Hey Guys,

Just a heads up, the support bracket on my 3037 turbo sheard, leaving the turbo with no support causing my header to ever so slightly crack...

they removed the turbo and header re-fabricated the support bracket re-welded the crack with argon welding (i think) and put her back in... every once in a while pop your head in the engine bay and look to make sure the support bracket hasn't snapped off...


Here's the Kit during first installation...

 

ooh ****...sorry to hear that tom...

hope its all sorted out now!!

cant see that happening with the cast manis i am running from buschur...hks as well as other companies should start offering those for a change!!

goodluck bro.


ps let me know if you need anyone to take care of your car while you are away..

 

This is the 1st that I've heard of on the HKS mani cracking.

 

Damn your quick... Sam removed it and re-welded it for me... this happened say 4 months ago...
Does Bushur have a cast mani that can simply replace the HKS mani i have on now?
if so, which one is it?

 

i dont know if it can replace the one you have..first you have to check how the 3037 is flanged ..then you have to keep in mind that by changing the mani the whole oriantation of the turbo is going to change thus might require some minor/major fabrications to mount all the pipes connected to the turbo (ie oil feed,lower intercooler pipe etc)

tvbf1....this is the third i have seen in dubai alone!!

 

Apparently in the past there was no support bracket, then they smartened up and put a support bracket... hey what do you know the sucka broke and made the header crack...

Wasn't big mind you but i caught it before it got worse... anyone shed some light on argon welding a cracked header... does it do the trick, expecially if the support bracket is back in place?

one thing that pisses me off is that I baby this car so WTF caused the bracket to snap?
Going through kalba mountains up and down might have done it though...

 

you baby the car? ha? oh yeah and i am the prince of brunai hahahahahah

 

Smart ***!

hmmm well for one I dont track it always change the oils on time... launched it maybe 5 times in it's lifetime...
And it's one of the cleanest evo's in Dubai
here let me refresh your memory... it hasn't left the garage since...

http://www.evolve.ae/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5984

 

Careful Tom....I babyed my car sooo much, it decided to hit the pavement and fly in the air breaking so much **** along the way hahahahahahaha

 

Pictures or it never happened...

On a serious note: damn that sucks dude.. insurance? salvageable?

 

first time ive heard of HKS manifold ever cracking

still the best kit and apexi one is badass too

 

I think it's a top notch kit too, the problem is the damn support bracket failed otherwise i'm positive it would not have happened...

 

Whats up Tom! By Argon welding do you mean Tig? If so this is the gas that is used during tig welding stainless and you should have no problems... BTW how are things?

 

^ Well hello there stranger, how the heck have you been?

I bought an I-pod touch for the mrs on Valentines and loaded up all those songs you gave me when you came over... finally put em to good use... shoot me an email

regarding the welding,
he mentioned Argon welding TIG not MIG he said it will never crack in the same place.... hope he's right...

 

Well he is partially correct... it shouldn't crack there again as when metal is tig welded the metal at the weld is stronger than the surrounding metal, however if stress any stress is put there again it will still crack ie the support braket breaks again.

As for the I-pod thing... I am glad i could be of some service! Tell Lucy I says hello!

How is your evo these days? I dyno'd mine a few months back and the results are in my sig. I have a stock IX turbo to install, and my buddy is going to fabricate an externally dumped O2 housing in the next few weeks! That should put me around 375-380 hp and around 360 tq