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$400 Low Mount Manifold?

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Hey people, bought an manifold off ebay (yes i know cheap copies crack etc etc) however this one looks really quite good! It reminds me how a guy that i knew a few years ago used to build them himself.

The welds look good.. its a tuned lowmount manifold (guy states was pretty much designed for HKS turbos and also has a split dump he can supply for different flange with the GT3037.

$400 + $35 postage

$116 for manifold gasket from nissan.

seems ilke a cheap option he states 15-25KW Gain from this manifold.. (i can see how as factory manifold is not a tuned length and this one looks well ported and i cant see any difference between this one and a DRIFT one or equiv that sells at autobarn for $1000. (i also know custom ones sell for this price as well) but really? what do you guys think? even the bolts look easily accessable which is normally a problem. ive posted some pics!! Guy sells them from South Australia.. so fellow aussie. He did say he has to order them so i assume hes not manafacturing them.

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Sellers item description:

Low mount stainless steel turbo manifold suits all Nissan Skylines R32, R33 & R34 with RB20DET & RB25DET Engines.

Tune Length Runners, with Excellent Custom Collector Design!

Bolts in stock position with no mods!

All mandrel bent tubing comprising of stainless steel all TIG Welded, very strong and will never rust.

Comes with highly polished finish.

Ported and Hi-flowed, and will increase turbo spool and we have seen power increase by 15-25rwkw depending on turbo/engine combination.

Increase performance, torque and looks all in one go!

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this guy is also on the sau forum im not sure what user id, i asked a few questions and all i got from him where one word answers ,that was from ebay .i did not contact him on the forum cos maybe he did not wont people to know he was a business selling in the private sale area. tell us how you go and show a dyno be for and after if you can

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they definately look good when they havent been installed, but its the actual quality of the s/s that lets them down. I havent had one that has lasted anymore than 12months, and allthough after the first week of it being installed it looks great with its golden glow, that tends to change shortly after to a dull brown. With the extra power you will being making with that turbo (and heat) i would be suprised if it lasted 12months.

Not saying its a bad thing, some people cant justify spending over a grand on a manifold, but when you replacing them annually it starts to get annoying imo. Hope this one lasts abit longer for you and good luck with the dyno :D

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i just paid closer to 2k.... trust me (after 10 years in the trade) you get what you pay for and i was happy to fork it out..

The design on the one youve posted is actually very good (i posted the whole story in another thread) but as for material it is hard to tell without seeing it personally.

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hmm.. ill have a look at the flanges when i get it - may be worthwhile doing,

asked the guy a few questions and he replied:

"Hi Champ, ill be sending your manifold off tomorrow, also included will be gaskets for the manifold to head and manifold to turbo as well as nuts and bolts to secure turbo to manifold,you might be able to reuse you orginial gasket as long as it doesnt break. Change all the studs to secure the manifold to your head with new ones they tend to brake, you can use rb30 vl ones they are the same on all the rb's, on two of the runners due to the tight bends you will need to use 10mm length studs ( So shorter ones)."

I actually changed the studs 2 years ago and got 3 drilled but i got them all out and will replace them again anyway.

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This one has a better collector setup than most ebay jobs.

the collector setup was the only reason i bought it, looked really well designed and it was a tuned length, looked like it had been TIG welded quite well. the cheap ebay ones look slapped together, welds are shocking, its also a low mount not a high mount like the one in the displayed pic.

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This is a cheap $200 ebay top mount manifold that is claimed to be Stainless SU304..

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I was tempted to go for the same manifold as you SLYDA but opted to go high mount with the GT35R.

i would have gone top mount as well however i bought it as a HKS 3037 Pro S kit, so it already had the suction pipe made up, all the lines etc etc, didnt want to complicate things, or i guess draw it to the cops attention there was a huge big turbo sitting up there haha.. and GT35R was just a BITTT out of my price range! ill consider selling the 3037 after i have a built motor.

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My turbo has no internal gate, it looked like it was going to be a pain in the ass to get a gate pipe onto the lowmount manifold and it also looked like the turbo would hit the strut tower. I would have preferred to keep the turbo low but for ease, it's going to be high mount ;)

Good luck! interested to see how it pans out :P

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