My SS Autochrome mani. CRACKED! - PICS
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My SS Autochrome mani. CRACKED! - PICS
Wow...less than 5k miles...what a piece of crap... I would stay away from these... I'm going to see if SS will give me another until I can buy 1revvin's manifold.
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it has nothing to do with ss autochrome, most stainelss manifolds will crack, if you look up properties for SS you will see why its not the best thign to make manifolds out of. its got a high coeefficient of thermal expansion and its not very elastic. so when it gets hot its easier to crack. but either way that sucks
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yea, even greddy manifold crack just like that, and you would think those are higher quality. it depends a lot on how much you abuse your car and how the manifold is bougth up to the heat and stress and how its cooled down.
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I bet if this was 321 and welded properly, it wouldn't have cracked.
Look at where is cracked...
It started at the weld seam, but then ended up cracking through the homogeneous pipe where there was no weld.
This implies poor or improper stainless steel.
-Ted
Look at where is cracked...
It started at the weld seam, but then ended up cracking through the homogeneous pipe where there was no weld.
This implies poor or improper stainless steel.
-Ted
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dude its that knock off made in taiwan garbage. there welds are junk and they use super thin tubing. you get what u pay for so u shouldnt complain. next time buy a real manifold
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Originally Posted by TEZTnTUNE
dude its that knock off made in taiwan garbage. there welds are junk and they use super thin tubing. you get what u pay for so u shouldnt complain. next time buy a real manifold
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I'm not complaining, i understand i get what i pay for. I'm just posting this so ppl know that their stuff is garbage. They do use low quality STAMPED pieces, and the only tubing is for the WG, which is in a really shitty place. All of the welds are low quality. It sad that it only lasted 5k miles.....
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Guys, this is the FC VERSION NOT the FD. Totally diferent manifolds in every aspect. The FC mani's aren't tubular. They are two halfs of stainless that are stamped into shape (copy of the HKS cast) then welded together and flanges and WG tube welded on.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FC3S-...spagenameZWDVW
And even though the "newer" SSAutoCrap" FD manifolds use heavier wall tubing and flanges, there design SUCKS BALLZ most notable the T4 flange which does not merge AT ALL to the proper inlet shape and no runners being equal length. But, for the price people love them (even though the cast manifolds probly flow better and are bullet proof when compared to the SSAuto).
Just my $0.02, but who the hell am I to give an opinion?
~Mike..........
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FC3S-...spagenameZWDVW
And even though the "newer" SSAutoCrap" FD manifolds use heavier wall tubing and flanges, there design SUCKS BALLZ most notable the T4 flange which does not merge AT ALL to the proper inlet shape and no runners being equal length. But, for the price people love them (even though the cast manifolds probly flow better and are bullet proof when compared to the SSAuto).
Just my $0.02, but who the hell am I to give an opinion?
~Mike..........
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Originally Posted by RacerXtreme7
Just my $0.02, but who the hell am I to give an opinion?
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And it cracked again in a different spot, and I was super easy on the car this time around. Very light boosting here and there, and adequate warmup and cool down times. I took that POS off and I've purchased a manifold from 1Revvin7...
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Originally Posted by RacerXtreme7
there design SUCKS BALLZ most notable the T4 flange which does not merge AT ALL to the proper inlet shape and no runners being equal length. But, for the price people love them (even though the cast manifolds probly flow better and are bullet proof when compared to the SSAuto).
Just my $0.02, but who the hell am I to give an opinion?
~Mike..........
Just my $0.02, but who the hell am I to give an opinion?
~Mike..........
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Originally Posted by RacerXtreme7
there design SUCKS BALLZ
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they just copied it from hks and greedy. do they suck ***** too? every place i've seen that sells the hks tubular manifold give a warning about it being subject to cracking.
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Originally Posted by GUITARJUNKIE28
they just copied it from hks and greedy. do they suck ***** too? every place i've seen that sells the hks tubular manifold give a warning about it being subject to cracking.
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Originally Posted by GUITARJUNKIE28
they just copied it from hks and greedy. do they suck ***** too? every place i've seen that sells the hks tubular manifold give a warning about it being subject to cracking.
Both the HKS and GReddy (at least spell it right) designs SUCK.
Wastegate ports are not placed efficiently, and the designs are made more to just fit the compact engine bay of the FC / FD.
When you need to build things right, make one yourself!
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That's what happens with SS stuff, they don't hold as well. The welds are very good, but they need to use better metal for better results, rather than looks. All I can say is, they need to improve on getting stronger SS.
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Originally Posted by t04tii
ALWAYS use the turbo timer.....at least 30 sec. I do beat the **** outta the car tho...