Where I live quality stock volvo parts are very hard to come by, and while my goal is to wait until I can get my hands on a b21ft manifold, this pile of turbo parts I've had in my garage for about a year are making me antsy. Everything I've been able to find about eBay turbo manifolds tells me that the exhaust flanges are actually mounted upside down and have to be modified (which for ~100 bucks I'm not too butt hurt about). I am a "good enough" welder (grinding god) and the only reason I haven't made my own is because there's no shop in my state that will cut me some flanges for under 200 (which I refuse to pay for maybe 2 hours worth of some guy with a plasma cutter).
So question time, Is there anyone out there who has bought a eBay manifold that didn't need to be chopped up? ive found 5 or so manifolds that seem to be from different manufacturers the optimist in me believes one has to be decent.
I tried searching but I'm not really satisfied with any of the answers I found. Most the manifolds addressed in older threads have broken links or have stopped being sold.
So question time, Is there anyone out there who has bought a eBay manifold that didn't need to be chopped up? ive found 5 or so manifolds that seem to be from different manufacturers the optimist in me believes one has to be decent.
I tried searching but I'm not really satisfied with any of the answers I found. Most the manifolds addressed in older threads have broken links or have stopped being sold.