is this a tophat manifold?

[robbie2883]

or not? i've never seen a tophat manifold for an rb so i don't know what it looks like. my last thread semed everyone said the tophat mani was junk. well i got this mani from a guy who said it was tophat but it doesn't look like junk. any input? the welds look pretty freakin good too. thanks for any input



loks alot like this mani

http://www.exoticspeed.ca/prod...d=559

[krayton]

isnt that just a chinese ebay one?

[robbie2883]

i've never seen a divided chinese ebay one....but hey...i wouldn't be suprised! LOL

that's exactly why i'm asking

[USMCgetsome]

nice alternative to the crappy ebay ones.

[Yellow4g63]

it's another china 1. My friend has 1 just like it.

[BHFR-GTR]

yes that is the one that tophat sells, they are nice manis, seen many at there shop up and running, i have two sitting arround my house that i havent sold yet.

[krayton]

yeah ive seen a few places sell them.

phase use to have it as a peak or something manifold. think its a china one, but better desgin then their really cheap one.

supras have that one too for their cheap china manifold

[3bar_dc2]

Where can I get one of those manifolds from? I've been looking for a twinscroll t4 manifold for my RB25 but don't want to pay too much for a manifold just yet. I know you get what you pay for and I've purchased $1000+ manifolds in the past but I'm starting school back up this semester. lol

Thanks

[maryjane]

china manifold, top crap and jgy sells them for a marked up price

[toadx8u]

everyone knows 6boost is the way to go

[robbie2883]

everyone knows 6boost is the way to go

i would have gladly gone 6boost if i could have afforded 1k for a manifold. buying a house takes priority right now though!

[Cjmartz2k]

Stec motorsports. Not as nice as a 6boost, but it'll never crack. 3mm 321 stainless. It's basically a china made greddy copy made with really nice, thick steal.

I've had a stec manifold on my car for over 3 years now, had a motor mount break and used the turbo/manifold as the motor mount for a month before I figured it out, had it glowing bright orange more times than I can count, and make somewhere north of 600hp and have never had a problem with it. I know a bunch of people using them over here too that saw the same thing.

[Cjmartz2k]

Ya know what? I just noticed the 6 boost isn't a split pulse manifold. While the build quality is second to none, I wouldn't put one on my car for free compared to my Stec mani. Just my $.02

[toadx8u]

i ordered that one non twin scroll...and no external gate cause i run a "ultimate internal" from atp...that mani is made to my specs exactly as i wanted so dont bang them for my personal choices...

i didnt want twin scroll cause my gt3076r isnt twin...the one i just asked ryan to make for my hx55 is going to be so it suits the turbos flange and will have dual gates...

[toadx8u]

i would have gladly gone 6boost if i could have afforded 1k for a manifold. buying a house takes priority right now though!

well i got lucky i got in on a group buy when the exchange rate was good...i think i only gave 730 shipped for mine

[robbie2883]

well i got lucky i got in on a group buy when the exchange rate was good...i think i only gave 730 shipped for mine

yeah....pretty sad statement about our economy. it was't even a year ago when you could get them for that price.!

for the record even if you don't have a divided turbo the split manifold will STILL make a big difference. now if the turbo was split and the mani joined....not so much

[Cjmartz2k]

i ordered that one non twin scroll...and no external gate cause i run a "ultimate internal" from atp...that mani is made to my specs exactly as i wanted so dont bang them for my personal choices...

i didnt want twin scroll cause my gt3076r isnt twin...the one i just asked ryan to make for my hx55 is going to be so it suits the turbos flange and will have dual gates...

I'm not knocking it, I'm just saying I wouldn't use that one for my application since I have a twin scroll HX40. Like I said, the build quality and I'm sure materials as well are second to none on those things. Now if he wanted to make me one split pulse with twin gates, I'd sure swap in a heart beat

[toadx8u]

kyle will make you anything your heart desires... im sure if you told him you wanted a quad scroll with 4 gates he would try and find a way to make it... the best thing is you can request a forward placement giving you more room to put O2 bungs in...and help with placement of the downpipe to make it around the steering linkage

the power from his design is in the collector some higher hp cars have seen as much as a 100hp gain just from the manifold...