Red Devil mkII - The Journey Continues

[Eddy]

Eddy, is that a standard exhaust manifold you're runnng that's been coated?

Hoyhoy.

That it is.

Edd's lastest mod. list. - Page 4

[seangti]

Hoyhoy.

That it is.

Edd's lastest mod. list. - Page 4

Thanks mate, that'll do the job for me than.

[Paazuzu]

Good luck Sean...I hope this sorts the issue once and for all!!

[Eddy]

Hoyhoy.

O.K. folks here's a couple of pics of the turbo support brackets I done a while back.


The first pics shows in red the extra rib welded to the standard support bracket & in blue the bottom part of the extra bracket.




The second pics shows the extra bracket where the top of the blue is @ the downpipe flange.



Both of these are set up to give extra uplift when doing up the bolts.
May be to understand these pics., ya have to have a good look when upside down & underneath.
Hoping this helps a bit.

[Jmac]

Sorry im booked up and haven't got back, I know exactly why the gasket is blowing again, the inner stud is stretched to buggery, it realy need the turbo off and new stud, you will see it not just a case of fitting bolts or it would have been fixed.
Ah well , hope all goes well
Jmac

[seangti]

Thanks again Eddy. Jimmy, that's exactly what's being done at the moment. I still have the o2 sensor light coming on so will have to catch-up when everything else is sorted if that's ok. I have a copy of the saved code, but as it's the ebay version of vcds, doesn't give much detail.


I went by NA Autosport this morning to drop off the manifolds Gav offered. Their first impression is that it's too small and restrictive for the application I've been learning what I can about manifolds, flow rates, porting, etc, but my head hurts. I've all but conceded in putting the std manifold back on. If it runs well, lucky me, if not, I'll have to do further research to better understand what makes a good manifold. At the moment I don't know enough to be buying anything with any level of understanding of what I'm putting on. I've come this far and am happy to spend the money, but want to know what I'm spending it on first (and don't want the S.O.B cracking).

There's some challenges getting the ATP manifold off, so at least by putting the standard on, should I change over in the future, I will at least be able to reach what I need to get to it. Other than this issue, Nick was of generally high praise for the workmanship, forethought and parts on the car, so that's positive feedback to those who've been involved. Hopefully this thread doesn't read as a 15 page whinge. I appreciate there's little to no prior warning signs for the issues I've had.

Going back to standard manifold, do I need to consider my current ecu tune set-up? Would it be safe to head to the track this weekend or best to scan it first?

He's the crack in the ATP manifold:

[Jmac]

Seen plenty ATP cracks but was at the wastegate to be fair and this can happen many turbos and cause no issue. This is super bad, its a chuck away
Jmac

[seangti]

So the ATP manifolds aren't inherently a poor product? Or it's application dependent? Open to recommendations of manifolds.

[G60ING]

A couple years ago when 20V were popular with friends I use to hear about how the ATP manifolds sucked because of nut access and how they would loosen up.

If it's cracking then yes you are screwed, because as I remember their customer service sucks.

Every once in a blue moon an apr manifold gets sold separate from a turbo kit on the vortex.

[Jmac]

Cant agree more with nut access!!!!!! thankfully someone has had the same issue, they are a nightmare to fit and I did this in situ, was a fair while ago I might add. Engine out , piece of Cake
Cheers
Jmac