LoveFab manifold review!

[QuickerThanU]

I would just like to start off by saying this thing is fluckin beautiful.Came in a few days ago and this is really first chance i had to look at it since i had no electricity for like a week.

Sorry for my sexy feets in da pic.



This a most definately a quility piece of work! The money shot?

Wow...

Overall i am extremely impressed with this and glad i got in on first group. The welds throughout the whole manifold are damn near flawless(as you can see in the last pic) and im impressed with the full penetration on every single one of them. I honestly couldnt find anything wrong with this manifold which seems to be indestructablebut did notice one thing. This thing is pretty damn heavy which i expected it to be. I dont think the stock studs will have a problem holding this but i will use apr studs and brace it anyway just to be on the safe side. All in all i couldnt be more impressed, so for the people having doubts or whatever, i suggest you put those aside because this thing is a great deal especially when compared to the full-race one.

[Shocker]

Full Race has some serious competition, very nice. You running a 40r? or 42 on her?

[StricNyne]

price ?

[Carl H]

like the full race manifold that looks damn near bombproof...i like the single large gate instead of 2 smaller gates, while the 2 smaller ones in theory should provide better boost control its terribly messy...

[QuickerThanU]

I only plan on runnin a 35r now on a rb25 but wanted the option to go bigger in the future which is why i got the t4. Price was 1400 but not sure of it now.

[BoostFab]

that thing worth every peny; extremely labor intensive, in welding this sucker...

[Tinker219]

Hey glad to see you have the lights back on James! I wasn't kidding when I said these things take 3-4 days per manifold to build. Fixturing is nearly tripple that.

Peter, we finally got started on the AC version, but with the Holidays here we will be lucky to have it fixtured and shipped by New Years. If you don't hear from me next week, send me an email to checkup on status.

[garage-c]

It's a very nice manifold, but why did they chose to run a full merge collector? With the twin scroll housings available for the GT turbos these days, wouldn't you want a proper divided merge collector separating cylinders 1/2/3 from 4/5/6? Anyhow

[BoostFab]

It's a very nice manifold, but why did they chose to run a full merge collector? With the twin scroll housings available for the GT turbos these days, wouldn't you want a proper divided merge collector separating cylinders 1/2/3 from 4/5/6? Anyhow

divided collector is more beneficial in 4 cylinders; and benefit when a overly large turbo is used, but this is a high-flowing manifold; you will see miniscule (if any) benefit in 6+ cylinders and a gt35.

[Coolwhip]

cross platform flanged for 20/25/26?

[bumblebtuna]

lucky

[nizmo zilvia]

pure jealous and damn good price.

[Tinker219]

The manifolds are designed for all RB heads.

The stock studs will be fine for support, I've hung heavier parts off of smaller studs(insert Honda) with no supports and have not had issues.

I might be able to arrange a GB early next year if we have a guaranteed amount of buyers. I'll want at least three identical manifolds in order to give any kind of price break. Email me if you are interested in this.

Happy Holidays!

-Cody

[Kansei240sx]

Another RB guy in Tulsa eh?

Are you on the local http://www.nismokc.com/forums ?

I knew there were a few but i thought i knew most of them all.

[RB]

if i can get one of these for ~1400 in the next group buy count me in ill even be down for a deposit

[bumblebtuna]

x2!!!! i'll put a down payment on one for that price

[uber95]

if i can get one of these for ~1400 in the next group buy count me in ill even be down for a deposit

+1 cash in hand...I would need the A/C version (S14 chassis any diff?)

[nelson8708]

beautiful

[Fearsome_tea]

What are the spec? How thick is it? What kind of steel is it?

[driftingmy240sx]

has anyone actually ran one of these manifolds yet? i agree hat it looks like amazing craftmanship! i have a fullace manifold and paid nearly double for it because it know it is tried and true. howevere i do like the idea of 1 wastegate not 2. if anyone has one installed let us know how it performs.

[FrostyRB]

I would like to see some dyno tests on how the boost holds with the single wastegate. I have had problems before trying to tune rb's with decent size t4 setups with a single wastegate. I think the manifold looks excellent & I am not trying to bad talk it at all. I am just wondering if any testing has been done yet.

[HxC_Nismo]

where did you pick that up cause on lovefab's website doesnt have one listed?

[QuickerThanU]

Another RB guy in Tulsa eh?

Are you on the local http://www.nismokc.com/forums ?

I knew there were a few but i thought i knew most of them all.

Yeah dawg im there. Sn is DaKing.

where did you pick that up cause on lovefab's website doesnt have one listed?

Click the "rb manifold special" and you'll see it.

[until240]

thanks for the update, cody. oh, and this is peter in case you didn't know. lol

[74260zt]

Sweet looking part there. I just might give it a try when the time comes for the GB.

[until240]

i just got my a/c manifold...what do you think?

[74260zt]

Nice!!

[Dano]

Very nice!

[Shocker]

thats a real quality piece!

[Darius]

Very nice construction. Seeing properly designed and manufactured manifolds always gives me a chub.

The A/C manifold is not a tuned, equal length manifold, right? Just wondering because runner 3 looks longer than runner 5 and has a few extra bends to get around the collector which would add head loss.

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Modified by Darius at 11:01 AM 2/22/2008