Dr_evil
Banned
be reeeeeet
the header on one side was longer anyway so this brings them up to the same size
Freelaner
Landy Driver
be reeeeeet
well same length as each other will help
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
Good news
If so there'll be a video of a very very noisy V8
ok,thats great.but who's v8 will it be?.
Dr_evil
Banned
ok,thats great.but who's v8 will it be?.
Feck off
I'll take a pic if I clean them up if not I'll just install them then take a pic.......its not the neatest job as I've had to cut and stitch random bits of pipe together in order to make them fit within the chassis rails.
Rather hard to get a grinder into the headers to clean them up with a flap disc, but stainless stick welding is nice and easy
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
Feck off
no.
Dr_evil
Banned
Made more progress on the headers today........proper bastard to weld!
Gotta be at 50A to burn the 2mm rods properly meaning I can only stitch it together in 1" ish stages. As well as that because its a weird bend I've got to cut, shape and patch bits of stainless together which is a pain in the arse.
Anyway a few pics, its about 75% complete now tomorrow I'm going to finish cutting and stitching then flap disc the entire thing or at least as much as I can get to just to tidy up the manifold.
One issue due to the series ones chassis and being so bloody narrow is that because I've had to modify the angle of the pipe to fit on the front the bottom bolt on exhaust port one has to now become a stud.
Luckily I have some bolts I can cut up and use as studs
The rear of the passenger side is extended and the flexi removed
The front two are cut and welded on closer to horizontal and then merged together into one pipe
Heres the nearly finished piece made up of a stupid amount of little bastard bits of stainless creating what can only be described as one ugly ass passenger side header. Really could use some 16g rods instead of these 12s
Gotta be at 50A to burn the 2mm rods properly meaning I can only stitch it together in 1" ish stages. As well as that because its a weird bend I've got to cut, shape and patch bits of stainless together which is a pain in the arse.
Anyway a few pics, its about 75% complete now
tomorrow I'm going to finish cutting and stitching then flap disc the entire thing or at least as much as I can get to just to tidy up the manifold.One issue due to the series ones chassis and being so bloody narrow is that because I've had to modify the angle of the pipe to fit on the front the bottom bolt on exhaust port one has to now become a stud.
Luckily I have some bolts I can cut up and use as studs
The rear of the passenger side is extended and the flexi removed
The front two are cut and welded on closer to horizontal and then merged together into one pipe
Heres the nearly finished piece made up of a stupid amount of little bastard bits of stainless creating what can only be described as one ugly ass passenger side header. Really could use some 16g rods instead of these 12s
marccleave
Active Member
YOU SAID IT WOULD BE REEEEET! PUT THE PIGEONS AWAY!
Awful lot of work for P38 manifolds... if you can call them that now!
Awful lot of work for P38 manifolds... if you can call them that now!
Dr_evil
Banned
Well its not the pigeon shat everywhere!
At least it didn't leave any flux in the welds just a few lines of inch long slugs stuck back to back
Be fine with a clean up anyway and I know but I cant fit anything else those are the best "headers" I can possibly fit due to the chassis and body
the pigeon shat everywhere! At least it didn't leave any flux in the welds
just a few lines of inch long slugs stuck back to back Be fine with a clean up anyway and I know but I cant fit anything else
those are the best "headers" I can possibly fit due to the chassis and body
Dr_evil
Banned
Turns out I'm 2mm short on the drivers side due to a little ridge thats on the engine mount.......now I could slice this ridge off but that would be silly so what I'm doing is simply drilling the holes on the manifold to a larger size. Tomorrow I'll be up early and off the engineers supply shop so I can pick up a 15mm and 17mm bit. This means I can simply slide the manifold over slightly without having to cut the chassis (this is after bashing the manifold with a hammer btw! just to decrease the clearance needed)
The same goes for the passenger side but it is now leak free
The same goes for the passenger side but it is now leak free
Turns out I'm 2mm short on the drivers side due to a little ridge thats on the engine mount.......now I could slice this ridge off but that would be silly so what I'm doing is simply drilling the holes on the manifold to a larger size. Tomorrow I'll be up early and off the engineers supply shop so I can pick up a 15mm and 17mm bit. This means I can simply slide the manifold over slightly without having to cut the chassis (this is after bashing the manifold with a hammer btw! just to decrease the clearance needed)
The same goes for the passenger side but it is now leak free
won't that restrict exhaust flow a wee bit
Dr_evil
Banned
Near enough makes no difference tbh, the old P6 manifolds that came off were ridiculously strangling to the system so even if these are over 2mm it should still make a good difference.
Especially as the engines got an exhaust bore to match the top end now instead of running on 1.25" pipe its on the correct 2.5" downpipes or 2.25" cant remember which without measuring
Dr_evil
Banned
Looks like the HG may be on the way out.......now this wouldn't surprise me given that I accidentally let it overheat last time I took it laning
Forgot to turn the electric fan back on (really should wire in a relay to a thermostat switch at some point or a permanent live on ignition) and it hit 115 out of the 120 on the gauge before I noticed and killed the engine to cool it for 10 mins!
I removed the spark plug in cylinder 4 and 6 to check plug colour and as I removed plug 4 some liquid squirted out of the plug hole........tasted the plug and it was antifreeze That may also explain its recent reluctance to start
Forgot to turn the electric fan back on (really should wire in a relay to a thermostat switch at some point or a permanent live on ignition) and it hit 115 out of the 120 on the gauge before I noticed and killed the engine to cool it for 10 mins!
I removed the spark plug in cylinder 4 and 6 to check plug colour and as I removed plug 4 some liquid squirted out of the plug hole........tasted the plug and it was antifreeze
That may also explain its recent reluctance to start
Mustbemental
New Member
You've broken it already???????????
