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    Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Does anyone know where to buy a new pinto turbo manifold from in the UK? Cheers

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    You can't buy them off the shelf, you have to either make it or get someone to make you one or buy a second hand one.

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    OK, cheers. What about importing one then? Aren't pinto turbos big in places like Sweden,Hungary, Malta etc????

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    They all make them or have them made from what I could find. Shouldn't be too difficult to find someone to make one for you.

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    At least here in Sweden it is all DIY, the volumes are too small to have someone make them and put on the shelf, and everybody has their own ideas on fitment etc.

    Most people seem to know someone with a water or laser cutter that can make the flanges, if not, businesses like KL Racing do them: https://shop.klracing.se/sv/artiklar...into-10mm.html

    They can also sell the bends and the turbo flange.

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Cheers Gustaf ��

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Im going to make mine

    Sx200 stainless manifold (£125 of eBay)
    Remove the flange and tig anew one on ( £50 for the flange )

    Hope this helps

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    How much would people expect to pay for one to be made by an engineer? For a simple log type manifold it's looking like £100-150 just for bends and flanges.

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Any easy way of building a turbo manifold starting from a Sierra collector and an old Turbo exhaust scroll. The last one has high nickel and weld very well with nickel rods.

    Turbo very short agains engine, can fit Escort bay.
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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Mine cost me £175 total. I bought and supplied the flanges and my local shop supplied the bends and made the manifold.

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    An other way of building a turbo manifold
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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Have you got a pic of your manifold and do you know what material they used? Cheers

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Have you got a pic of your manifold and do you know what material they used? Cheers

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Do you mean my exhaust manifold as in the picture? I was using 4 mm mild steel laser cut. Nothing special. The good thing about mild steel is, it does flex a ver little and less cracks in use as with Stainless Steel.

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    This is mine. It does the job for what I need.


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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Quote Originally Posted by onyd View Post
    Do you mean my exhaust manifold as in the picture? I was using 4 mm mild steel laser cut. Nothing special. The good thing about mild steel is, it does flex a ver little and less cracks in use as with Stainless Steel.
    Cheers mate, that's perfect. I did wonder how you got it built so cheap! If it's being wrapped or your on a budget it's fine. Like you say, most use stainless.

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Don't use SS, it cracks, and always will. Mild steel is what is needed, thick wall is important. The good thing about this manifold is, easy to build and easy to fix into a milling machine to grind it nice flat. Believe me trying to grind flange flat with a tubular manifold, forget it or must have flanges in the same direction.

    I use 15 mm for engine and turbo flange.

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    PS, still got one or 2 sets of these base plates.

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Quote Originally Posted by Dyno View Post
    PS, still got one or 2 sets of these base plates.
    is that still the case 5 years on?

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Got something in mind there, Graham?

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    I still got the complete manifold but I should also have plates somewhere and if not, I can have the reproduced. There was a small offset in length but easy to correct and about 10-15 pictures, step by step how to build it up

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Come on Dyno - show more pictures, step by steps are always interesting

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Quote Originally Posted by runoutofrigos View Post
    Got something in mind there, Graham?

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    maybe, problem is 3 project cars and numerous engine/carb projects im already getting to old to think i will ever catch up/finish them

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Hmmm, that sounds familiar.....

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Quote Originally Posted by katana View Post
    Come on Dyno - show more pictures, step by steps are always interesting
    Need to make them all smaller before I can post them here. Need to find an other way, maybe a link to my fb or any other options?

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Quote Originally Posted by Dyno View Post
    Need to make them all smaller before I can post them here. Need to find an other way, maybe a link to my fb or any other options?
    The following are the top five free places to upload your photos.

    Imgur: Easiest way to share images online. ... (heard of this one - seems popular)
    Behance: Share and find inspiration on this photo website. ... (new one to me?)
    ImageShack: A well-designed and free photo sharing site. ... (heard of this one also - maybe not as popular?)

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Quote Originally Posted by katana View Post
    The following are the top five free places to upload your photos.

    Imgur: Easiest way to share images online. ... (heard of this one - seems popular)
    Behance: Share and find inspiration on this photo website. ... (new one to me?)
    ImageShack: A well-designed and free photo sharing site. ... (heard of this one also - maybe not as popular?)
    Will see what is possible, something for over night, when I stop working

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Short photo list of how I made it. You can bent the end and bring the turbo flange under and angle if needed. Does make machining more difficult
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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Good series of photos and looks bloody solid! The head flanges make it - water jet cut? Are they individual pattern or 'one size fits all' ? I guess a simplification would be a flat single plate, drilled to suit then ground flat but wouldn't look as good!

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    Re: Where to buy a pinto turbo manifold????

    Quote Originally Posted by katana View Post
    Good series of photos and looks bloody solid! The head flanges make it - water jet cut? Are they individual pattern or 'one size fits all' ? I guess a simplification would be a flat single plate, drilled to suit then ground flat but wouldn't look as good!
    They both use waterjet (and I think it was done this way) as lazer jet. It is one fit all as you can see the double drilling on the bottom side. N° cylinder has a different setting of bolts.

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