Has anyone every bought or used a turbo manifold from Ebay? If so, how did it turn out?

Here is a link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RX7-F...spagenameZWDVW

 

I havent ... but it doesnt look half bad, i know its completely different , but my buddy just bought a mani, and downpipe for his evo off ebay, and its gorgeous.... just throwin in my 2 cents

 

a lot of ebay products are not that bad, as far as stuff like exhaust manifolds and such, the only thing to be careful of is sometimes they need a little extra support.

I would check your buddies evo's, but I know on for honda's they tend to crack from the weight of the turbo- welding on a couple support brackets should fix the problem.

but that'd manifold right there looks very solid and should have no problems. maybe some clearence issues between the wastegate and the turbo, but an easy fix if it is. i plan on buying an ebay turbo manifold myself next month

 

yeah, can't tell if those are the same ones that were cracking. Do a quick search and see if you find the pics.

 

buy it now for $110, how bad can it be!

I remember years ago people complaining about ebay ones cracking, but honestly for $110 I would not be expecting much.

a brace in the right spot and a flex on the downpipe might do the job

 

using it by itself probally would not be a good idea. But if you did a little bit of your own welding and fabbing it'd probally work out.

Alot of guys on other forums have tried using ebay stuff. By their selves doesn't work out too good but after a little tweaks here and ther I heard it works out well

 

That's the SSAC manifold.... they were seeing problems with cracking on Honda's a while back, but they've cleaned up their act a little. I am running their 3" exhaust on my FC and everything was top-notch, from packaging right down to fitment.

 

thats actually a really solid looking piece

but you never know with stuff like that

i know like others said, ssac has some problems with cracking, but that manifold is alot simpler than the honda mani's that were cracking

 

I'd trust a used HKS cast manifold. It's proven.

 

Looks around on ebay and 2nd gen for sale one should pop up.

Check it out son you in luck.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HKS-T...spagenameZWDVW
Straight from CHIBA Japan what it do

 

or a greddy

i agree, people have them on our for sale section all the time and also see them on ebay as well, i suggest you save another hundred bux and get something with proven quality, you cant go wrong with greddy or hks.

 

i purchased one for fd and fit on fc for 2 years now with a holset hx55 turbo, no support and it hasn't crack yet gonna dyno car tomorrow. so i would say they're good. SS Autochrome