RB top mounts

[s13point5]

i want to jump on this manifold but i was burned the last time i bought a manifold that looked like this. my 35r ended hitting the valve cover when the manifold was fully bolted on. i was pissed

[matafied]

i bought a similar manni, and had the same issue and had to cut and reweld the flange, so i am curious to see the location of the turbo and how close it is to the valve cover. i might be interested in one if it pans out

[Fearsome_tea]

You could put a T88 on and it would hit your valve cover.

[gawdzilla]

i have the ebay edition w/ a gt40 on it, no problems with turbo clearance against the valve cover. mine is rb26 only though. maybe the 26 manifolds they clearance the t4 flange further from the head. most likely, their quality control is just crap and i got lucky w/ the placement of mine. i've since gotten a non-knockoff manifold and my ebay edition setup w/ tial wg will be FS soon probably. doubt anyone would be interested though

[s13point5]

you know whats funny? i actually got bored and was kind of pissed off at the clearance that i decided to throw the STOCK rb turbo on the manifold for ****s and giggles and even that hit the valve cover

[Shocker]

you know whats funny? i actually got bored and was kind of pissed off at the clearance that i decided to throw the STOCK rb turbo on the manifold for ****s and giggles and even that hit the valve cover

bahah! wow, I guess it goes to show you get what you pay for...

Thats horrible IMO.

[s13point5]

bahah! wow, I guess it goes to show you get what you pay for...

Thats horrible IMO.

yea i learned my lesson. i should have taken pictures. my buddies told me to resell the manifold to get my money back but i couldnt even bring myself to sell that piece of **** to someone else. i know they would come back to me telling me **** dont fit and i just cant f*ck someone over like that

[74260zt]

You could put a T88 on and it would hit your valve cover.

Did you mean to say a T88 would NOT hit your valve cover?

So a Garrett GT42r should fit fine, correct??

[HPF Chrisk]

So has any one purchased this manifold yet to see the fitment?

Fearsome, If it fits great maybe you could do a group buy?

[S-tec Motorsports]

If you all are just worried about valvecover clearence, then dont be, unless you have something bigger than a t88, with a 17. the 22cm you will be a grinding/valve cover changing man, but i dono if any of you have seens a 22cm t88, the exhaust housing in ungodly huge.. Any garrett that is T4, that I have ever seen will work fine, your gt42 should fit fine. I will happily take pictures with different exhaust housings I have laying around. I think I have a HX40 19cm, O trim 70 a.r, Some chinese t61, a few other garretts, laying around the shop. The holset would be simaliar to a very very large garrett, it is not even close. You guys are thinking about a completely different manifold. You are talking about that piece of junk on ebay that has the t3 flange pointed at the head. It is for a rb30 in austrialia, and the flange is not even made right in the first place. I will post pictures when i get to work.EDIT here is what i have on my computer at home, I will post the pictures later at work also.This is my personal toy. God I love my job sometimes.This is a to4e 52t 60ar with a otrim 70a/r if i remember correctly on a 33
Modified by S-tec Motorsports at 4:08 PM 4/17/2008

[74260zt]

S-tec Motorsports, does your guy fearsome have a paypal account, or do I pay you? I'd like to get this rolling...

We emailed each other but I haven't got any response to my request for a paypal payment address yet.

[S-tec Motorsports]

I have a paypal, [email protected], sorry for his delay in response, but please understand, we are in a little bit different time zones. I just happened to be awake at 5 this morning, due to fight with girlfriend sleeping on couch sucks

[74260zt]

I have a paypal, [email protected], sorry for his delay in response, but please understand, we are in a little bit different time zones. I just happened to be awake at 5 this morning, due to fight with girlfriend sleeping on couch sucks

Sorry... I understand now. I sent you a email about this purchase.

[Fearsome_tea]

Will will be here later this afternoon to help you, i have no idea how to check his email. If you have everything all worked out with him, you can just put it the account listed above it will get here. Please email him when you do, as since that account is listed on forums, i dont check it much as it will be spammed to hell and back.<man dont you hate when people use your computer and forget to log out>Nevermind, I found your email in my inbox.
Modified by Fearsome_tea at 8:04 PM 4/17/2008

[74260zt]

S-tec Motorsports, Fearsome_tea, I just sent Scott the $400 paypal.

OK, lets show everyone how fast you can get them this manifold!

Also how nice of a part it is.... (on knees praying....)

[Fearsome_tea]

I recieved your payment thank you.here are the picturesThis is a holset hx40 19cm. The exhaust housing is 170mm wide with 10mm clearance on a rb25

This is some xspower ugly turbo, it is a good hotside copy of a t4 p trim however 1.15a/r it is 185mm wide with also 10mm to spare

[StricNyne]

sweet jesus thats huge, also this is off topic but 74620zt what turbos are you running in your twin setup and what are you going to do with it once you go big single ?

[Cjmartz2k]

Hey, my exhaust housing is famous!!

[coreansurfer]

cheap twin scroll this interests me

[74260zt]

sweet jesus thats huge, also this is off topic but 74620zt what turbos are you running in your twin setup and what are you going to do with it once you go big single ?

They are Garrett 2876r's (close to the old 2540's but rated at 460hp of air each.

I plan on holding on to that set up until I'm sure I'm happy with going single. I mainly want to unclutter the engine bay. The twins, and their supporting parts, take up alot of room, and the placement of the rear turbo's inlet is not ideal.

The workmanship is top notch on the manifolds. They were made by James Thagard (240z Turbo) along with most of the other hard parts under the hood.

The motor is a R33 with stock prepped R33 crank, Jun oil pump, JE pistons, Carrillo rods, ATI race damper and the head is ported/polished with Tomei 264/ 9.7 cams. Intercooler is custom Garrett core 24x12x4.5. Clutch is a twin plate HKS with a RB25det 5 spd trans.

I'm running a TEC3r standalone.

Thanks for askingjoel

[StricNyne]

i am actually running thagards rb26 rods but yeah your car is SUPER impressive would u happen to have a dyno i was looking at same turbos for twin setup heh once again sorry for off topic can u email me [email protected]

[Fearsome_tea]

it interested me also, popped the exhaust wheel out, it is a pretty damn good copy of a p trim cut back. I did not pull the compressor apart to find out if it is all to4 standard stuff, but externally frontplate and all, it looks garrett to mewould be fun with a to4r front end on it.

[74260zt]

I received the manifold today. I must say, this manifold is nowhere close to the same quality than the cheap China knock offs.

After having several of the ebay manifolds in hand to look at, this part is much better quality.I have not got to trying to fit it yet, but I can tell you it will not have a flange sealing issue. They are nice and flat, nice and thick, and are indeed welded from the inside and outside as described by Will.

If anyone would like a particular pic taken, just ask and I will try and take what ever pic you'd like.

joel

click em

[coreansurfer]

i would like to see if the wastegate will clean the steering column, if it does, i might just be sold on this mani.

[Fearsome_tea]

Stec- motorsports also does tig welding, he says it will not clear the steering on a 240, but if you do show him how to make them, he will if you wish, you may have to send the flange if you want other than 50mm hks

[Shocker]

product looks very nice! Fast shipping too damn.

[Darius]

call me a b**** but I would still rather have my 6boost. Soon to be running btw. Shouldnt be much past May 1!

EDIT: Not to be a wet blanket on a fire, but the collector on that manifold looks like d!ck. I'd be worried about some of that choppy weld material eventually corroding, breaking loose, and running through the turbo. You get what you pay for I suppose.

Did it come like that or did you have to port it out to clean it up?

EDIT 2: Here's what it should look like.


Modified by Darius at 3:51 PM 4/25/2008

[240z4u]

Joel, any idea of when you will get this put on? Whos car is it going onto? Do you have another project?!

I totally trust your opinion on quality, your Z is amazing. I am glad you made it to DNI this year.

Evan

[gawdzilla]

the overall dimensions are identical to the greddy/greddy knockoff (ssac, xspower) one it looks like. most likely the manifold will bolt on with the wastegate flange sitting a few centimeters from the steering column.

you'll either need to drastically shorten the wastegate runners and merge them earlier to squeeze a w/g on before the column, or lengthen the wastegate flange portion out to dodge the column.

[Fearsome_tea]

hopefully someone will send me a picture on one in a 240, before they cut the runners to duel wastegate it. You all live in the land of 100$ wastegates, we live in the land of 1000$ wastegates. So duel wastegating something is crazy prices.