Ok so I was working on the Burb a couple weekends ago with my Dad and I'm trying to decide what to do about the exhaust manifold/turbo placement. The problem is with the low mount chevy manifold that came on the engine it only gives me about 3" to the firewall. So I bought a manifold kit from Mooktank and was planning on using that to put the turbo wherever I need to. So I make up a jig of sorts to test placing the turbo to get clearance from everything and I keep wanting to move it lower.
So my crazy idea is this... Instead of building my own manifold I use the stock manifold but I make an adapter using a couple of these. And use some 1/8" plate to twist and move the outlet on the manifold forward to around cyl 2/3 and drop it by about 4". This would put my turbo a few inches above the framerail and give me lots of room for running my intake elbow from the air cleaner and get lines on the back of my AC comp. I'm going to try to draw something up in UG or solidworks since this description probably sucks
Anyone see a problem with doing this? I have a H1C turbo with the divided turbine housing. Should I try to keep the split in my adapter or will it not matter much?
So my crazy idea is this... Instead of building my own manifold I use the stock manifold but I make an adapter using a couple of these. And use some 1/8" plate to twist and move the outlet on the manifold forward to around cyl 2/3 and drop it by about 4". This would put my turbo a few inches above the framerail and give me lots of room for running my intake elbow from the air cleaner and get lines on the back of my AC comp. I'm going to try to draw something up in UG or solidworks since this description probably sucks
Anyone see a problem with doing this? I have a H1C turbo with the divided turbine housing. Should I try to keep the split in my adapter or will it not matter much?