Found this on ebay....

 

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Toyota-Celica-2T-3T...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

If you look at the welds on the mounting flange to the head in the first pic, they look pretty ordinary compared to the other welds. Anyway, what I'm thinking is that this manifold was orinigally made for an SR or CA, then had the flange cut off it and a T series one welded on!!

So for anybody interested in turboing a T series motor, it looks like they have the same exhaust port spacings as a Nissan motor!

 

Heres an SR one.....

 

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SR20DET-TURBO-EXHAU...1QQcmdZViewItem

yeah i saw that..

 

ill prob just go with a j-pipe :)

 

how much better is a proper turbo manifold (like this one) than a j-pipe power wise, i don't care if it looks better lol.

 

also don't forget thats stainless, much harder to work with than mild steel

Edited July 17, 200818 yr by tas_ae71

stainless is easier to work on if you got the right tools

Yeah would never touch a stainless turbo manifold, steam pipe FTW.

 

Thread was more so just about the port spacing.

 

A proper turbo manifold will always be better than a J pipe. :) Better response, less restrictive, and hence better flow and velocity. J pipes are a good alternative price wise, but can't compete with a proper manifold when it come to performance.

I was hoping no-one else would see that... I WAS going to win it. mostly because i got a perfectly good T28 sitting around, and a 3T-C about to become a 3TTE (I just realised how cool that looks...)

 

So steampipe is the way to go? Anyone know where I can get one made up???

Yeah would never touch a stainless turbo manifold, steam pipe FTW.

 

I secound that! the first one lasted a year and a half, the second 3 months.

 

If anyone wants to do this i can measure the sr exhaust port spacings for you to make sure. :)

Was it you who had the turbz and flange it was attached to drop off the manifold OWANF?

 

Was gunna try and find the pics of it, but didn't know where to start. Chuck it up if it was you. :)

i figured that a j-pipe would restrict flow a little but at the end of the day it should be plenty enough responsive...

well spotted TAZ, that was originally an sr20det mani and the ports matched pretty much perfectly, i know this because it used to be a mates, a top mount would be much better because the starter gets very close to the ex housing from memory

Was it you who had the turbz and flange it was attached to drop off the manifold OWANF?

 

Was gunna try and find the pics of it, but didn't know where to start. Chuck it up if it was you. !jamie.gif

 

Yeh i learnt the hard way!

 

Here they are, bloody big though!

 

 

Yeh i learnt the hard way!

 

Here they are, bloody big though!

just a question?

 

did you have the bracket installed that goes between these to points?

 

 

I had mine fail as well and they told me it was because the bracket was not installed? I have since installed the said bracket and also put one on the side of the gearbox to the dump pipe. take the weight of the turbo off the manifold.

This has been discussed in the original thread, there were two braces/brackets.