To the people who cast the exhaust manifolds.

[RonA]

Could you change the mold so it leaves more surface like this.

[RonA]

Then the gate can attach here and not have to use a spacer.

[toolmanoffroad]

Well now thats pretty darn slick! :Cheer:

[carcrafter22]

Thats awsome, nice work. I like it when people think outside the box.

[12vriviera]

or why isnt it already milled out with a block off plate or as an option to the manifold order?
with all the beautiful stuff you have built carcrafter22 i am surprised you havent done this.

great job Ron!!

[JOHNBOY]

Nice work Ron!:Cheer:

[cbtoyz]

Sweet! When are you going to run production....:bigsmile:

[XLR8R]

Great idea! :Cheer:

[Signature600]

Because Ron, if they did that, maybe they wouldn't crack all the time.

That spot is right where all my aftermarket manifolds crack...sucks.


But as usual, excellent work Ron!!!
Chris

[Kronic_187]

beauty

[roachie]

I'm slamming my head in a filing cabinet wondering why I didn't think about that.

[RonA]

I've got a drawing of it.

[theonlyz]

Id buy one!!! Nice work!

[roachie]

What did you weld that with anyway?

[RonA]

Mating part.

[YOUNG GUNS15]

Thats a sweet setup!

[RonA]

Mount for wastegate is done except for grinding to match up the transitions inside.

[CL2000]

Damn Ron! Looks good I would suspect everyone is going to want you to make them one now.

[ISBeINSIDE]

as usual... clean machining and fab work!

[TMONEYDIESEL]

Very good looking work, always top notch man!!

[JasonCzerak]

Nice work Ron!

[ldzielak]

Ron looks great, got pictures of the custome piece you have mad to attach the wastegate?

Lee

[CREED1]

super nice man!!!!!!!

[Hurley]

really cool dude, really cool

I see the two other adapters in the last pic ;)

[DieselCharger]

wow ,Chris told me about that but a picture is worth a thousand words ,awesome

[RonA]

Too bad it won't fit the new head. Good thing i made extra mounts and saved the program.

[RonA]

I gave one of the mounts and some info to a company to see if they can incorporate this into a manifold. Maybe by this fall there will be something available off the shelf to make this easier to do.

[zstroken]

I thought years ago ATS had a wastegate integrated into some of their manifolds.

[RonA]

Couldn't find a 38mm gate so i had to adapt it up to a 50.

[RonA]

Wish I had used bigger bolts now. The 50mm gate is huge.

[Warpig]

Showoff :Cheer:

[shiftycapone]

That is the chit Ron looks great

[Backhoe man]

very nice work ron

[csutton7]

Ron --is that my birthday present??? I'll be up to get it shortly....chris

[biggy238]

Dig the marble worktop.... Hardcore machinist..

[ldzielak]

Piece of art, keep up the great work...

[RonA]

Got the truck back today. Everything is different, but it seems to work ok.

[Beave]

Truck looks great Ron.

[nilsson]

Nice.
What did you weld with?
//nilsson

[Ben46a]

Is that on the 6.7 P-Pump engine?

[RonA]

p-pumped 5.9 24V. Tig with a rod made for cast.

[rockjeep73]

p-pumped 5.9 24V. Tig with a rod made for cast.

What rod? And how does it do on engine blocks?

[UNBROKEN]

Probably a high nickle rod on pre-heated cast iron.

[aer212]

Is that a PDI T4?

[RonA]

I have not found anything that will fix cracked cast iron reliably. I use this rod to build up a boss to machine and install stuff onto the manifold. No pre-heat. don't let it get too hot. Hard to drill and tap. PDI T4.