Update for my own car.
brought a turbo and manifold today. second hand off some dodgy bloke i know. said it was like new and stuff.
anyway its in the GT30 range. no one really cares.
what does matter is ill have Gate soon enough. hahaha
manifold looks like this.
for the haters, yes its a T4 flange with a T3 adapter. I had a ebay special a while back and the runner size and quality is much grater than the ebay job. this manifold also takes the Tial 44mm Vband gate or turbo smart 45mm Vband.
Tial have just relised a water cooled version of the 44mm gate but i dont think ill be trying to over complicate the setup just yet.
also after many weeks waiting for a parcel all the way from Melbourne i got these.
RB20 red top cam covers. after seeing them used in a workshops demo car in HPI a while ago these became cooler than smashing the back out of a 18yo. i got these at the right price but im not sure if they are somthing ill use or on sell.
my current cam covers have Mines style cam baffeles welded in them. you cant buy a direct fit part so i had a look at the design and figured it wansnt to hard to emulate using the rb25det covers.
all in all its a good days buying. haha.