Gladman Performance SOHC turbo manifold - any good?

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I've seen this manifold on ebaymotors for a while and was wondering if it's any good.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors..._1165

It actually looks decent from what I can see but wanted to get some opinions before I bite the bullet and get it. Anyone on here have one? It looks pretty well made from what I can see and the price is good too.

Also, have any other suggestions for SOHC turbo manifolds? The only other ones I know of are the JGS and CX racing. And I can't weld, so a DIY is out of the question.

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Pictures for those who are lazy!






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It looks pretty good, almost the same type of construction as JGS, just differnet design. The thing I wonder is, if it has a mount for an external wastegate. This wouldn't matter if you were using an internally gated turbo though.

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Looks like fitment would be an issue. What's for dinner? Fried BMC, that's what!

But then again I'm not used to SOHC and fitment stuff, so it might fit perfectly. No external wg flange seems to be the only downfall, but again if you use an internally gated t3 you'll be good.

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Chris28 wrote:Looks like fitment would be an issue. What's for dinner? Fried BMC, that's what!

But then again I'm not used to SOHC and fitment stuff, so it might fit perfectly. No external wg flange seems to be the only downfall, but again if you use an internally gated t3 you'll be good.
Sorry man, but thats a pretty stupid answer.

-Looks solid though. I find it's the cheap stainless steel ebay manifolds that have a problem.Id heat wrap it! also, check out the sellers feedback

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That's with a Precision T3 T4 50 trim. Looks like it has tons of clearance. That guy has a build thread on Ka-t.org. Looks like he is pretty skilled.

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Jordans stuff is very good .. and is an awesome guy... He has been in the sohc ka-t game a long time and has been making these manifolds for a while ... nothing but good things, and the clearance is great... he has a few different kinds i believe .... side mount, bottom and can not remember if he does top ones any more ... but look him up on ka-t.org screen name is Jordan Gladman

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AZ89two4Tsx wrote:I've seen this manifold on ebaymotors for a while and was wondering if it's any good.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors..._1165

It actually looks decent from what I can see but wanted to get some opinions before I bite the bullet and get it. Anyone on here have one? It looks pretty well made from what I can see and the price is good too.

Also, have any other suggestions for SOHC turbo manifolds? The only other ones I know of are the JGS and CX racing. And I can't weld, so a DIY is out of the question.

Help me!
DOOD HIS MANIFOLDS ARE REALLY GOOD I JUST BOUGHT ONE OFF EBAY ASWELL BECAUSE THEY USUALLY GO FOR 400.00 BUT THERE ON EBAY FOR 200 PLUS IM ON A BUDGET ..AND THEY CAN HANDLE JUST AS MUCH AS THE JIGS MANIFOLDS SO IT FALLS IN TO THAT CATEGORY CX RACING MANIFOLDS ARE WEAK AS SHI# YOU MIGHT AS WELL BURN YOUR MONEY BECUASE THEY SUCK!

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Any manifolds like that for a DE.

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UMM NOT SURE BUT LIKE I SAID HE MAKES THEM HIMSELF HES ON KA-T.ORG LOOK HIM UO AND ASK HIM HES ALLWAYS DOING SPECIAL ORDERS FOR PEOPLE

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and it does have a external wastegate flange your just cant see it because the flange is bottom mount heres a link to jordan gladman's built on ka-t.org if you look closely in one of the pictures you can see a red wasgate under the manifold kinda hard to see but hope this helps!

http://www.ka-t.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44019


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Alright, thanks alot

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h.240 wrote:It looks pretty good, almost the same type of construction as JGS, just differnet design. The thing I wonder is, if it has a mount for an external wastegate. This wouldn't matter if you were using an internally gated turbo though.
h.240 wrote:It looks pretty good, almost the same type of construction as JGS, just differnet design. The thing I wonder is, if it has a mount for an external wastegate. This wouldn't matter if you were using an internally gated turbo though.
highlited the wastegate for you guys!


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