....Also did you change you engine mounts with your need power? My car feels like its hitting a brick wall when i come off high boost.
All those who are unhappy, please raise your hands...
**Welly raises his hand**
I am thoroughly disappointed with this, after all the hard work to fit it. What an utter piece of festering dog ****.
I meant will they come with the used out of spec route i.e modified turbo
f&%ked to say the least, hope the exchange is a smooth procesd
Where do us hybrid ko4 owners go from here then? Could a standard manifold cope with a lot of porting or is getting a custom stainless manifold made up worth it?
how much was the 034 anyway?
**** it anyway Welly, this is BS, 1000miles, i would be more put out by how much of a pain these are to fit.It will be interesting to see what 034 say, i know INA /034 are keeping very quite about promoting these manifolds for some reason.
I would be prepared before you call them, they seem to talk the talk but not walk the walk, they'll probably take the line that they recommend the manifold be coated before fitment, but as i said, i recommend you give me all your money, so its only an option and can't be used as a warranty issue otherwise they would not let them out the door without being coated.
On the flip side, i know this is a real bummer, but it would be intesesting to see what the stock manifold can do with the setup, i know my stock manifold was used and abused and is still rock solid.Maybe we would be better talking a BHP hit but having a solid manifold!?
Bill/Welly was EGT's was this mani seeing routinely?
Even worse, we all know manifolds crack eventually, some peeps are running manifolds now with small cracks and don't even know about it, the car runs fine, the fact is this is catastrophic failure is $hit.
The XS mani will probably fail at some stage.
If you've got the mani there to use then fit it, whats the point in having it if your not going to use it.
i expect the OEM one will make the egts go through the roof and lower power at the top end
Would it be worth speaking to TSR and see how there prototype mani is coping with heat cycles?
Im not saying buy the TSR mani but they might be able to tell you if they've had any issues with their manifold.
Wow £600 smackers, they must use the same pricing structure as Forge