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I have fitted a few highmount ones, haven't seen the low mount yet. What kind of information were you after?

The old saying 'you get what you pay for' comes to mind... But they work ok and flow the numbers.

picked up good spool

picked up good power

price was good

had to get the internals cleaned up and the flanges faced as they were warped.

when i contacted Hybrid about the issues, no f**ks given essentially

he may have offered me to send it back at my cost and he would have faced it for me, but when i am in Perth and he is in NZ and my car is at a workshop - no dice

thats why i spent some time on the die grinder etc as it looked dodgy without a tidy up

Yeah i did do that and flushed the hell out of it as best i could afterwards. Still lots of welds inside that were unreachable.

Im no welder or anything but it didnt look like the job had been filled with argon/c02 before welding.. A 6 boost highmount is going to be a no-brainer in the future.

I dont know, i think mine was from the first batch he made so maybe they are better now.

I've seen a few people who have had internal weld slag let go and destroy a turbine.

That's enough to send me packing.. Even though they are cheap and work reasonably well. The risk is high as the turbo generally costs a lot more than a HybridNZ manifold.

If they can get that issue resolved they will have a great product... But when the things are flying out the door regardless I don't think it is even on their agenda.

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