fc3sfreek

iTrader: (6)

i have an SSAC manifold on my FC and no problems yet

sleeperfc

i have the new style ssauto fd one on my fc. one spacer and it fits.

its looks ALOT better than i thought it would. i planned to get it all rewelded... but i took it to a local welding shop and he said they looked just fine.

So i bolted it on and i have about 500miles on it now. The finish is now that blush tent chrome turns. other than that its fine. Time will tell... ill post updates in my thread from time to time.


if you have the money, get a hks one.... or better yet... if you dont have the money and time to replace the ssauto one if it breaks then get a hks cast one.

you dont have to take my word for it.
this link says it all....

GUITARJUNKIE28

well ****, if you have the money, get an inconel manifold

but hands down, you can't beat the bang-for-the-buck factor...wastegates too. i've directly compared then to the hks standard and i swear i think they just cloned it.

J-Rat

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Welcome to iceblue's world...

iceblue

Really? Hmm.. I suppose this wasnt any advice.

Not only were my responses dead on but also they are unarguable, so stop being foolish.

GUITARJUNKIE28

unarguable? are you that freakin' retarded?

Digi7ech

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You're arguing now so that makes you wrong on one count :P

Anyway.

The pics posted above can't be proven they are the "New" design can they?
If not then they are useless.

SSauto gave themselves a VERY bad stigma(almost as bad as rotaries commonly blowing their motors!).

It will be very hard for anyone to give real info since we're all a bit skiddish on buying one now.

I checked ebay and they are now offering a stock replacement for the S4 turbo's. Kinda cool if they hold up. Would defintely make it cleaner looking in the bay and "Maybe" help spool/etc...

doridori-rx7

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these are still junk, from the basic metal being so full of impurities ( like carbon ), to the low quality fasteners that come with it .. it's crap! and don't ever try to modify one... the carbon content makes it so fragile that even heat cycling doesn't help. Any undo stress be it load or vibration based will crack the headers.. Externals welds where they should be internal .. junk!

new or old.. they are cheap Chinese, unceritifed metal... however the first thing that the ' pro SSAC supporters' mention is how good they look, if that's your main criteria then hey , go for it and enjoy the look .

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

ok i thought i was clear enough in the original ******* post but i guess not.

i don't want people's opinions who have never used this manifold before!

jacobcartmill

iTrader: (6)

personally i'd use one.

however i just ended up finding a good deal on the HKS log manifold...

GUITARJUNKIE28

they don't even come with fasteners...quit making stuff up.

SirCygnus

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ive delt with the ones from the supras, to the evos, to one guy having on on his rx7. the thing you first notice is that they are incredibly light. the seccond thing you notice is that if you look on the inside you can see that the thickness of the walls isnt sufficient enough to handle the weight of it holding up a turbo and that the welds didnt penatrate fully.

the only thing that hasent broken on their product line is their catback exhausts. they get this from somewhere else.

Jager

iTrader: (10)

I worked on one in my friends shop. We had three failures (mainly with the welds) with it and hes a certified mechanic (who works on Supra's mainly). It was on a b-series Honda however.

Gave me a bad opinion of them, so thats my beef.

ilike2eatricers

the answer is yes

Please no more comments about what people heard about them. No more comments on the manifolds from other cars. Let's just stick to the first hand experience of people who have actually used one of the newer styles on an 13bt. Mmmkay?

SinisterCRX

owned.


SSAutoPoop manifolds are junk. They're the same material manifold to manifold.. honestly pay the extra cash and get something good.

**** son, stop being cheap and buy something of quality. My left nut weighs more than one of their manifolds.

ilike2eatricers

Are you calling me cheap?? Do you even know what I have done or how much I've invested in my car? Did I support or talk **** about the SSAC manifolds? I'm just trying to keep this thread objective.

And for the record who the **** are you?

SinisterCRX

No, not you man. The only part of my post directed at you was the "owned" part

For the record, I'm your ****** monkey's uncle.

Proceed.

SirCygnus

iTrader: (1)

honnestly. if you put highpriced good parts on your carm why in the world would you get a crappy ssautsh*t manifold for 150 whenyou can get a nice manifold for 300? its not like your breaking the bank.

SinisterCRX

word.

i'd rock the stocker over ssautopoop any day.

J-Rat

iTrader: (2)

Good to see the objectivity is thriving in this thread...

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

and where can you find those manifolds?

thanks to those who are trying to keep the thread on topic, it seems when anyone talks about this manufacturer it always brings out the asshats.

i only asked because i had heard HKS doesnt make manifolds anymore and i haven't seen them sold anywhere but i also didn't spend a huge amount of time looking.

SirCygnus

iTrader: (1)

actually i think a third party in japan are recasting them, but only on a limited level. honnestly, if you want a good cheap manifold, get one custome fabbed for you. just get the flanges, and the tubing, and do the necessary cutting and fitment, and mark everything as needed, and pay them the 100 dollars to weld it. not only will you get exactly what you want, you will sleep better at night knowing exhaust gasses arent spilling out into your engine bay.

GUITARJUNKIE28

you'e the guy who didn't even bother to read what manifold we were talking about and you're trying to spit out juvinile nonsense? grow a brain retard.

GUITARJUNKIE28

1/8" thick pipes aren't "thick" by your standards or what?

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

i can fabricate up a complete manifold myself but time is money and it would take me more time than it is worth to me to buy either a good HKS replica or even swap out a few crappier ones or possibly update them myself so that they can handle some stress.