tophat's intake manifold review

[shedrifts]

like the topic reads i would like to here about the review for top hats top half intake manifold i been thinking of getting the rb26 style manifold for less lag but the diy kits u get on ebay seem like to much work and i dont turst any fabricators here in the atlanta area with that kinda work so if anyone has used this manifold before please let me know what u think

[Slo_240sx]

I personally think the intake volume is too small. I mean look at the TB throat. Save your money and get a greddy one... I think this thing wont even add 10hp but it makes it easier to route intercooler piping. For That price you cant get a hybrid I/c piping kit that goes over top of the motor.

Oh and BTW Don't buy from E&E Motorsports! YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR STUFF IN A MONTH! I buy 2 sets of mounts for 650 suppose to have them in 2 to 3 days. They barely answer their phone. If you call and leave a message they will call you back in 2 days. My boss jumps down his throat and he says he ships another set 2 weeks later. Never got them. My boss jumps down his throat again after calling them numerous times and they never answer their phone. My boss leaves numerous messages on their answering machine... You don't want to know what he said Trust me. Eric calls back and claimed to have shipped another set out. Never got them. His first story was we shipped them fed ex and then it changed to UPS. 1 MONTH later he calls us back saying he is sorry he was out of town and they were shipped on saturday, No tracking number. Tuesday we get a call and its Aaron. Hey Danny (my boss) we have your tracking number let us call you back with it in 15 mins. 3 hours later we get it. I track it, no good. Check it yesterday night oh wow to my amazement that the shipment that was supposidly out on Saturday was shipped out on Tuesday. They ran to UPS and sent it out and gave me a tracking number they wasn't processed yet. So its gonna come in tomarrow. They better be Core Performance mounts and not cheap **** they made themselves cuz I will be one Pissed off guy. So don't buy from E&E let alone have them touch your stuff unless you want to wait years for stuff to come.

[underground]

Guys, Eric over at E&E is actually a good guy...

The problem is TopHat from my experience...He takes forever to deliver parts, and you can never get him on the phone...

I have been put in this situation before with him with my customers....

While Eric (E*E) shouldnt have lied, I figure he was probably trying to buy time while he waited on TopHat to deliver....

[yellow_jacket]

Has anyone on these boards run one of the Top Hat manifolds?

[atticus]

its cheap thats just what it is.... end of story, I have it, its obviously not the best, but its only $300

It will never make you as happy as spending $1000 but some pockets arnt that deep.

[yellow_jacket]

What kind of power are you putting down? Any problems with it leaning out? Any leaks? How are the welds?

[rbpwr240]

I just made my own intake talk about a difference, It has a 4" inside diameter. really nice flow. and clears my hood. i'll get some pics up of it soon. mike and scott are good guys you need to understand like everyone else in a buisness you have parts fabbed and have to wait on them to be shipped out. so not all items are gonna be there when you want them.

[atticus]

havent run the car yet, dosent look like it would leak, have you seen the rips manifold a couple of posts down thats $1200 if you got the money Id get that one.

hey your pretty close to me, you doing a Rb20 right?

[shedrifts]

hey atticus i was wondering if u had installed your tophat manifold yourself if so was it hard and were there alot of wires and hose to adjust and move around? i see all these others that seem like a lot of work and this just seems easier cause really this one is gonna give u about the same gains as any of the others for the simple fact that your not gaining horse power your just using more of the horsepower you already have.. if u can understand that

[blk90s13]

mike from tophat is great to deal with IMO i got him on the phone the first time i called

told me how long it will take to get my manifold in and when he was late 2 days he called me up to let me know about the delay

then made sure to email me a reminder to call him up when i start installing it so he can walk me through installing it him self

the quality of the plenum is not the greatest some of the holes on the back need to be threaded but thats not a biggie also some welds need to be cleaned but i knew that before i bought as mike mentioned it

over all i am pretty happy ( i didnt install it yet ) so hope i dont run into any problems doing that

who installed his tophat ? how hard was it to tap those holes from the bottom ?