first off, let my say that this is totally unnecessary if you are using the ebay O2 housing with the stock exhaust mani. there has not been many case reported on the ebay o2 housing failing on the stock mani. it is only beneficial if you were using this with a tubular mani and need some extra support. that being said, i took my ebay mani out and put on my stock mani that i just got done porting. i also port match the turbine housing then gave the whole thing a coat of VHT 2000 deg ceramic paint. i also decided to do a boost leak test and found a large leak from the hose on the LICP. i just got done tonight and haven't driven the car hard yet. i need to take it easy for the paint to cure properly and last longer. boost picked up a lot quicker but i think it was because i fixed the boost leak.

here's some helpful information. the distance between the hole for the bracket to the housing is the same as the hole on dp flange to the housing. you can see in one of the picture when i overlay the bracket on top of the flange. also, since the flange on the ebay is thinner than the flange on the stock housing, that makes the bracket sit lower than the stock bracket. i thought i would have to slot the L bracket to move it down lower but i didn't have to because the holes on the L bracket was large enough and allow it to be mounted lower.

 

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nice job

 

Nice job . I was thinking of welding my own bracket also when I was going to do the Meagan Racing O2, but decided to just have my stock O2 housing ported instead. Your housing turned out real good and professional looking.

 

Great job. That turned out great. Props for being able to get this done.

 

i wanted to do this 6 months ago when i got the housing but haven't had much time to work on my car till recently. i know that there are a lot of members on here that wants to get this done. i just wanted to show how easy it was. it probably too me about 1.5 hours to measure, cut and weld the bracket. thanks for the props.

 

Good idea and a lot easier to make than I thought. Excellent post.

 

thanks, but it's not really an original idea, so i won't take credit for it. i just saw that something needs to be done and i did it.

 

what paint did you use to coat your parts? if is temp rated high enough?

 

+1

 

I would like to know too...

 

i used VHT 2000 deg ceramic paint. i've used this paint on my turbo hondas before and it seem to work great. your exhaust gas should not get hotter than 1600 deg, the paint doesn't burn off, it might chip off though. just make sure you prep the surface very well. i don't know how it's going to hold up on the housing because i didn't sand it at all, don't know how well it will stay on the polish surface.

 

I had this done to mine as well, and the welder buddy of mine still has the jig he made and is willing to do more.

The only major difference between mine and yours, is that we did a half circle bracket, because we didn't want to stress the super thin walled tube as to crack it under pressure from the bracket. It gives more surface area.

PM me for info.

 

you should buy a hand full of the those ebay housing and have your buddy weld the backet on them and resale them. it saves on the two way shiping and people don't have to wait. just and idea.

 

If I had enough interest, I just may.

Oh, and these are fully tig welded, using stainless parts, since that piece is stainless.