v6 rear manifold

[General Baxter]

has any one got any photos of this modded to clear the rack ?

[Adam]

Theres a thread in the projects forum somewhere, fitting a v6.
Cant remember the posters username though

[General Baxter]

just searched, even looked in the arcives still nothing :(

[Jack]

There were two V6 projects, neither had pics/info on the rear manifold iirc.

[Mike]

^ I assume they never got that far?

[Jack]

I know one of them was running. I assume it had an exhaust as it wasn't all that loud lol

[Adam]

He sold the car iirc

[mowgli]

He sold the car iirc

if my memory is correct, he managed to stick it in really quickly using cav/saab bits then stuck it on ebay straight away.... possibly a bit of hopeful marketing. it was not road legal

[Jack]

Three V6 projects, none of which have any decent pics of the exhaust setup... and none in a "finalized" state. Hmm... Baxter, its not looking good lol

[Spudly]

What about the black SR v6 that was around at the shows last year, was in TV iirc is hte owner/builder not on any vaux sites?

[Adam]

It got wrote off a few month back :(

The owner is a member on VS i think.

[Spudly]

Aw youre joking, how did that happen??

Guess that rules out that possibility unless the builder kept a picture diary!

[Adam]

Cant remember exactly, but i think i remember reading that the driver lost the back end and the car slide into a wall/metal fencing.
Was quite a mess

[John]

Guys name was tony hurdle iirc. He's on vs as ad says.

[Spudly]

Cant remember exactly, but i think i remember reading that the driver lost the back end and the car slide into a wall/metal fencing.
Was quite a mess


Sh!t the bed i hope the driver/any passengers were alright....

Shame as the car looked tidy apart from the rear arches!

[Adam]

Was a cool as fook car, proper sleeper.

Pic i found
http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00040fb3.jpg

[burgo]

well mounting it at that angle would sort the exhaust issue

[General Baxter]

lol

[Jack]

Pic not working for me :(

[Adam]

I think imageshack has gone tits up

[burgo]

works for me. you must both be gay

[brainsnova]

worked for me thats one beaten v6 nova.

[Jack]

Yarp, working now.

Looks like the engine has survived better than the car LOL

[DAN-F]

ive got pics of mine somewhere didnt getr round to putting them in my projct thread ill try find them now

[DAN-F]

here
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn152/DAN-F/DSC01305.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn152/DAN-F/DSC01306.jpg

[burgo]

WOW!!!! thats special

[DAN-F]

is that meant to be sarcasm

[burgo]

it is what it is

[DAN-F]

well the exhaust is far from special but it does the job while im getting the other made up, this was just to get a kinda working template to make a better one, the guy asked for pics of v6 manifolds so i gave him one of mine

[burgo]

no you didnt. you gave him pics the the downpipe which isnt the problem. it has been said in the past the the back MANIFOLD cant be fitted due to the steering rack and he wants to know what people have done to get around this

[DAN-F]

well my manifold cleared the rack and the downpipe was close so i modded it a little, sorry if i mis-read it

[General Baxter]

what rear manifold did you use then?

the c25xe item is at an angle at the rear, if left std its left pointing inside the car lol

[DAN-F]

The One That Came With The Calibra I Took The Engine Out Of

[craig green]

That's some of the shonkiest plumbing I've ever seen! lol

[DAN-F]

Like i said its onlt there to be used as like a template so i can take a jig of it and make up a tidy tubular manifold which im gonna tig weld not mig once thats done shouldnt take long to knock out a few

[DAN-F]

Like i said its onlt there to be used as like a template so i can take a jig of it and make up a tidy tubular manifold which im gonna tig weld not mig once thats done shouldnt take long to knock out a few

[craig green]

No offence intended Dan.

Anyone know if raising the steering rack mount would help?

[burgo]

isnt the back manifold just made from tubular steel anyway and not cast like the front one? if it is then just cut and re-weld surely?

[bowman]

isnt the back manifold just made from tubular steel anyway and not cast like the front one? if it is then just cut and re-weld surely?

Yes it is, but its double skinned and a bit of an **** to weld up. I've got one here, its cut to go around the rack but only tack welded, will need finishing. Not going to need it with a 20ne!lol

[General Baxter]

iv heard a roomer that the 3.2 manifolds are slightly smaller and will fit with no modding any gen on this ?

[Sloth]

as afr as i was told, if you cut the flange off, turn it 90 degrees, grind a bit off the cut edge so it points more at the block then re weld, it should fit.