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WannabeDrifter1990
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I am looking to turbo my 1990 KA24E not DE. I'm tired of seeing the same thing over like sr20 swaps or turbos on KA24DE's. So if any one could give me sites where I could find a turbo manifold that would be great.


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wild_maxx
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http://www.gladmanperformance.com

not the best but cheap and realiable. you might have to do some grinding on the welds tho. i know cheap and reliable dont go together but just check it out.

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Craving4Boost
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if your tired of seeing ka24de's turboed...maybe you shouldnt be here

WannabeDrifter1990
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I almost like anything turbo-ed but there is an abundance of kade's where I live. SR swaps are not much differen't. So just cause I don't care for the DE or the SR Doesn't mean you have to PMS.

WannabeDrifter1990
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Thanx for the site wild_maxx.

SHIEF
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So far IAP has the best manifold out for the E's imo. It's what I bought and the welds look great. Only bad thing is it doesn't come coated, it's painted. No biggy really. Plus Marc is extremely nice. I paid $550 shipped.

http://www.import-autoperformance.com

WannabeDrifter1990
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Thanx for all the info I should be ordering all the parts within the week.

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89porkchop
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do they make anything for the sohc?

Structure240sx
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on IAP's site they dont say anything about a manifold for the sohc, and the picture is for the dohc

i personally think that gladman manifold looks good and its hard to beat the price

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wild_maxx
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yeah the gladman mani are ok, but i had some problems. the bolts that hold the turbo on are really tight and almost impossible to put the bolts thro it unless you go the tubo flange then thro the mani flange. also cylinder #4 is impossible to get to with a sparkplug socket. so if i want to take out my plugs i have to take off the mani to get to #4. the inside welds looked pretty ruff and could use some work with a grinder. its not bad for the price but needs a few hours of work before you should put on the motor.

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jab11185
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89porkchop wrote:do they make anything for the sohc?




maybe you didn't read....but that happens to be what the thread is about...

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Structure240sx wrote:on IAP's site they dont say anything about a manifold for the sohc, and the picture is for the dohc

i personally think that gladman manifold looks good and its hard to beat the price
It's not on the site. But he does offer one. Just have to call and ask for it.

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wild_maxx wrote:yeah the gladman mani are ok, but i had some problems. the bolts that hold the turbo on are really tight and almost impossible to put the bolts thro it unless you go the tubo flange then thro the mani flange. also cylinder #4 is impossible to get to with a sparkplug socket. so if i want to take out my plugs i have to take off the mani to get to #4. the inside welds looked pretty ruff and could use some work with a grinder. its not bad for the price but needs a few hours of work before you should put on the motor.
sounds like my revhard manifold, drilling out bolt holes, porting ports, slotting flange and grinding and ugly stuff, revhard is for the dohc btw nobody get confused


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