My first RamHorn Manifold

I have been working on this manifold for a while now (too long) for a friend and so far it seems to be turning out ok.  I have been building this with a very antiquated saw.  This so far has seemed to be my biggest issue.  I had someone custom cut the collector for me.  Each runner was cut 5″ long and at two 15 degree angles.  This manifold was originally going to be a miniram but because of the really long runners would not work. (runner length has been noted in my branium for future manifolds)  I attempted to cut them shorter after I had already welded them but it was to late to try to get the collector any shorter.  Hopefully these issues will be solved once I pick up my new saw (complements of the guy that couldn’t turn into a parking lot). 

 The next hard part about this manifold is the fact that I am human.  These being the case, I only have two arms, and attached to those two arms are only one hand per arm.  Simple math, I need more hands.  Trying to make the pieces all fit together, now with a slight lack of symmetry I might add which you can see in the top view of the collector has proven to be challangeing.  I have managed to shuffle everything into a way that will work out pretty well I think, but over all, this usually would not pass my anillity standards, although I am cutting myself a little slack as this is my first. (That last sentance had a lot of commas(I suck at english))  I have a few small pieces left that I need to tack together to make sure everything fits, then I will be breaking it all down and finish welding it, but for now, here it stands.

Tags: car, fabrication, manifold, turbo, welding