Yesterday We Were Working On This Turbo Manifold For My Hatch And We Left Off With Just Getting These Two Middle Runners Done And I Already Went Ahead And Got This Third One All Tacked Up Got These Pieces Cut Out And This One's Ready To Be Welded And Right Now I'm Finishing Up The Last One On The Other Side And I Already Have All The Pieces Cut Out It's Just These Two Pieces Right Here And That Piece Is Straight On The Vise And Right Now I Just Need To Bevel The Edges On These Guys Before I Tack It All Up.
The goal for the day is to get this turbo manifold done, and so far, it's looking good. I've already completed two of the middle runners and now I'm working on the third one, which is also ready to be welded. To make sure everything fits properly, I need to bevel the edges of the pieces before tacking them up. The plan is to double up some of the welds to ensure a strong bond between the manifold and the head flange.
As I work on the turbo manifold, I'm making progress one piece at a time. First, I needed to break off all the tax from the head flange, followed by removing the collector. Now, I'll be welding each runner individually around the weld joints before reassembling everything. This approach ensures that all welds are accessible and can be done properly with a TIG torch.
Once all the welds are complete, the manifold will be fully assembled and ready to attach to the head flange and collector on each runner. The reason for welding each runner individually is that some spots cannot be accessed with the TIG torch when they're in place. By taking them off individually, I can weld them up properly before reattaching them.
The final step will involve cutting a hole in the side of the collector to fit the wastegate flange and then welding it into position. This flange will help direct exhaust gases away from the wastegate when boost is applied. The plan is to run a bead around this area to secure the flange in place.
Now that I've completed most of the work, it's time to put everything together and make sure the welds are clean and strong. As you can see, I'm quite pleased with the progress made so far. The welds on the head flange are good quality, and the wastegate flange is also looking neat.
Although I've finished the turbo manifold for my hatch, it won't be installed on the car tonight due to some remaining work to be done on other components like the intercooler setup. However, with this completed, the hatch will eventually make boost again, and hopefully, soon. For now, it's time to wrap up this video and let you guys know that I've got the manifold done. In the next one, we'll see how far we can get on reassembling everything and getting back on the streets.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso yesterday we were working on this turbo manifold for my hatch and we left off with just getting these two middle runners done and I already went ahead and got this third one all tacked up got these pieces cut out and this one's ready to be welded and right now I'm finishing up the last one on the other side and I already have all the pieces cut out it's just these two pieces right here and that piece is straight on the vise and right now I just need to bevel the edges on these guys before I tack it all up like how this one's doubled right here and once I get these doubled up I should be able to tack this last one up and then from there I can start welding everything up solid and I'm going to try to get this thing done today so I guess we'll see how far we get and yes that's the goal for tonight let's get this thing done all right so I got that last runner all packed up and as you can see right and here there's a little bit of a gap but nothing I can't fill on that one so what I get to do now is I need to break off all my tax from the head flange right here break off all my tax on the collector and I'm going to be taking each runner and welding all the way around each weld joint and then I will put it all back together and then fully weld it to the head flange there and then to the collector on each runner and the reason I'm welding each runner individually is just because if I try to leave them in place and weld them there are some spots that you just cannot get that TIG torch down into so it's pretty much the only way I just got to get them all off individually weld them all the way on and then roll them back on to the collector and head flange and either way I do it these welds down in here are going to suck these two inside ones on the collector but I'll get it done and once I get everything welded up my manifold will be done then the last step will be to cut a hole in the side of the collector right here get my waste a flange welded on and it'll be ready to make some boost you No Oh Oh Oh alright guys I'm just about done with my turbo manifold everything you see right here is welded up the last step I need to do is take this little 45 I have and this right here is the V band fitting for my waist gate and this fits nice and snug right in there and I'm just going to run a bead right around this right here and then once that flange is on there this will be welded into this hole about something like that I'll have a little bit of angle to it so the wastegate is going to kind of sit like right there nice and out of the way and once I get that welded up my manifold will be done so I'm gonna go ahead and get this done real quick and then kind of show you guys what this thing looks like all done so here is the finished product and now I can actually show you guys some of these welds up here so these are all the welds on that head flange right there it's a pretty good job on those they're nice and clean and here's the weld on that wastegate flange I really like that one I got that one pretty good right there and yeah it's pretty much good to go so I will not be installing this on the car tonight though just because I still got a few other things to do but it will be going on eventually so the hatch will be making boost again hopefully here pretty soon but I still have to redo the whole intercooler setup and there's quite a few other things I need to do but I don't know it's getting there slowly but surely but guys that is pretty much it for today I just want to make this quick short video let you guys know I got the manifold done for the hatch and I'm going to try to get this thing back together as soon as we can get it back on the streets and go do some polls and all that good but that's pretty much it for today guys so we'll see in the next one peace\n"
