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Old 02-10-2008, 08:33 PM
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just curious.....
why don't i hear about people running the HKS kit on the 1.8s? cost?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/new-2...spagenameZWDVW
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Old 02-10-2008, 08:45 PM
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why you looking at turbo kits?
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Its not plug and play.
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hah......not looking paul. just always wondered.....and i came across it again.

sam......why not PNP?
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becouse for the 3K or so we would spend on that begi makes some nice stuff.
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Originally Posted by magnamx-5
becouse for the 3K or so we would spend on that begi makes some nice stuff.
i could make nice stuff for 3K too
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hks no good? i thought they were known for good stuff?
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i have an hks mani, it's solid.
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i have always felt weird giving away 3k of hard earned money to a web site where i never know what im gonna get...maybe its just me
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clever first post ^
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looking at that kit i can not justify calling it $3K
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Manifold is definately solid. But for $3k.. man. I'd rather have an HKS Manifold + GT2871R + 550's ans MS.
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I like my HKS manifold, it's a good unit. I prefer side mount manifolds though.
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It sits up too high.
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Originally Posted by PaKMaN
It sits up too high.
Exactly why I don't like it.
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LOL we both contradicted our first posts
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It is good, stout, and cheap. Everything else sucks about it.
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it may sit up high but everything fits find, the only downfall would be the downpipe fabracation you need to make. tight bends... but it works well.
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Looks like the kit comes with a downpipe.

Seems to be a lot of money for what it is, of course I'm sure there's some brand name ****** out there that are willing to pay extra for the name.
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That's why the HKS is usually written as HK$.

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