check out this wacky mercruiser manifold (pic)

[MikeRenz]

4.3 v6, so i assume it'd bolt up. I'll like to see the outlet port of that. Get 2 of em look like it'd make it pretty simple to twin turbo.

:tup: or :tdown: ?

 

[PPI Typhoon]

:tup: if a cheap TT setup.......

:tdown: for just the bulky looks

 

[bigtime]

BUT they weigh 3 tons each! plus they are water cooled. :tdown:

 

[MikeRenz]

BUT they weigh 3 tons each! plus they are water cooled.

how much heavier than our stock manis?

and by water, do you mean coolant, or actual water?

 

[bigtime]

Actual water from a special thermostat housing. Sooooooo you will need a very very large water tank in your truck and then your gonna piss a lot of people off as you are spraying water out of your exhaust!

 

[MikeRenz]

any reason the ports couldn't just be capped off/welded shut?

I wish i had one of these in front of me to look at.

 

[bigtime]

see that square gasket in your pic? the rectangle slots are where the water goes thru tio the turn out to keep it from overheating in the engine bay. On the other side of that manifold there is a fitting that gets the water from the special thermostat housing. The water pump in those engines is supplied water from sea pump.

 

[bigtime]

....and it will never clear the steering shaft or AC box!
if you blocked off the ports the manifold would probably get hotter than if you left them open to atmosphere.

 

[MikeRenz]

ok..found a pic of a full motor. Nice tubing :lol:

 

[bigtime]

Yeah, that will fit in your truck! need a torch?

 

[Captain Morgan]

yeah, the marine motors are aftercooled with its own cooling system and keelcoolers which work similar to radiators, however they are just long tubes and the heat gets transfer into the water the boat is sitting in. I can probably get a ton of those stupid things. I have a set for a big block chevy :lol:

 

[MikeRenz]

would they really get any hotter than regular manifolds though?

 

[bigtime]

sure, regular manifolds see the air right away. the inside of this would get hot as fresh air could not surround it.

 

[MikeRenz]

hmm....so i wonder what would happen if you went w/ a FMIC and then used the stock cche/pump to cycle water through those manifolds.

 

[bigtime]

hmm....so i wonder what would happen if you went w/ a FMIC and then used the stock cche/pump to cycle water through those manifolds.

Are yuo trying to give me a headache on purpose?

 

[MikeRenz]

hmm....so i wonder what would happen if you went w/ a FMIC and then used the stock cche/pump to cycle water through those manifolds.

Are yuo trying to give me a headache on purpose?

:lol:
just trying to talk about something new/different around here.

 

[tytom]

My boat has this engine. Them things are huge. However, for boats, they have special turbos with water cooled turbine housings that bolt right on top of those manifolds. Twin turbo 4.3 in a boat...totally bolt on stuff...that would be nice, and its not that hard, but pretty expensive I think...

 

[Beardog]

Boats

Boats

Hey I have that same set up in my boat, why not make it a twin turbo?