NitroDann's Long Awaited Garage Thread

Apu · Postby **Apu** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:14 pm

Hahaha! Damn that would've been fun! Brian, Paul...I assume you've got the green NA spikes? How's the cam gears?

Who's the gold NB?

Postby **NitroDann** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:49 pm

The parts are just sitting on, not bolted on yet, but the holes all do line up.
Ill have peter over in a few days to get it just a bit nicer before bolting it together and going for rego.

Dann

Postby **NitroDann** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:55 pm

Thanks to
Haroon (hb), Martin (spikes), Paul F (Paul F), Bryan (Muzdaman), and Martin (Not on forum-AW11).

Thanks for your help boys.

For the uninitiated.

Dann

spikes · Postby **spikes** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:16 am

Apu wrote:Hahaha! Damn that would've been fun! Brian, Paul...I assume you've got the green NA spikes? How's the cam gears?

Yeah Green NA, still running stock gears, and not too sure what I want out of my current motor yet.

hb · Postby hb » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:19 am

all those young whipper snappers in their NAs. im getting too old for this sh*t

PaulF · Postby **PaulF** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:34 am

hb wrote:all those young whipper snappers in their NAs. im getting too old for this sh*t

I'm pretty sure that if anyone has an old man's car in this photo it's me.

Postby **NitroDann** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:22 pm

I cant tell you how much I hate this cheap chinese rubbish cut to pieces exhaust flange..

But heres the final product.

I learned some things making this manifold.

I learned to never accept hackjobs.
I learned that designing the manifold should take almost as long as building it.
I also leaned just how far you can extend the tungsten out of the cup at max gas flow before you are pushing your luck. (welders will follow)

Dann

zero00 · Postby **zero00** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:01 pm

Dann

Glad to see so many of your local guys jump in and help you get the job done - sometimes people get screwed for no reason but always pleasing when there is a positive reaction

deviant · Postby **deviant** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:06 pm

And now mine begins :twisted:

I checked the EGR what not and it is exactly the same as the stock one and mates up to the egr tube. I will chuck it in the post tomorrow.

The manifold looks good Dann. The workshop that used to do all the work on my old turbo NA always said the same thing about accepting owner supplied bits, to many people buying a cheap intercooler kit or exhaust system and then moaning like hell at the workshop when they turned around and said it would take hundreds of dollars worth of labour and re-manufacturing to fit it.

Postby **NitroDann** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:10 pm

Yeah it does, and because your car is an NA8, and both of mine are NA6's, you will have to take some measurements for me.

I need the distance from the firewall to rearmost head flange stud. I would also like to know the distance above the rear, top headstud to the top of the firewall behind it.

Dann

wozzah1975 · Postby **wozzah1975** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:37 pm

That looks really good Dann,

Woz

deviant · Postby **deviant** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:39 pm

NB8B...still need the measurements?

Postby **NitroDann** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:15 pm

No I dont. hey can you take a photo of the EGR tube, to make sure its the same as the car i will build on.

Hahaha.

Dann

Apu · Postby **Apu** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:29 pm

Nice work Dann! Looking forward to mine!

deviant · Postby **deviant** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:53 pm

NitroDann wrote:No I dont. hey can you take a photo of the EGR tube, to make sure its the same as the car i will build on.

Hahaha.

Dann

It is this one...I did this task today as I found mine is split so ordered a new one. http://parts.arlingtonmazda.com/product ... 0A%29.html

If you use a turbo car it is a different shape according to this http://parts.arlingtonmazda.com/product ... 1X%29.html

I could try and figure out some measurements for location / angle?