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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 06:58 PM
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its time for a new mani 3 weld jobs and a warped flange later !!..its time to order the manifold i wanted to get in the first place the EDT mani...now i need to find a external 38mm wastegate ..any ideas on this?.....ps when i take the mani off ill take pics of all the welds ..
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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http://www.tialsport.com/prod_wg_38.htm
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its time for a new mani 3 weld jobs and a warped flange later !!..its time to order the manifold i wanted to get in the first place the EDT mani...now i need to find a external 38mm wastegate ..any ideas on this?.....ps when i take the mani off ill take pics of all the welds ..
Lol
This guy that had a red turbo miata, he had an ebay kit, it was so horrible, he honestly had like ten welds and welded a bracket or some **** on his ma ni to help it from cracking lmfao what a joke. and he blew his china charger in a week or something.
It was funny.
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 07:08 PM
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all i have is a china mani and its ***** hahahaha
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by sweetmeatz
its time for a new mani 3 weld jobs and a warped flange later !!..its time to order the manifold i wanted to get in the first place the EDT mani...now i need to find a external 38mm wastegate ..any ideas on this?.....ps when i take the mani off ill take pics of all the welds ..
Time to retract this?

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people say there crap only cuz they dont know wht there doing "ohh my manifold cracked.. must me because its made in china!!"..... i have and obx manifold on my NB and it works nice ... if people would spend the time to make a turbo brace then it wouldnt crack!!!... think all the wieght of the turbo is being supported by the manifold it heats up to 1600F then cools down with the hevey snail on it of coures it will crack.. wht is the flange style on the mitsu?? could it be re-drilled?? but how the collector on the manifold it it would be easy to cut off and weld a new one on .. if u arnt a good welder just send it out and get TIGed
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by reddroptop
Time to retract this?



Wow.
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 07:49 PM
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i have ran several SSAC/OBX parts with 0 problems. had turbo pipes, turbo, wastegate, intercooler and BOV. all worked fine.
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by reddroptop
Time to retract this?





hahah ownt
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Originally Posted by reddroptop
Time to retract this?

Old Nov 1, 2007 | 09:52 PM
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lolz
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SSA ftw! :gay:
Old Nov 3, 2007 | 04:52 PM
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wow look at the differance in just a month hahaha ...
Old Nov 3, 2007 | 04:57 PM
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retract complete......
sooo...the OXB turbos are good right???..
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