Header flange/ header build

-
C

cooooledart

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jun 3, 2015
Messages
47
Reaction score
0
Location
California
I've considered building a turbo slant 6 and would need to fab some custome headers. Where can I get the header flange to start off from. I hope thats the correct name for what I'm thinking of. Thanks
 
Any reason to not just use the stock manifold and route a tube from that back up into your turbo? I think Pishta posted a good pix of a setup like that.

If new, then the thicker flange you linked is desirable to fight the warpage of the heat in a turbo manifold, but I am very doubtful about routing the intake through that same super hot flange. The 2nd one looks on the thin side....IMHO.
 
Get ready for an adventure. I would estimate 20 or more hours per tube.
2012-05-16_21-05-40_610.jpg


photobucket-1189-1346848542551.jpg

Will
 
nm9stheham said:
Any reason to not just use the stock manifold and route a tube from that back up into your turbo? I think Pishta posted a good pix of a setup like that.

If new, then the thicker flange you linked is desirable to fight the warpage of the heat in a turbo manifold, but I am very doubtful about routing the intake through that same super hot flange. The 2nd one looks on the thin side....IMHO.
Click to expand...

It has never been proved, but the thinking on that M-O is that the stock exhaust manifold + a J-Pipe (ala, PISHTA) is somewhat restrictive, compared with a 6-pipe header with invidual pipes for each cylinder.

Popular opinion states that the PISHTA system is good, up to, maybe, 350 horsepower, while there are a couple of 6-pipe headres can go over 500.

So, a PISHTA system could work well on the street, while a racing operation might opt for the bona fide headers, for a competitive advantage.
 
"Get ready for an adventure. I would estimate 20 or more hours per tube."

Amen!:banghead:
 

Attachments

  • js640_100_3489-2.jpg
    44.6 KB · Views: 201
You must log in or register to reply here.
-

Back
Top