Best way to protect intake hoses from heat?

That's not going to work. Where did you buy that manifold and what is it meant for? What turbo do you have?

Those exhaust runners look massive, even considering the heat wrap on them. They just don't leave enough room for the turbo outlet piping. Could the manifold be designed for a 3SGTE in a Celica / Caldina platform?
Seems like you might need to redo the intake plumbing routing... or perhaps a stainless OVAL bend from Burns Stainless could be used at that point instead of the silicon elbow?

Only solution looks like welding an aluminum elbow to the turbo then using a straight coupler much farther away from the runner. That said, with all the contact you've got with the engine against the firewall heat shield, that's got to make a ton of noise/vibration.

Looks like a python coiled up in there. Massive!

J.harris said:

That's not going to work. Where did you buy that manifold and what is it meant for? What turbo do you have?

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I bought the manifold from Soara Performance in Ukrainian It was designed for a celica but he said it would fir on a MR2 as well Ive put a Garrett GT3071R turbo on it

JimKing said:

Those exhaust runners look massive, even considering the heat wrap on them. They just don't leave enough room for the turbo outlet piping. Could the manifold be designed for a 3SGTE in a Celica / Caldina platform?
Seems like you might need to redo the intake plumbing routing... or perhaps a stainless OVAL bend from Burns Stainless could be used at that point instead of the silicon elbow?

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Yes it was designed for a celica the seller told me it would fit. How and where would you use the oval pipe?

You have to weld an aluminum pipe to the compressor housing. Carry it to where a straight coupler is no where near the manifold.

You can put a slight dimple for clearance on the pipe and it won’t affect anything. Maintain the 2”/52mm diameter of the compressor outlet for as much clearance.

I think the Burns Stainless part would be too large. Go with DefSport's suggestion. Or possibly replace most of the the big silicon 90 with a stainless 2" mandel bend 90, with a a normal coupler at the turbine outlet and another where the 90 meets the pipe going to the IC. You would need to bead-roll lips onto either end of the 2" mandrel 90.
You could probably position it so that there was clearance between the heat wrapped manifold and the firewall heatshield.

That manifold is too large. Sure it looks cool but it's not practical. My opinion is to go back to the stock manifold with a ATS adapter.


If you can't part with that manifold I think your only option is to move the intercooler to the driver's side or trunk.