finally a high quality ca18det top mount manifold.

[CA180sx]

hello everyone, my name is seamus, i have been a member here for a while and i have searched for just about every ca18det manifold ever made. as we all know the quality on these manifolds is well to say the least.....disgusting. they are absolutely horrible. i am an employee at synapse motorsport, http://www.synapseturbo.com, we specialize in turbo manifolds, downpipes, intercooler/charge pipes, tuning, custom fabrication, engine building, and much more. i just recently brought the idea to my boss and good friend morgans attention that a ca18det manifold would probably be a good idea to make. since i would use my car as a test platform. we decided it would be worth the investment of time if we could sell at least 10 pieces. i thought i would bring it to everyones attention that there is a possibilty of a high quality manifold being available. all i need to make it possible is get a list of at least 10 people who would be seriously interested in purchasing a manifold from us. no prepay nessecary we would just like to know that its not all for nothing. if we can get a list of 10 people together there will also be a group buy pricing special. it would be around the same price as our sr20det top mount manifolds. most likely it will be a V-band style top mount. we will also be offering a vband top mount downpipe. most likely for a vband 30R. more pictures are available on the website but here are a few of the top mount sr20det manifold. and a couple of it installed on a customer car.

thanks alot,SeamusSynapse Motorsport



and here is the car completely together and getting tuned

[r34 gtr]

That looks positively amazing. Think you could get me a ballpark price? I love everything about that manifold.

Also, I see your user name is my eBay ID. Nice.

[The_Chosen_One]

We appreciate the thought and gesture but sadly the chances of this happening are well probably non existant. On this forum I can almost guarente that there wouldn't be enough people willing to throw the cash.

The quality looks good and like Full Race quality which is $$$$ so only a few peeps on here can afford it.
Modified by The_Chosen_One at 1:30 PM 8/30/2008

[CA180sx]

first of all thank you for that compliment it really means alot. secondly i will talk to morgan on monday to see when we can get my car into the fabrication area and start mocking up for the downpipe and manifold. there will be a wait on getting them into production but we are hoping to have 10 people lined up for when the jigs are completed. we cant decide whether to have it as a topmount turbo kit or just a manifold and downpipe at this time. i guess we will have to see what you guys would like. im sure we could give a special kit price on the vband 30R as well since you cant bolt any sort of stock turbo to this. also depending on your interests we could include a tial 44mm wastegate and a fitted dumptube in the kit as well. we will have to see how it unfolds. the more enthusiastic everyone is with the kit, the more in depth it can be. we just dont want to invest our time and money into a product thats not going to sell. as far as a ballpark on the price i would expect it to be the same price as our sr20 mani. plus the cost of the downpipe. it will most likely be 3" stainless. i would expect 1000$ if i were you for a manifold/3"SS downpipe combo. keep in mind all of our stuff has a lifetime warranty against cracking.

thanks again guys.Seamus

[CA180sx]

We appreciate the thought and gesture but sadly the chances of this happening are well probably non existant. On this forum I can almost guarente that there would be enough people willing to throw the cash.

The quality looks good and like Full Race quality which is $$$$ so only a few peeps on here can afford it.

its funny you mention fullrace we have had to fix their products on more than one occasion. we will have to see how many people are interested. just would like to see if its worth the time to jig. if not it will be a one off setup in my personal car. also are there any other ca18det specific forums that i could present this to?

thank youSeamusSynapse Turbo

[good morning]

its funny you mention fullrace we have had to fix their products on more than one occasion

That is funny, I have had your products not fit either. It can be many things. Not every company is perfect.

[CA180sx]

for what application?

[good morning]

for what application?

Hondas.

[CA180sx]

could you be more specific? what company do you represent?

edit: i figured you werent being honest. we have sold over 400 turbo manifolds over the last 5 years. with in those 5 years we have had only 9 manifolds come back with problems. all of which were on cars with over 500hp. these manifolds were promptly fixed and returned at no charge to the customer. we have had no fitment complaints on any of our products. and if their ever were they would be taken care of no questions asked. that was a very poor attemt to try and slander us. not only rude and uncalled for but childish and petty.

please try to ignore this moronic fool and focus at the original topic. hopefully some pictures to come on the mock up. ill keep you all updated.

thank youSeamusSynapse Motorsport
Modified by CA180sx at 2:08 PM 8/30/2008

[boost_boy]

Beautiful manifold, man. Good luck at trying to move those puppies at $1k around here. Most of these folks either don't have the bread to throw away on serious parts or will not pay that kind of money for the gains involved. If I didn't have options, I would pay for it. Good luck with the attempt.

Dee

[ca18detgabby]

Im interested. maybe I missed it but what kind of fitment are you looking for a T2 flange? T3? T4? (or is this a make to order thing)?

1000 bucks for a manifold and DP is a **** load......... granted it is a very nicely done setup........ but still I didnt even shell that much out for my motor set.

kind of hard to justify shelling that kind of money out for replacement a stock mani that is good for 300+ HP.

what kind of material do yall use the most? aluminum, stainless, mild steel?

btw, the_chosen_one is a bit sceptical for reasons that when people come offering the CA community the world........ the end result is always the same. project put on the back burner and then forgotten.

he isnt trying to shy you away......... just saying we are still waiting for coil pack covers that arent ugly plastic and a FMIC kit that fits properly. Not to mention a decent exhaust manifold, a USDM supplier of CAMs, a good intake manifold(though I havent heard if the ebay nock off jun ones really work as well as they say)...........

welcome to the community of ghetto ridgers and those who are struggling to just get their stock setup to run as even finding decent replacement parts is a challenge these days.

[ragenasian]

I have to agree with Gabby on this. The CA community has heard a lot of "I can make this," or "I can make that" only to never have it come to pass. Don't be discouraged, I say go for it, but just don't be disapppointed when nobody gets in line for one.

At least make one for yourself and then rub everbody's nose in it

[boost_boy]

At least make one for yourself and then rub everbody's nose in it

Yeah, I say the same. Gabby, remember the camshaft group buy? Even at $400 for a proven performance enhancer, the majority still flaked; and at least I'm a proven enthusiast that also has proven the gains from the cams. To those that bought them, good for you!

Dee

[The_Chosen_One]

could you be more specific? what company do you represent?

edit: i figured you werent being honest. we have sold over 400 turbo manifolds over the last 5 years. with in those 5 years we have had only 9 manifolds come back with problems. all of which were on cars with over 500hp. these manifolds were promptly fixed and returned at no charge to the customer. we have had no fitment complaints on any of our products. and if their ever were they would be taken care of no questions asked. that was a very poor attemt to try and slander us. not only rude and uncalled for but childish and petty.

please try to ignore this moronic fool and focus at the original topic. hopefully some pictures to come on the mock up. ill keep you all updated.

thank youSeamusSynapse Motorsport

Modified by CA180sx at 2:08 PM 8/30/2008

Just because you havent received word of problems doesnt mean it never happened. As for slander look whos talking you just slandered Full Race.

You stated you fixed some Full Races manifolds but also stated you guys had issues with your own. So I dont know man kinda hard to respect a company that will **** talk another company yet will still have the same problems. Full Race also has lifetime warranty so why you were fixing them is beyond my recollection.

[CA180sx]

Im interested. maybe I missed it but what kind of fitment are you looking for a T2 flange? T3? T4? (or is this a make to order thing)?

what kind of material do yall use the most? aluminum, stainless, mild steel?

it will not have a bolt on style flange. it will have a vband inlet flange. thus a vband inlet hotside is required. we sell both 30R and 35R vband hotsides. the benefit of this is setup is space. i have the ability to tuck the turbo much closer to the motor. and reduce the heat on the master cylinder. plus it gives yo the ability to rotate the turbo slighty.

we use all sch10 1 3/4" OD stainless pipe for our manifolds and mostly 3" stainless for our downpipes. we tend to shy away from mild steel. this is also one reason why our products cost what they do, stainless is getting very expensive.

thanks SeamusSynapse Motorsport

[ca18detgabby]

Yeah, I say the same. Gabby, remember the camshaft group buy? Even at $400 for a proven performance enhancer, the majority still flaked; and at least I'm a proven enthusiast that also has proven the gains from the cams. To those that bought them, good for you!

Dee

Im pretty sure I was still getting everything rolling when that went down. wish I had

[Zero260]

it will not have a bolt on style flange. it will have a vband inlet flange. thus a vband inlet hotside is required. we sell both 30R and 35R vband hotsides. the benefit of this is setup is space. i have the ability to tuck the turbo much closer to the motor. and reduce the heat on the master cylinder. plus it gives yo the ability to rotate the turbo slighty.

so we'll have to buy your turbo to go with the manifold?

[themadscientist]

pretty. I wish you luck but there are very few CA18 guys who fold that bank. If I didn't already have a couple of manifolds I would be interested.You would do better to make a simple tubular log manifold with a cheaper price point and a T2 flange.

[ca18detgabby]

pretty. I wish you luck but there are very few CA18 guys who fold that bank. If I didn't already have a couple of manifolds I would be interested.You would do better to make a simple tubular log manifold with a cheaper price point and a T2 flange.

what kind of manis you hiding? share with me

[javi-air]

pretty. I wish you luck but there are very few CA18 guys who fold that bank. If I didn't already have a couple of manifolds I would be interested.You would do better to make a simple tubular log manifold with a cheaper price point and a T2 flange.

hey, do u have anything for sale?? like a turbo and manifold??? or exhaust??

[themadscientist]

I have a few cast iron HKS manifolds, none are for sale. I have two TD05H 18Gs and an S14 turbo that are but the TD05s are spoken for so far. If the buyer decides he doesn't want them I will put the word out.

[float_6969]

A few things...

First and foremost is that that you are advertising a product here and, unless I'm not seeing you on the advertiser list (If you are I apologize) you're trying to sell a product here w/o paying for advertising space. That's not fair to our paying advertisers.

Secondly, IMHO it's poor business practice to speak poorly about your competitors. It makes you look bad.

Lastly, as others have stated, I would warn you to take deposits before making these unless you're OK with keeping the unsold unit's in stock for a few years until they sell. The CA crowd is, unfortunately, mostly cheap. This might do better in Europe where the CA is a more popular motor.

[ragenasian]

I don't think you would have much luck selling it over here either. The forums here tend to be just like this one. You will have a limited amount of people interested but even a fewer amount who will actually buy.

[boost_boy]

The members have spoken ! Next order of CA business, please .

Dee

[DALAZ_68]

seriously, it looks sick, but a manifold that cost more than my motorset, no gracias....

theres a reason why most of us rock 18-20 year or cars and 20+ year old engines .... LOL

[bentvalves]

you could try sxoc.com, but they are mostly cheap twats over there as well.

drifting.com however, I believe alot of members on that board are from Austrailia.....that is your best bet at getting a group buy going id say.

[karism]

Very nice product!Hmmm,shiney!

Wish i was able to be one

[themadscientist]

be a manifold? I think I would rather be a hood so hot models would sit on me.

[Rin5]

be a manifold? I think I would rather be a hood so hot models would sit on me.

wait...arent you an old timer?...

either - you have very very lenient and nonenvious wifeor - you dont have one?

mystery B - youre secretly a vampire/immortal/mythical being and you have no means to be with a mortal wife but live life jumpin on cars and girls...

[ca18detgabby]

be a manifold? I think I would rather be a hood so hot models would sit on me.

dont forsee any models sitting on anything that looks like this