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Old Jan 21, 2018 | 07:56 PM
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Sounds kinda dumb but has anyone bend the truck manifold made my crossover pipie for my turbo build but my driver side manifold is touching the frame. I wanted to bend it towards the engine maybe like 2 inches and it should fit perfectly


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Old Jan 21, 2018 | 08:55 PM
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If you want to bend cast iron I suggest heating it up uniformly to about 2000F first and let it cool very slowly in sand or something.

So basically no, not going to happen.
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Old Jan 22, 2018 | 07:51 AM
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Bend cast iron 2 inches? That kinds seems like a lot to me....but yes, you'll need to uniformly heat it, don't suggest acetylene jumping from one pipe to the other, but an induction oven. It's going to be quite a chore.
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