Falcon 4lt-I6 Turbo exhaust Fabrication & Merge Collector Fabrication

There are a lot of DIY and homebrew guys in the Falcon 4 Litre Straight six cylinder forum fabricating their own turbo exhaust manifolds out there. Many commercially avaliable products also

The Turbo Merging Collector is something the F1 racing domain started when their design engineers made back when the F1 scene was buzzing in the turbo hardware. After that many people copied the design and many claim its there design.

History of Formula One
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Formula_One

Blast From The Past - The First Turbo Era
http://formulaspy.com/classic-f1/438-bl ... -turbo-era

f1 racing's first turbo engine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One

The Early Days of Turbo
http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=110779

f1 first turbo engine
http://grandprix247.com/2011/07/01/fia- ... -still-f1/

F1 racing’s first turbo era back in the 1970s and ‘80s
http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews ... 14695.html

Formula 1 Turbo Engines - How It All Started
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjvgmfPoJ5M

Bmw f1 turbo engine from the 80' - well hung meat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG-4sSoXlaM

Here is a website that is not so secretive about the methods people go about making the merging collectors. http://honda-tech.com/tags.php?tag=jig

There are m,any types of jigs people employ in the cutting process and many different types of machines use to actually make the cuts in compound angles.

For those that have the skill or those wishing to make there own turbo merging collectors and save huge sums of money ( could be miss leading as equipment may need to be purchased ) and practice there handy skills here is the opportunity to show them of.

Show of your Turbo exhaust manifold fabrication skills. remember this is a forum share amongst fellow ford members your approach and ideas in this topic. Whether your making log style , merging collectors style or top mount and bottom mount turbo equal length exhaust manifold ( Tuned length style ???? )


http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2991927

http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2138223

http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2090501

http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2066856

http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2090501

http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=1469627


http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=179531

http://www.celica-gts.com/forums/index. ... ic=22289.0

http://www.spdexhaust.com/pdfs/SPD_2013_catalog.pdf

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/ar ... 93187.html

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/sh ... 7be41b724d

 

 

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