05-03-2011, 10:10 AM
|
#1 (permalink)
|
|
A True Z Fanatic
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 55,385
Drives: on two wheels
Rep Power: 6964
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by A4RingedONE8T
This isn't my first rodeo, the manifold is supported in quite a few places on top of being made from sch.10 SS. The only reason the bracket shown exists was to support the turbo as I got started with the manifold. You could remove it completely and the turbo would go nowhere. The only reason I will be keeping it is because of the v-band exhaust housing. V-band flanges do not support weight as a T3 or T4 flange would. The weight focuses itself on one point on the radius and will eventually crack without an unusual amount of support.
Precision PT74 on my M-Roadster supported by the manifold only, 30k miles later, still right where I left it
It will 
|
Very nice M.
Can't wait to check the setup out in a couple weeks! 
__________________
- Steve
Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!)
LIKE us on Facebook!
|
|
|