# Don't worry, i'm an engineer **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 10, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675 "2012-01-10T18:28:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@robftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robftw)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/1 "2012-01-10T18:28:42Z")
Post real world explanations as to why this design would work. [ATTACH=CONFIG]19898[/ATTACH] ---
**Author:** ![sobo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sobo/32/5267_2.png) [@sobo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sobo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/2 "2012-01-10T18:45:20Z")
I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. But I can see reasons why there would be much better ways to do that. I’m no engineer though. It just seems like the collector should be a little farther away from the flange. ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/3 "2012-01-10T18:51:32Z")
I’m not a professional engineer but my gut tells me airflow dynamics into the turbo would be less than desireable. Is there a prize for the right answer? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/4 "2012-01-10T18:55:17Z")
Oh it will work. When I say “work” I mean “work very hard for minimal gain”. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/5 "2012-01-10T18:58:29Z")
Optimum merge angles are 10-15 degrees, the slimmer the angle the better. It will work, it won’t be optimum. Log manifolds work but are meh. Unless those primary tubes are 321ss then it has little chance of surviving for long. Improper material for that thickness. ---
**Author:** ![Copper280z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/copper280z/32/5464_2.png) [@Copper280z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Copper280z)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/6 "2012-01-10T19:14:10Z")
Looks like a whore to fit anywhere, unless they have a ton of room in that engine bay. Also, 5cyl? Audi? ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/7 "2012-01-10T19:40:44Z")
Probably a Volvo. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/8 "2012-01-10T19:58:55Z")
> [@Carnut](#): > > Probably a Volvo. or a volvo owner at least ---
**Author:** ![Copper280z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/copper280z/32/5464_2.png) [@Copper280z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Copper280z)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/9 "2012-01-10T21:15:43Z")
Ah, forgot about those. ---
**Author:** ![TRP951](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@TRP951](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TRP951)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/10 "2012-01-10T21:32:21Z")
yea the angles are way too extreme and I don’t see where the waste gate is tying in ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/11 "2012-01-10T21:50:59Z")
siqqq gaps. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/12 "2012-01-11T05:06:05Z")
the collector there looks like garbage… now the CNC’d intake flange/runners with velocity stacks incorporated that is seen on the bench in the background…THATS an entirely different story…looks SWEET ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/13 "2012-01-11T05:18:36Z")
Is that a victaulic coupling on the exhaust side? ---
**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/14 "2012-01-11T05:48:25Z")
probably a V band ---
**Author:** ![breakstuff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breakstuff/32/5413_2.png) [@breakstuff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/breakstuff)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/15 "2012-01-11T05:53:50Z")
If it’s really a 5 cylinder - are there 4 more wastegates somewhere else on that bench??? I guess you could just select an arbitrary tube and hope the exhaust flow doesn’t mind navigating to it from the other 4 If this is going on a 4 banger the 5th tube is for the wastegate… and still at a bad angle ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/16 "2012-01-11T07:38:54Z")
> [@breakstuff](#): > > If it’s really a 5 cylinder - are there 4 more wastegates somewhere else on that bench??? I guess you could just select an arbitrary tube and hope the exhaust flow doesn’t mind navigating to it from the other 4 > > If this is going on a 4 banger the 5th tube is for the wastegate… and still at a bad angle there’s a shit bag 5cyl intake manifold in the background. ---
**Author:** ![KENDO](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kendo/32/6109_2.png) [@KENDO](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KENDO)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/17 "2012-01-11T16:16:31Z")
the problem is your glass is empty…need more wine for it to function properly ---
**Author:** ![mechanicalmadness](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mechanicalmadness/32/5022_2.png) [@mechanicalmadness](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mechanicalmadness)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/18 "2012-01-11T16:56:11Z")
Dam son! That looks like poopie. Listen to carnut. Smooth out the angles, your manifold will be more efficient and you will more then likely get less lag. ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/19 "2012-01-11T17:22:35Z")
I think it’s set up to collect from 5 cars bolted together in a line. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675/20 "2012-01-11T17:26:49Z")
> [@1QIKZ](#): > > I think it’s set up to collect from 5 cars bolted together in a line. Automotive Centipede! BRILLIANT!! [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-worry-im-an-engineer/219675.md?page=2)