Exhaust manifold part 4

Still not completely finished, but I was checking the fit and figured I might as well snap a couple of pics.  The first are just some of the manifold laying on the floor.

Here are a couple showing how it is fitting into the engine compartment.  Looks like I will have plenty of hood clearance.  Although I wonder if it will bake the paint off of the hood.  I might add some heat shielding to counter that.  I will definitely have to add some shielding to protect the timing belt.  The hot side is really close to it.

Once I get done fiddling with the finish of it I will have to get the exhaust flange resurfaced to get rid of a little warping that occurred from welding it all up.

Exhaust Manifold part2

Well I didn't get done, but I am so tired I can't see straight anymore.  The only part left is the transition from the end of the manifold to the turbo flange.  The wastegate and rest of the manifold is completed and fully welded.  I think I'll pick up some metal this week for the transition piece and then it will just need to be cleaned up.  There isn't much room for the holset, but they are huge compared to a stock turbo.  Overall a manifold isn't hard to make.  The hardest part is making the end of the round tubing fit the rectangular T3 flange. 

Exhaust Manifold

I am making progress on the manifold.  I decided to go with a log style do to the limited room available.  It exits towards the front of the engine and will place the turbo at the right front corner of the car.  Since the body of the turbo is so large I had to remove the power steering reservoir bracket as well as the one for the headlight motor.  I guess that means I'm converting to fixed headlights.  I don't mind really as I was pondering that move to get rid of more weight.  I'm planning to use a full 3" exhaust from the turbo back and its looking like I will have the room.  The exhaust will sort of travel over the manifold while the wastegate pipe travels under the manifold reconnecting just above the starter.  All of the guestimations have been accurate so far.  If the success holds out I may have the time to get the manifold all assembled by the weekend.