[Turbo Turtle]

Start of the duratec manifold. I'm hoping this manifold will not only replace the cheap cast manifolds available from china but also fit an efr turbo











Tim

 

[sleepyboy]

In for the first sub! So pretty.

 

[focusmaniaczx3]

very nice! makes me wish id traded in for a dtec a few years back. oh well, im in too deep with the zetec to change my mind now lol

 

[04ZX3]

Looks great; couple of questions. Is that a t3 flange? I know you can get efr turbos with a internal wastegate but are including or making an external wastegate an option?

 

[Turbo Turtle]

I'm still undecided on what all options I want to offer. This manifold will be a t25 since I'm mainly concerned with using a efr 6258 or 6758. But I may have a t3 ewg option in case there is any interest. It just makes jigs much more complicated

 

[sutyak]

Looks great. Wish you were doing this 7 years ago when I made my manifold. [cheers]
At the time there were no aftermarket Duratec manifolds, and FSWerks refused to sell me their manifold.

 

[Turbo Turtle]

Yeah I would have liked to have been a part of all your builds. But 7 years ago I wasn't good enough to build them like this lol

I'm hoping to get my hands on an st to build a kit for them while they are still fresh. I have a friend that just bought one but he lives 300 miles away now

 

[focusmaniaczx3]

tell him to bring his ass down and loan him the miata for a while lol

 

[Hughesy27]

Looks good. Like sporadic said, wish this was available when I was doing my build. I still might be interested in the t3 one though. Hopefully swapping in the hy35 here soon.

 

[Turbo Turtle]

Are you getting a t3 housing for the hy?

Great turbo btw love my hx

 

[Hughesy27]

Mine had the t3 housing. Wastegate welded shut.

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Here it is with the fswerks manifold mocked up to the 2.5 head.

 

[Hughesy27]

On a friends rear mount setup we did, he used the tial mvs wastegate. Was thinking of doing that because of the vband style. Less chance for leaks.

 

[Turbo Turtle]

Cool I can deff do that. I can weld in what ever gate flange you want

You got any pics of where the wg dump exit's on the car

 

[Hughesy27]

Nothing yet. Everything got pushed back. Just mock ups for now. I have everything but pistons and gaskets for the engine build. And still need a clutch. The plan was to cut the dump tube I have it run straight down but not sure if I want to recirculate it to the dp.

 

[Hughesy27]

Currently running internal with a g t28

 

[Turbo Turtle]

I would dump it if at all possible. Esp if you are planning to run 15 plus. It will help get more air out which is always good but I could understand someone running only 10psi would want it recir bc it would be opening all the time lol

 

[Hughesy27]

I'm planning big boost. That's why I picked that turbo they spool like a beast. Dsm guys on this are getting great numbers on high boost with really quick spool. I will run at least 15 on street but plan on doing 20+

 

[Turbo Turtle]

Yeah I'm running 17 right now, plan to push to 20 in the end. Full boost at 3100

 

[Hughesy27]

Gotta love it. That's on the 1.8 miata right?

 

[Turbo Turtle]

Yeah with open scroll t4i exhaust housing