what do you think of this manifold?

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what do you think of this manifold?

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ITS for my mr2 mk1 supercharger,,, what sort of advantages will i gain out of this.??

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Looks good imran
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Where did you get it m8? Going to be looking for a nice SC mani myself soon :)
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Yeh..looks good: where from, how much? :D
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Looks very bling 8)

Although it won't for long as you'll need to wrap it to prevent as much heat transfer as poss :(
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autobody wrote:what sort of advantages will i gain out of this.??


Aren't you supposed to think about that *before* you buy it? :wink:
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autobody wrote:ITS for my mr2 mk1 supercharger,,, what sort of advantages will i gain out of this.??

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it will be lighter :wink: and louder :D :cry:
difficult to tell from pics but quality looks up to OEM standard
4 equal (ish) pipes into 2 into one, though shouldn't 1 & 4 be merged then 2 & 3 also as per 20Valve tube manifold ?
might be some gains to be had but then mabe not only one way to tell
fit it and see
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greglebon wrote:Yeh..looks good: where from, how much? :D


Hi mate,

i got it from the US. it was a hard item to get. dont think you can buy one of the shelf in UK.. people i know got them custom made, cost about 400 pounds...

i got mine alot cheaper than that. cant say how much :D
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kaiowas wrote:
autobody wrote:what sort of advantages will i gain out of this.??


Aren't you supposed to think about that *before* you buy it? :wink:
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it was an impulse buy, i seen it and said wow and just got it =P~

i was told it will provide more lover rev power and let the engine air flow better which should give up to 10bhp, and it should make then engine sound more mean and powerful 8)

i hope any way :silent:
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System-G wrote:Looks very bling 8)

Although it won't for long as you'll need to wrap it to prevent as much heat transfer as poss :(


do i need to wrap it? in what,, what it the item called, and how does it go on.

it is a good quality item, looks very good joints... :thumleft:
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kevin..in wrote:
it will be lighter :wink: and louder :D :cry:
difficult to tell from pics but quality looks up to OEM standard
4 equal (ish) pipes into 2 into one, though shouldn't 1 & 4 be merged then 2 & 3 also as per 20Valve tube manifold ?
might be some gains to be had but then mabe not only one way to tell
fit it and see


it should be 1 and 3,, in to 2 and 4... it will be on soon, just need to sort my alotnator out,
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autobody wrote:
do i need to wrap it? in what,, what it the item called, and how does it go on.


Errr - it's actually called exhaust wrap :lol:

Like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-High-Turbo-Ex ... dZViewItem
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autobody wrote:
System-G wrote:Looks very bling 8)

Although it won't for long as you'll need to wrap it to prevent as much heat transfer as poss :(


do i need to wrap it? in what,, what it the item called, and how does it go on.

it is a good quality item, looks very good joints... :thumleft:


Yup as above - exhaust wrap or heat wrap, but I would get the decent stuff from Demon Tweeks - the ebay stuff just crumbles after getting hot - regardless of setting compound used.

If it's not wrapped, you'll be more likely to loose 10bhp due to all the extra heat acumulated in the engine bay...
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We also sprayed the heat wrap silver using high temp paint so it still looked cool 8) :thumleft:
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mr2mk1chick wrote:We also sprayed the heat wrap silver using high temp paint so it still looked cool 8) :thumleft:


No we didn't... :? It was a curing agent in an aerosol can that just happened to be silver :wink:

Also once the manifold got to full temp and the wrap cured, it discoloured :(
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you could always get it ceramic coated, and there's that other sprayed on high temp coating that spose to be really good and polich up like chrome. just cannot think of it's name at the moment.

i've always thought wrap looked yucky. :)
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feral4mr2 wrote:you could always get it ceramic coated, and there's that other sprayed on high temp coating that spose to be really good and polich up like chrome. just cannot think of it's name at the moment.

i've always thought wrap looked yucky. :)


i was told it is ceramic coated,,,, does that mean i dont need the warp.? :pray:
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System-G wrote:
autobody wrote:
System-G wrote:Looks very bling 8)

Although it won't for long as you'll need to wrap it to prevent as much heat transfer as poss :(


do i need to wrap it? in what,, what it the item called, and how does it go on.

it is a good quality item, looks very good joints... :thumleft:


Yup as above - exhaust wrap or heat wrap, but I would get the decent stuff from Demon Tweeks - the ebay stuff just crumbles after getting hot - regardless of setting compound used.

If it's not wrapped, you'll be more likely to loose 10bhp due to all the extra heat acumulated in the engine bay...


Only the best for my supercharger, its my 1st proper car so i have to look after if :D

it is ceramic coated does that mean i dont need the wrap
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hi , here is the sale add ******** and some information on the brand and it has been jet hot type ceramic coating,,,,, what is that.... .....

the oringnal add

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This is a BRAND NEW header plus flex-pipe for a 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989 Toyota MR2. It is a 4 into 2 into 1 type header. I can't recall the brand name - think it is Pacesetter. It also has a jet-hot type ceramic coating and comes with extra gaskets.
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Post by Icsunonove »

Imran,

That looks very nice. :thumleft:

What are you doing with the old system (and what is it)?

If you are selling it I may be interested because I suspect my manifold may be cracked (need to check) :(
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