Wastegate Plumbing
03-30-2003, 06:09 AM
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My manifold is HKS. Here is a pic to show where I would weld the pipe for the wastegate. I'd try to use a couple angles like my manifold has to clear anything in the way, and make sure the turbo and downpipe aren't going to interfear either.
03-30-2003, 10:48 AM
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I don't know if using one pipe off the two is all that good of an idea for my situation because it's so close to the turbo flange and it would be very hard to form the pipe to joint the two pipes. Also I'd kind of like to keep the pulses as seprate as possible. I think if I tap into the manifold a little earlier the gasses that go into the turbo will be a little more laminar.
03-31-2003, 07:09 PM
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At that height i can't tilt it over any more because it will hit the turbine housing. I'm working on another idea now that will allow better transition and be shorter so I can angle it more. Once I get it sorted I'll post a pic.
04-01-2003, 06:27 PM
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I want the WG runners to be equal length so I don't get any "favorable" exh bleed from one exh port. What I have in my head right now might be kind of tricky so I may end up making it like the HKS only on the top side of the main runners after all.
04-06-2003, 12:29 PM
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I didn't want to do it this way but in the end I think it was just about the only way I could considering clearance issues. I don't think it turned out all that bad, better than the way I was going to do it at first.