Thread: Mazworx got some FWD Love :)

im gonna be buying your DIY kit and making my own manifold. I will have it professionally welded but i will make all the cuts and tack weld them in place and then have a good shop here weld it. If it were me i think the best way to do it would have been to bring the runners straight down with a nice smooth bend run down approx half-way down the block and then do a nice smooth U bend back up and mount it right in the middle or maybe just slightly to the right, But not that far and make the turbo sit nice and straight, You have way more clearance up top than you do mounted that low. Your hood will allow for more than enough clearance mounted up higher.

For one this will give better fitment of the lower radiator hose and even the radiator itself and the fans The more you bring it to the right the less room you have. Leaving the runners in the middle would have save a lot of space. Ive seen many honda manifolds done like that and they work very very well and its very easy to make an equal length that way with less sharp bents and turns.

Mazworx, I will get a hold of you soon to get a DIY kit from you.

Making manifolds is not as easy as it seems especially working with tight quarters. There are different bends available, but that will increase the cost of the manifold and most dont want to pay 2000.00 for a manifold.

Honda's have much more room in their engine bay to work with and plus their alternators sit to the back on the driver side not right in the front.

well andreas is currently making a back mounted alternator bracket to put in place of power steering for those not running it. But again like i said if you would bend it towards the block a bit and the U back up and keep the flange more in the middle you should still have plenty of room for a downpipe. Again the upper part of the bay has plenty of clearance if you would mount the turbo higher.

Well i can buy your DIY kit for what. $320 maybe get 2' extra of the straight and make the mani like i said and then spend $100 bucks to have a shop here weld it all together. They also do awesome welds that i wouldnt have to worry about and i would have a nice manifold for less than $500

Again That is a weird placement and if you go any larger than a 30r which alot of people on here that would afford that manifold would probably run your going to run into more clearance issues with it mounted there. Maybe not but just going by the pics.

Anyways, do you keep those kits readily available. Im assuming you do since you do soo many manifolds for soo many different motors. Im down to get one here soon.

They are for B13 ect so I would venture to bet that they will be made to order. Ashton ur welder is going to charge you $100 to tig up your DIY kit? He must be a good friend because he will be at it for more than an hour lol.

subscribed

Gmac

It looks like they took more into account than just making an easy spot to mount the turbo. I had a protech equal lenth, and it seemed they for got that the turbo had to drain the oil back into the engine. Not room without jiggin up something.

It looks very nice, and functional. Down pipe looks like it will be fairly simple as well. I'm excited to see the final project.

understood, but if you use nice ss lines and an fittings like you should if you spend that much money then that would make it much easier, I see nothing wrong with it being in the middle as long as you dont bring the runners too far down and you dont have to because again there is a lot of room to mount the turbo higher up than what they did.

I dont see a problem with it blocking where your drain line needs to go where they have it or having it in the middle as long as you do the runners correctly.

And RB, yeah not even a friend, its a guy that works at a welding shop here local that will do it. I will just tack it into place with the crappy welder i have and he can finish it up.

Axle Carrier Bracket finished and ready for shipping.

how much