Going to try this out.

Jonnydime · Dec 24, 2016

The way I made the adaption to the v band was by machining the 6.0 manifold to accept a 2" stainless tube and then welding the tube to the manifold. There is about an inch of tube inside the manifold and the fit is rather tight. The manifolds have been on the truck for almost a year to date and have been to 1600 degrees at 80psi several dozen times so if they were going to crack I think they would have by now. The only reason I removed this one was I noticed the soot around the flange.

Jonnydime · Dec 24, 2016

Crack85 said:
Not trying to be a dick - just asking. Not worried the drunk mig welds may crack after heat cycles?

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Don't worry I didn't take your response as being a dick. It's just after my RCD manifolds warped I just wanted to get the truck back together as inexpensive as possible so after spending $30 on the manifolds and $70 on the v band kits I think it turned out nice. Btw it only took 25 min to get that manifold off.

superpsd · Dec 24, 2016

I've welded flanges onto cast iron manifolds many times and never had an issue. I super clean the welding area of Rust and contamination and torch them hot and them burn them in. Never had a joint crack.

Jonnydime · Feb 4, 2017

Popped a head gasket last night being dumb so time for round two. It only leaks on the top end of my big tune so I will limp it along for a while until I can get my hands on some rods and pistons. I don't know if it was coincidence or not but I also got a check air filter message which I have never seen before. The filter is clean so it must have been a perfect night since traction was an issue up until 70mph.

Jonnydime · Feb 4, 2017

O rings this next time around as well.

White_monster · Feb 4, 2017

Popped my head gaskets already too

6.4 Stroker · Feb 4, 2017

White_monster said:
Popped my head gaskets already too

I was just gonna as youk how they were holding so far. LOL

Jonnydime said:
O rings this next time around as well.

Very nice!

White_monster · Feb 5, 2017

I'll be doing oring this time I think. Just have to get through my current projects.

Jonnydime · Feb 5, 2017

White_monster said:
I'll be doing oring this time I think. Just have to get through my current projects.

Same here on both aspects.

White_monster · Feb 5, 2017

Jonnydime said:
Same here on both aspects.

Not enough hours in the day

Jomax · Feb 5, 2017

White_monster said:
Not enough hours in the day

Or enough days in the week.

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6.4 Stroker · Feb 5, 2017

I've seen in 6.0 land they use multiple O-rings per cylinder. Is that necessary on 6.4s?

Black AOD · Jul 7, 2017

Any updates 5 months later?

Jonnydime · Jul 7, 2017

Head gaskets are still blown but seem to hold until 40psi. I am still dd'ing the truck until I can find some time to tear it apart and do a full build on the engine.