lok33

How many of you have a cracked one, I do...............

tightrx7

did it crack around the flange

680RWHP12A

how long did you use it before it cracked? did you brace the turbo?

lok33

About 4k miles, it cracked were the tubing comes together. I haven't taken it off yet, but when I do I'll take some pics.......
Turbo wasn't braced

Fox4Life

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How do you brace a turbo?

BDC

They're garbage.

B

Trav

Run an additional support from the turbo housing somewhere to the engine block. Rather than let the manifold support all of the weight.

Bacon

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damnit, better brace mine......cant wait to see pics

82streetracer

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bracing probably would have helped.

damn, I was planning on getting a OBX,

cant beat that price.

turbosa22c

yeah that manifold is pretty junk. the tubing is way to thin. mine was glowing at idle.

lok33

Finally got it off, that was a bitch......................
The tubing seperated from the divider, looks like a bad weld. I've contacter SSAutochrome.com (the ebay seller) a few times and no response. Life time warranty my ***.....................
I guess I'm goig to see if I can get it welded and hopefully that will take care of the problem. I'm sure it will crack somewhere else, mine glows all the time after warmup. In the mean time I'll be looking for another manifold.

turbosa22c

buy a HKS cast manifold. no complaints with this one. only about $250 i think. its been working good on my SA

Benjamin

Bi-state customs uses the generic ebay manifold to start with. They then beef up all of the welds. I don't see how you could go wrong with that route, regardless of the welder. Just pay the $150 for the OBX, and spend another $150-200 getting it reenforced. You'd have a great manifold for MUCH cheaper than you could get one custom made, if you're plannig a DIY kit.

I personally had the Apexi RX6 manifold, which I had custome RE-built for a To4b, and it's great.

-BN