done it? What sort of results?

Cheers

[MrOizo]

YES!!!

worked all good..

got todd/V6Rolla in welly to do it for me.

Was cheap fun alright. cheap and short

Please make sure you buy some patience along with intercooler, extra fuel, and some decent ignition timing (ie not 20^deg )

Lasted a whole 10 mins.... that included the warm up idling and the drive up the road with no traction in a AW11 tee hee heee

Dasmnnn i had pics some where but fuucked if i can find them now!

[MrOizo]

Ahhh..... here we go

[neo]

ahhh that sounds like fun, I wish I had cheap cars and a paddock

[Arthanon]

Thats some uglieeeee welding.

[drftnmaz]

Thats some uglieeeee welding.

what? its looks ok for a mig.

[Grotty]

Thats some uglieeeee welding.

i've seen a lot worse. welding to castiron is not a good idea thou if you want the weld to last.

[RomanV]

Do some 4AGE's come with a factory cast iron manifold?

[Jebus]

Yep, all the 16v's

[Caveman]

Meh Ill just full power arc it on

Cheers guys will let you how it goes (if it goes)

MrOizo: I heard you car spat a drive shaft? Did the engine blow up at all?

[bluemaumau]

dylan can you explain for the need for these answers?, did your manifold pop?

[Caveman]

dylan can you explain for the need for these answers?, did your manifold pop?

Haha nah its for a mate. Just mucking around really. I think hes going to go tubular but I recon this would work mint for the cost involved.

My manifold is schedual 40 steam pipe full arc welded. No way its breaking It'll snap the studs outta the head before it cracks

[vvega]

if you preheat the cast it wil not get hireline cracks
also make sure there is no carbon on the inside of the area to be welded

[135007]

only fully weld the inside of the flange as well as the pre heat comment ant just sticth the outside! little welds with gaps between them!

better late then never aye!