Best value manifold: Che?

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Re: Best value manifold: Che?

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You also end up trapping the moisture, which does the metal itself no favours. Unless you're going turbo and creating much higher temperature exhaust gases, it's better left unwrapped.
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Re: Best value manifold: Che?

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My manifold arrived from Toyosports shop on ebay, seems good for the money but slightly concerned that the 4 pipe entrances don't appear in line, the middle 2 are lower, and the pipe entrance on the far left and the far right don't look to me to be at the same height. Is this the same on other people's ones?

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Re: Best value manifold: Che?

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TBH I didn't even look, just handed it to Rogue...and since they have two others on their shelves I'm assuming that the one I got was OK (from Toyosports, is that where yours was from?)
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Re: Best value manifold: Che?

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Yep from Toyosports, but it was being sold by auction so wasn't sure if there was something wrong with it, probably me just worrying for no reason. Has your one been fitted ok?
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Going on Wednesday. As I say though, Rogue have them on the shelf and have done a few, so I don't anticipate a problem.
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Can anybody please put a eBay-link here, can't find the toyosports manifold.

Has anybody experience with the manifold carbenfibrecreations is selling?
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Re: Best value manifold: Che?

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toyota-MR2-Roadst ... 5d29dc1878

tuningpartsebay is Toyosports once you pay you see who they are.
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Re: Best value manifold: Che?

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Thanks tonigmr2.

Is there much difference among manifolds? Anybody experienced the one from Carben?
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surferdude wrote:Can anybody please put a eBay-link here, can't find the toyosports manifold.

Has anybody experience with the manifold carbenfibrecreations is selling?


Ours are Che manilfolds bought in direct from USA :thumleft:
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Re: Best value manifold: Che?

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tonigmr2 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toyota-MR2-Roadst ... 5d29dc1878

tuningpartsebay is Toyosports once you pay you see who they are.


WHOA. Really? They're £1300!?!?!?! I thought they were about £150.

<Jason goes off to adjust his new roadster build budget spreadsheet>
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Re: Best value manifold: Che?

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They are £130, but every so often the daft garage seems to enter them at £1300. Give it a week or two and they'll relist them at the correct price.

Personally I reckon they do it on purpose because they get the odd sale out of it! But don't pay more than £150 tops including postage!!!

(You could ring Rogue, they might have one in stock)
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Re: Best value manifold: Che?

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tonigmr2 wrote:(You could ring Rogue, they might have one in stock)


I suspect I'll be ringing Rogue shortly anyway. I'm missing mid engined in my life.
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Re: Best value manifold: Che?

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Come racing. :mrgreen:
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Re: Best value manifold: Che?

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Minimum 15bhp increase?! Nice.
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