Uprated Exhaust Manifold

[Lemon S3]

Ahoy from the otherside of the pond!
Going to buy an uprated exhaust manifold for a K04 from INA engineering over here in the US. Was thinking about bringing another one back if anyone would be interested?

 

[gez]

how much are they???

 

[Lemon S3]

£400

 

[Andrew@A.L.D]

As far as i know there just a ported OE manifold??

 

[Lemon S3]

As far as i know there just a ported OE manifold??

They extrude honed n ported an oem manifold then replicated them, they were made out of a stronger material so they won't crack as well as the walls being thicker. They've got a 40% increase in flow over oem.

 

[<tuffty/>]

If its anything like the K03 one you will need a few anyway to replace them as they crack... not saying the K04 will, just that the K03 ones have... in 2 weeks!

All cast mani's will crack eventually... even the one I have for my GT30 will at some point...

<tuffty/>

 

[badger5]

available now?
Sams being very very cagey about letting anyone have them over on scn... if they are available.

pics would be great.

 

[Lemon S3]

available now?
Sams being very very cagey about letting anyone have them over on scn... if they are available.

pics would be great.

Yeh I read the thread on scn the other day, someone else has got one n Sam said not to post pictures up for some reason. He sent me a couple pictures, not sure I should post them up though. It looks pretty much the same as an oem manifold.
I leave on thursday night n he said he can get me 2 by thursday morning, IIRC he said he had about 15. He can also get them coated for an extra $100 each but won't be ready before I leave.

 

[Andrew@A.L.D]

Post the pictures

 

[Dani_B19]

Post the pics man lol.

 

[Lemon S3]

 

[Andrew@A.L.D]

Sorry but i wouldn't pay £400 for that.

Still look very restrictive

There are a few company's out there that are slowly working on performance ones

CR Turbos
JBS
TSR

To name three

 

[badger5]

i hope it works out ok
extrude hone of an already unreliable design is why i shelved the same idea... seemed flawed to make a cracking manifold thinner.

as a basis to make a heavier walled, better cast material however with appropriately sized runners, would be a nice move.
collector looks cleaner, would be nice to see port sides for id and consistency of bore

good find
it will undercut the jbs one even at £400, whenever the jbs one comes to be available to the masses

 

[Lemon S3]

i hope it works out ok
extrude hone of an already unreliable design is why i shelved the same idea... seemed flawed to make a cracking manifold thinner.

Thats what I thought it was when I first saw the pics n was a bit sceptical. But then.........

as a basis to make a heavier walled, better cast material however with appropriately sized runners, would be a nice move.
collector looks cleaner, would be nice to see port sides for id and consistency of bore

That's exactly what it is.....atleast I hope it is!

good find
it will undercut the jbs one even at £400, whenever the jbs one comes to be available to the masses

Well I eventually got it for 399 USD which is £266, he gave one to me at that price as long as I gave him feedback on it, so I snapped him up on that right away. It will arrive tomorrow (thursday, as its still wednesday for me) fingers crossed as I leave tomorrow night (thursday night).
Will take some pictures n post them up when I receive it.

 

[badger5]

cool. it will be very interesting to see how it pans out..
I *think* this is the manifold he is using as a basis for rhd tubro kits also, with adaptors.. If I understood his postings right.

 

[Welly]

whenever the jbs one comes to be available to the masses

Expected release date is 14th Feb 2083.....

 

[A3Tom]

Expected release date is 14th Feb 2083.....

That soon?

 

[DaveA3]

Expected release date is 14th Feb 2083.....

valentines day nice!

 

[Lemon S3]

Received it today

Now to try n get it in my suitcase