tooter's manifold adventure...

[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.