Topic: Ebay turbo manifolds (Read 10305 times)

ochoa · « **on:** December 04, 2009, 08:08:17 AM »

I know the quallity of ebay turbo manifolds especially the honda ones but I wanna do a turbo build on my fox body and looking for some imput on wether or not to wast money on these. I dont wanna spend the money on some long tube headers to run for one year so im looking to go boosted by this summer. Trying to get the car on the road for as cheap as possible and am debating buying these manifolds shitty stainless but v-banded with dp If there held up for 2 yrs i'd be happy. Thought about flipping the shortys and O0in something together. but for the price should i say fuck it buy them and rock it tell it shits or is it not worth wasting the money... Looking for some input thanks

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crxvtec91 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 04, 2009, 10:49:54 AM »

Clicky clicky crack

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #2 on:** December 04, 2009, 12:00:39 PM »

Dynamically balanced V8s don't vibrate manifolds until they crack into pieces like dynamically unbalanced inline 4's do. It's still china crap, but it lasts a good bit longer.

jarebear667 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 04, 2009, 12:05:08 PM »

emory we have a welder in the shop we'll brace 'em

style. for you

Eville140 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 04, 2009, 02:31:40 PM »

Support the turbo and I bet they will hold up for a good while.
The wastegate though I bet will off on the first bump you hit. Especially that one next to the turbo flange, sticks out far enough that it looks like the weight of the gate alone might rip it off.

But shit, I bet if you add the cost of the flanges and a couple cut-off disks to cut them free it's still cheaper than buy the flanges separate.

turbob16hatch · « **Reply #5 on:** December 04, 2009, 02:37:03 PM »

I wouldn't waste the money. Get a nice set of oem cast manifolds and flip them then weld up a cross over pipe. and place the turbo where ever ya want. will last just fine.

ochoa · « **Reply #6 on:** December 04, 2009, 02:58:05 PM »

not trying to be anti RHMT sprit but i don't have much for fab skills and with all the work into this piece of shit i want something thats gunna look good ...... function is most important though... maybe I can con Jarebear667 into helping me make something

turbob16hatch · « **Reply #7 on:** December 04, 2009, 03:00:15 PM »

No your right, get the ebay shit, You will be pulling it off to fix stuff weekly.

ochoa · « **Reply #8 on:** December 04, 2009, 04:14:59 PM »

im gunna do it ...it will give me a place to start

HiProfile · « **Reply #9 on:** December 04, 2009, 05:06:18 PM »

I'm really curious if anyone has ever tried cutting & rewelding an entire CDM manifold. Some of the steel I've seen isn't half bad, so I'm wondering if it's just the welds that suck ass or maybe just the stresses from warpage.

turbob16hatch · « **Reply #10 on:** December 04, 2009, 05:51:59 PM »

It's the welding plus the fact it's china steel. Once the metal is fatigued from poor welding theres nothing you can do to fix it. Plus the collectors are made of cheap thin stamped steel. and the wastegate is supposed to hold to that. right.

OP, your an idiot if you buy that kit. hope it breaks and you crash and die.

good day

klyph · « **Reply #11 on:** December 04, 2009, 09:48:20 PM »

Quote from: turbob16hatch on December 04, 2009, 05:51:59 PM

It's the welding plus the fact it's china steel. Once the metal is fatigued from poor welding theres nothing you can do to fix it. Plus the collectors are made of cheap thin stamped steel. and the wastegate is supposed to hold to that. right.

OP, your an idiot if you buy that kit. hope it breaks and you crash and die.

good day

But it's SOOOO SHINY!

chris · « **Reply #12 on:** December 04, 2009, 11:05:29 PM »

The chinesse cast manifolds do the job if they have one for your model car.

Do you own a mig welder?

ochoa · « **Reply #13 on:** December 05, 2009, 05:52:08 AM »

Theres one in the shop..... a little renforcement should do the trick i hope or else i could allways have Bluebomber weld me up a mani and DP

and

but his shit is sweet!

AndrexXxo · « **Reply #14 on:** December 29, 2009, 08:44:39 PM »

post results..... my chin chow meow manifold last me 2 years without fail, it was reinforced thou. it never cracked, the engine went first.

TTC · « **Reply #15 on:** December 29, 2009, 08:54:59 PM »

Reinforce it, and make sure you got flex pipes and it will last a while im sure. But if you dangle a giant turbo off of it, ya it will break if its as is.

Conceptz-X · « **Reply #16 on:** January 04, 2010, 06:10:39 AM »

My CDM shit broke in a month, gate broke off

good luck welding up that 50ga chinaman steel

boosted99SiR · « **Reply #17 on:** January 15, 2010, 04:41:10 PM »

make sure to brace the wastegate and it should work.

patsmx5 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 15, 2010, 04:46:07 PM »

Quote from: chris M on December 04, 2009, 11:05:29 PM

The chinesse cast manifolds do the job if they have one for your model car.

Do you own a mig welder?

there's a few miata folks runing ebay cast manifolds and they all say they work fine. Bryan taylor is running one on his miata and last I heard it was working finie.

weirtech · « **Reply #19 on:** January 15, 2010, 04:51:32 PM »

tired of losing jobs? keep buying foreign.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #20 on:** January 15, 2010, 05:02:42 PM »

Quote from: weirtech on January 15, 2010, 04:51:32 PM

tired of losing jobs? keep buying foreign.

True Dat!!

Buy some china shit, to only have it break, and then after youve welded it 90596704957650 times, step up and save some money to buy something that was made by someone/company that actualy cares about there product. So in the end you could have just saved the money that you would have thrown away on the china shit, and bought something worth two shakes of piss. THats why my build is going on 2 years now. $:-\$

patsmx5 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 15, 2010, 07:03:12 PM »

Quote from: weirtech on January 15, 2010, 04:51:32 PM

tired of losing jobs? keep buying foreign.

I agree.

I generally don't like buying chineese made shit. Truth is, if the US manufactured and produced more, the cost of american made products would go down. But given the situation we have, I still by some chinese made stuff. But when I'm shopinig, if I'm comparing items, I always look at where they're made and will generally pay more for the americian made part if it seems like the thing to do.

jarebear667 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 16, 2010, 02:33:02 PM »

fucking spic. why dont you work on your car evar

glustic · « **Reply #23 on:** January 16, 2010, 08:05:33 PM »

Have aaron weld you up some quality shit. Only thing chinaman makes good is the cast manifold. But you will have to modify it because the fuckers can't drill straight. Must be the slanted eyes

1fasthf · « **Reply #24 on:** January 16, 2010, 08:27:36 PM »

Quote from: patsmx5 on January 15, 2010, 07:03:12 PM

Quote from: weirtech on January 15, 2010, 04:51:32 PM
tired of losing jobs? keep buying foreign.

I agree.

I generally don't like buying chineese made shit. Truth is, if the US manufactured and produced more, the cost of american made products would go down. But given the situation we have, I still by some chinese made stuff. But when I'm shopinig, if I'm comparing items, I always look at where they're made and will generally pay more for the americian made part if it seems like the thing to do.

+1

Conceptz-X · « **Reply #25 on:** January 17, 2010, 04:35:33 PM »

Weir FTW!

jarebear667 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 17, 2010, 06:02:00 PM »

fucking kids a cop, and saved a fat chick from killing herself on the railroad tracks bwahahahahahaha he hasnt talked about his mustang in a while, let alone touch it, sits in the shop collecting dust. im the last one to really work on it after i shaved his engine bay.

mycarslow · « **Reply #27 on:** January 17, 2010, 06:11:47 PM »

i always knew he liked fat girls lol

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #28 on:** January 17, 2010, 06:48:58 PM »

I feel the love in the air.

jarebear667 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 18, 2010, 12:12:24 PM »

i think i would make a good motivational speaker haha

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