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warped manifold flange, what to do?
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:04 AM
is at least 1/8" warped from end to end, my wideband and narrowband o2 sensors read half air, half stoich... pretty crazy

i dont want to go through the trouble of getting another manifold built, since i'm on a custom manifold i would need to play with turbo fitting and replacing the downpipe.

i'm thinking resurface, but i'm affraid it would be to thin, chances are i'll need to remove 30% to make it level. OR heres a question... can i cut the flange off the manifold and reweld a fresh flange on?


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Re: warped manifold flange, what to do?
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:22 AM
that would do it


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Re: warped manifold flange, what to do?
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:56 AM
have it milled...

mine did that too when they welded the whole thing together and needed to have it milled even again



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Re: warped manifold flange, what to do?
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:57 AM
well my flage was I think 1/2 inch thick.. so that may be why I could have mine milled...



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Re: warped manifold flange, what to do?
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:07 AM
If you do have it lathed, brace the flange somehow...there will be alot of stress on it...





Re: warped manifold flange, what to do?
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:27 PM
in 1/8" is not much. id use a thick header gasket and tighten the bolts a little tighter at the ends. cutting the flange off will cause a mess. you risk about a 1/4" of space gone from the tubing to the manifold and that can cause your downpipe to be alil off.
Re: warped manifold flange, what to do?
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:34 PM
sounds like i'll go see if someone can mill it... any recommendations on where i can find a slightly thicker gasket? i'm going to seriously consider mounting my turbo with a bracket now.

thanks for the help


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Re: warped manifold flange, what to do?
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 3:55 PM
The eco turbo header we just made was 1/4 inch off on each side. We had it put on a 100 ton press and it straightened the flange out near perfect. 1/8 inch is alot and doubling up on the gaskets will not help you. It will just blow the gasket out.
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