7AFTER'S i need your help, did you have this much trouble?(now with pictures-at bottom of first p Options

[dans_st]

I used to have a T28 with a log style manifold on my car and now I have a GT32 turbo and was planning on doing the B16 manifold with a JGS Tools flange . So I take my parts back to the shop that WAS going to do it and they say that they can't do it.

Because the holes on the flange are too small for the piping, so I had a machine shop here drill them out to 10 thousandths larger than the diameter of the piping- so I thought that I had the problem fixed.

Then I take it back to the shop and they say that they still can't do it because the holes don't line up. The two middle holes line up reasonably BUT- the outer two don't line up very well especially the #1 exhaust port & runner is like 7/16" off of center, and #4 is about 1/4" from being centered with the flange.

They said that it is very hard to bend in the stainless steel piping and there might be a chance that they may ruin my manifold and not be able to do it.

Is this true? , has anyone done this and had this much trouble? I sold my old manifold and my car hasn't been running for the last 3 months and this is the only part holding me back right now.

The manifold that I have is the SSAUTOCHROME for the b16/b18 with the 38mm external wastegate flange and the flange is the JGS Tools for the 7AFE.

anyone who has done this please help!

This post has been edited by dans_st: Apr 21, 2007 - 12:02 PM

[dans_st]

but do I bend and tack them, because I heard that this puts alot of undue stress on the welds of an already weak manifold.

or heat, and bend, then tack which I was told also weakens the metal.

If either of these is not as big of a problem as they were made out to seem to me then I am willing to do them, I just want to have a car theat is running again and will be dependable.

or do I have to cut and re-weld each individual runner, and if so how far away from the flange.And, do I have to add any piping or metal???

I have already cut off the old flange with a fine tooth hack-saw to get as closely as possible since the blade is alot thinner.
my concern now is the places that I think would be the best to cut and reweld I can't fit the stick and wand of the welder to get a complete weld all the way around.