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Turbo manifolds don't take kindly to welding at all. They might look good and work for a while, but once you get some good heat in there on a dyno pull, then you'll regret it...

thanks phil ill do the spark test and see if they are the same ,thats very usefull.

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

I thought elbow etc was cast steel? As opposed to cast iron manifold??

phew well this was fun to make ,deff copyright rcib!"!!

Edited by robert on 31st Jul, 2006.

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

lol i made my bracket over the weekend def a job for 3 pairs of hands

Much easier with a Tig Welder LOL!

thanks scruffmiester ,
yes i saw that
but just was curious to see how well it would work with 2 normal ones , i knew there was a 5.0 mustang that b and m built on a 10psi boost blower motor that ran about 60 dyno runs with no prob ,and it seem it comes down to the deck waterways ,and the location of the gasket ,wether by dowel or not ,. i think the 12 psi boost lifted the head and let the 2 gaskets slide sideways in rel to each other and so stop sitting ring to ring . i like to find these things out myself rather than hearesay ,and it only cost 10 quid to try it !
with petes mini we ran a stainless spacer plate ,with a gasket either side ,and that ran 15 no prob ,for ever and a day ,so i think it needs that steel face either side of the gasket to stick to.and so stop it ever shifting .
im at 8.5 now so not too bad ,and ill just run a bit of water through it for the higher boosts , iv done that on a 9:1 rover at 20 psi with no det so i know that works well.

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

lets see a pic of yours niel!!

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie

ok these are prob in the wrong order ,but anyway ....
the gt17 has a v band clamp fitting on the inlet ,so i had to adapt something or get a v band ,so i made this adaptor .its a bit of stainless exhaust ,with a flange the same dia as the inlet ,then a bit of hose and a j clip .seems strong enough to pick the turbo up by and cost was zero so that is that job done ,.
if yuor getting a turbo off a car at the scap yard ,try to get all connections!!













so some painting and wrapping and i ''may'' be done

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

bit more progress ,dry test build looks ok so far .

Edited by robert on 3rd Aug, 2006.

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Nice workbench !
Seriously, looking good. Will be interesting to see the results with this Turbo.
My mate Mike {silver mini, janspeed style set-up} has had three different Turbos on his this week. Some serious experimenting going on here ! lol.

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thanks phil , good for mike , i do like his determination to actually split his block horizontaly across into two pieces b4 anybody else . :) :) :)

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Looking good robert although you really should place some old newpaper on the concrete before you go spraying brackets!!!! LOL!!!!

my house my rules !!!!! :)

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

you want to see my dining room, k1100 head in bits all across the floor! ha ha!!!

laminate wipes clean!!

what vice??
thats my concrete block head steady ...
( its secret )

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

so far got the turbo and manifolds on the engine ,and the carb, downpipe and heat shielding etc ,blimmen oil feed touched the manifold bolt so had to have the turbo at about 30 deg off true but thats generally ok ,,oil feed and return done and water pipes connected at the turbo end ,need to find some 19 12 19 tee pieces for the water ,.wrapped downpipe very neatly ,then found bloody thing wouldnt go on with the wrap on so had to take it all off !!
tomorrow tappets ,and carb pipes and rest of exhaust , .,,, ill find out if i got the pipe pointing backwards on the down pipe in the right place for the rest of the system ...

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

well its a runner !!!
boost starts at 1500 rpm ,5 psi by 2300 ,seems very much more responsive trhan the t3 ,the swing to 5 psi happens almost as fast as the swing from full vac to zero so thats all promising ,no smoke to speak of ,what there is si prob out of the silencer ,since the tailpipe was dripping oil!!
interstingly ,its louder by a noticable amount ,and also richer ,,this is with other changes that are up the cr from 8 to 8.5 and timing at 22 fixed instead of 24 .feels as fast at 7 psi as it did on 10 id say with the t3 .
so
so far so good .
robert.

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

heres a miscelany of pics to show the final install.

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

That looks great.

Manchester Minis

good results so far

well done!