A few of the new 20B manifold and the rest of the supporting cast:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6168338916/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6168338916/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6167807413/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6167807413/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6175217644/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6175217644/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6175220994/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6175220994/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6175225560/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6175225560/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6167831573/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6167831573/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

 

^ awesome.
sooooooooooooo jealous lol.

 

Cant wait to drive it in a few weeks

Casey has been great to work with and has always answered my questions promptly

 

How and why is there a divided flange on this manifold?

-J

 

Turbo is a divided t4

 

Yes, but the piping is 3 in to 2, merged at the flange?

-J

 

I will cut out the bridge if it helps lol

 

Listen, I wasn't being a smart ***... in all honesty the craftsmenship of these parts is some of the best I've seen, bar none. But it doesn't chang the fact that the runners are not truly divided. And in not being so, your flange and your turbine housing are going to crack. Not to mentioned making the the whole divided housing pointless as well.

Im just trying to understand how someone who fabricates as phenomenally as this person could make the manifold in that way? Im hoping that its just that the pictures aren't showing a very clear divide and it is, but from what im seeing its not.

-J

 

The flange is divided because it provides a knife edge transition into the exhaust housing. I was not going to modify the turbo itself in the event that Jon ever wanted to sell it or use it another application where it could be used as a true divided setup and still seal properly. In this application it is not divided, correct... however exhaust gas is not smashing into a flat flange face either, but has a smooth transition into the exhaust housing.

 

That is my point. By having it "knife edged" you are making the heat on the divider even worse. That flange WILL crack and so too may the turbine housing.

-J

 

AWESOME cfratmanship

NOICE! Where did you find/pruchase the electric water pump flange?

 

dam thats some welding alright hes a an artist

 

A few more random shots of the build:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6177575988/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6177575988/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6178489522/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6178489522/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6179054196/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6179054196/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6177539854/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6177539854/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6176705649/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6176705649/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6177207670/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6177207670/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6176671055/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6176671055/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6150983707/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6150983707/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

 

that looks so amazing

 

Beutiful welding,nice job! pull ya head in about the flange cracking,done god knows how many like that and never had an issue especialy with stainless.

 

Just beautiful work. Now where is this being done?

 

looks very nice, make sure you add some bracing to hold up that monster turbo though...

 

That manifold is a work of art! Those welds look absolutely perfect...

 

That looks awsome!
if u going to fabricate more ill like to know.
im searching one aswell

 

twins in the raw.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6242378836/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6242378836/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6252006582/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6252006582/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6252009370/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6252009370/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

Finished pics tomorrow...

 

Finished pics as promised.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6255635401/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6255635401/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6255633909/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6255633909/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6256209644/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6256209644/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6255671011/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6255671011/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6255681555/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6255681555/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

Transition into the V-band flange:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6256207960/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6256207960/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

And the shot that really matters...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6255696031/http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669521@N08/6255696031/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/20669521@N08/, on Flickr

 

Incredible.

Super innovative design as usual. Presumably the turbo flange section has a single wastegate dump pipe. Did you layout this design in CAD also?

 

Ok just ridiculously great work. Those should be made a standard

 

Damn nice work/art! By any chance would this fit a FC with 20B. and would need it mate up to a BW S500.

Let me know if you ever decide to sell this kit

 

woah

Its kind of depressing, knowing that I will probably never EVER be able to make welds like these. At least not in this lifetime.