tooter's manifold adventure...

[tooter]

It's nothing special and looks similar to the surface of a Parkerized gun.





The very fine stainless steel beads shot peen the aluminium and compress it, making it resistant to oil stains and fingerprints. The surface has a strange silky feel to it. And notice that surface imperfections of the rough casting are unaltered because no material is removed, just compressed. I intially tried blasting with plain sand but the angular grains left an open pored surface that readily stained even from skiin oil when touched. Whereas the bead blasted surface will look the same even years later.

[malibuguy]

I like that...maybe throw a satin clear coat on it and be done

[cali yaris]

because no material is removed, just compressed.

I don't know about that. Look at the welds; they look filed down. Sorry, but overall that just looks terrible to me. I know you'd want an honest opinion.

[tooter]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

I don't know about that. Look at the welds; they look filed down. Sorry, but overall that just looks terrible to me. I know you'd want an honest opinion.

Hey Garm

That pic of the dirty manifold and the clean one aren't of the same part. I just took a pic of one of the dirty manifolds to show the contrast. The texture of each of the welds on the manifolds varies widely. I suspect that they were done by hand as they are not consistent as with automatic machine welding.

The horizontal line isn't a weld because it's a one piece casting. That's a thick seam from the two halves of the mold. And there has been no filing on any of the welds as it serves no purpose. When it's installed on the engine, the casting marks aren't visible...



I haven't bead blasted this tooter yet because it's on the daily driver. Just rubbed on it some with a scrubbie to clean it up a bit. I'll post up some more detailed pics tomorrow.

[tooter]

Originally Posted by malibuguy

I like that...maybe throw a satin clear coat on it and be done

The shot peened surface doesn't even need a clear coat as the small pores in the surface are closed up. I wanted a surface that I could process simply all in one step and that would hold its appearance over time without any maintenance.

The new order of SS shot came today so I'll be blasting all I want tomorow.

[tooter]

With lots of beads, I can blast all I want. The beads haven't become polished from use yet so this surface is a little more matt than it will be when they are. I'm just practicing to see how the whole setup works.

Picked up two more flanges and blasted one just for fun while I'm breaking in the beads...





You can see the Dremel cut out lines on the inside edges of the two outer ports. I'll be hitting them with the grinder and then blasting the finished surface.

[CrankyOldMan]

Shiny! I'm assuming these are going into retail units?

[packetrace]

how much do you plan ?

[tooter]

Originally Posted by CrankyOldMan

Shiny! I'm assuming these are going into retail units?

Hey Cranky,

It's actually quite matt compared to the raw shiny machined surfaces. However, the durable shot peened surface will retain it's appearance over time.

Yes. Some will go to make complete manifolds, and some will be do-it-yourself parts kits to which you add your own manifold.

[packetrace]

To me they look really nice I like the surface finish :)

[tooter]

Originally Posted by packetrace

how much do you plan ?

One at a time!

None of the throttle body adaptors have been machined yet. Only the two flanges so far. I'll be kept busy for a while cleaning and blasting the old manifolds and getting them welded up.

[tooter]

tooter two is ready for the welder...



It was just an experiment filling the letters with paint. It'll get burned off with the welding. But it doesn't matter because everything gets bead blasted when it's done anyways.

On to tooter three...

[packetrace]

nice thing :D

[tooter]

As of today I'm officially a yarisworld tooter vendor.
I'm just on a month by month basis, because I don't think this business is going to last very long before it folds.

There's supposed to be a green vendor tooter on my nameplate, but I don't think that's going to be happening.

I'm offering for sale as a complete kit:

1. one welded, assembled, bead blasted tooter manifold
2. one matching throttle body adaptor for either 1NZ 4 bolt 48mm... or 1ZZ 4 bolt 51mm
3. one OEM flat throttle body adaptor gasket
4. three throttle body adaptor allen head bolts
5. one OEM O ring throttle body gasket for 4 bolt 48mm... or one OEM flat throttle body gasket for 4 bolt 51mm
6. one OEM O ring intake manifold gasket

$425 +shipping.

Also offered is a tooter do-it-yourself kit where you supply our own manifold, consisting of:

1. one tooter intake manifold adaptor flange
2. one throttle body adaptor
3. three allen head throttle body adaptor bolts
4. one OEM flat throttle body adaptor gasket

$250 +shipping


(picture us of an unblasted manifold)

I also offer a tooter manifold with no adaptor which fits a 1ZZ 3 bolt 51mm throttle body for $350 +shipping

You can use all of the same stock intake manifold bolts as well as the 3 stock throttle body studs and 1 bolt on the tooter.

The bead blasted manifold will readily accept paint, powdercoating, or ceramic coating.

If you have any questions feel free to call or email me and I'll be happy to answer them:

My name is Greg.
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310-455-3340
greggabi@verizon.net

[WeeYari]

Good luck to you as a vendor Greg

Now go and introduce yourself/product in the Sponsor Classified Forum.

[baseballfan416]

Tried to search through this thread for comments on gas mileage to no avail... Any significant difference either way?

[suckerface]

He mentioned during his testing over (I think) two tanks of gas that it didn't make any significant difference, possibly a bit higher. It didn't drop at all, however.

[CTScott]

Hmmm. I might have to order one of the DIY kits to experiment with one of the 2TZ superchargers that can be readily found for about $300.

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