peejay

He had one of those already. It's called a 12AT intake manifold.

Unsupa

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i can see that... I just figured that those were few and far between.. it was just a thought.

coldy13

Yeah, they are pretty rare since they only came on 12aTurbo cars, but they are great for Nikki turbo setups.

coldy13

Yeah, this one is sloped the wrong way just a bit. I'm not sure that it really matters though. If it does then I'll heat it with a torch and bend it slightly. I won't start selling them until I know it works perfect on my car. I'm not too close to setting a price on them yet, but if I had to take a guess, it'll probably be somewhere between $350-$600.


Unsupra: This manifold didn't even come close to clearing the TII turbo. I made a 1" thick spacer for the exhaust to give it room. I was told that there was no room to space it out, but I've still got at least another 1" before I'm close to hitting anything.

Super13b: No need for a hood scoop, it clears the hood by about 1"


Also, my name is Matt, not cody.

jorx81@aol.com

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Wow what's making that cost so high? The welding?
Out of curiosity what did they charge you for that?

Later
Joe

peejay

I'm sure it takes a lot of time in jigging it all together, etc.

I have maybe 20 good, solid hours into the porting of an intake manifold. Assuming a shop rate of $50/hour (which is VERY cheap nowadays) that comes to $1000 in labor alone.

I have a pet dream of putting together balanced custom rotating assemblies (need to do some more R&D before I can go into that further - let's just say things will be TRICK) and I was figuring that $1000 plus core would be lowball.

coldy13

I wasn't charged anything for the welding. My dad is the shop foreman, so he basically runs the place. I can TIG now, so if I start selling them I'll be doing the welding myself. It's around 40-60 in materials. And probably a total of about 10 hours work cutting/forming the tube, machining flanges, and welding.

jorx81@aol.com

iTrader: (6)

Aluminum conduit is inexpensive, thick, and bends nicley in a cheap bender.
Just an idea for you.

You may want to consider casting since you probably know someone that knows someone around there.

coldy13

Yeah, my dad knows a couple people that do casting. I'll have to look into how much it would cost.