watoga
Member
Hello guys and girls,
A while back I bought a "chocolate" stainless steel Ebay manifold, which required a lot of strengthening work to stop is cracking and falling apart. I bought this manifold because I thought it might be a genuine performance part, but now wish I had stuck with the OE item.
Anyway, recently my standard T28 turbo has started to die and I was looking for a cheapish (but still remaining reliable) way of getting the car back on the track. In my garage I was lucky enough to find:
A 38mm TiAL external wastegate,
An old (but still fully useable) Garrett T3 turbo, and
A 38mm external screamer pipe.
So these items would allow me to avoid purchasing a new turbo costing several hundreds of GBP, but leaves the problem of finding a suitable manifold. However, searching Ebay allowed me to locate a cast GTiR specific manifold with both T3 and 38mm wastegate flanges. Here are some pics of the item:
So, while this manifold may seem suited for the job, am I missing something obvious? Could a turbo be fitted to this and still clear the block? Or would I typically need all sorts of spacers and angle adaptors? Would I be better scrapping this idea and just saving for a GT3071RWG? I know a custom downpipe would have to be made up in addition to elongated water and oil lines, but I would imagine this is quite an easy job compared to everything else?
Many thanks for your infinite wisdom and opinions,
Dave
A while back I bought a "chocolate" stainless steel Ebay manifold, which required a lot of strengthening work to stop is cracking and falling apart. I bought this manifold because I thought it might be a genuine performance part, but now wish I had stuck with the OE item.
Anyway, recently my standard T28 turbo has started to die and I was looking for a cheapish (but still remaining reliable) way of getting the car back on the track. In my garage I was lucky enough to find:
A 38mm TiAL external wastegate,
An old (but still fully useable) Garrett T3 turbo, and
A 38mm external screamer pipe.
So these items would allow me to avoid purchasing a new turbo costing several hundreds of GBP, but leaves the problem of finding a suitable manifold. However, searching Ebay allowed me to locate a cast GTiR specific manifold with both T3 and 38mm wastegate flanges. Here are some pics of the item:
So, while this manifold may seem suited for the job, am I missing something obvious? Could a turbo be fitted to this and still clear the block? Or would I typically need all sorts of spacers and angle adaptors? Would I be better scrapping this idea and just saving for a GT3071RWG? I know a custom downpipe would have to be made up in addition to elongated water and oil lines, but I would imagine this is quite an easy job compared to everything else?
Many thanks for your infinite wisdom and opinions,
Dave
