wow, i though i had alot of work to do on mine.. i guess not.

yes.. use new headbolts, always

shipping to Canada is probably a raping huh?

Back to the custom intake material...

I would make mine out of Aluminium because its light, and doesnt warp as much as stainless does when you weld it, but for me mainly it would be becuase it is easier to work with... Be careful with the Aluminium when your handling it cuz its soft and will scratch easy.

Stainless is cool too, I made my exhaust manifold out of it.

When it comes to cost, it dont really matter which way you go cuz both are freakin expensive nowadays.. S/S is more though.

As far as using mild steel.. forget about it, thats just a dumb idea.. all that rust potential to go in you engine.

If your going spend the money or time fabbing it you might as well use the more expensive material becuase the cost of material will be nothing compared to the cost of having someone build it.. and if your doing it yourself you want it to look good right..

but you gotta keep that bihotch idling at higher rpms.. thats probably the only downside

Careful with the diesel turbo, the seals arent as good as a normal turbo, you mights want to try and find a decent T25 designed for a petrol motor.

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Yep, thats what I meant...

I am building an A12 turbo setup with an SU turbo carb and turbo from an MG Metro .. same engine as the mini but turbo 1.3l
Should be getting very close to being finished by the end of summer.

sick! will have to try this on photo radar in Canada!

have manifold only, no downpipe, located in Lethbridge, AB, Canada.
Would not be hard to get pipe w/flange to fit.