My newest Absurdflow manifold: BEGI FM tubular replacement
I'm in the process of piecing together my newest manifold. It is a tubular manifold that hopefully will put the turbo in the same location as the cast manifolds from BEGI and FM. People have asked me to do something that fits with A/C and P/S (duh), and after jiging the 3" bellmouth downpipe for the BEGI 1.8 kit I figured I should try to make a tubular manifold. That way it clears A/C & P/S and you could use all the gorgeous BEGI accessories/heat shields/plumbing/etc. Or FM's silicone I guess.
I don't know if it will flow as good as BEGI's (I've never seen a FM) but hopefully we will find out on the May 2 dyno day. I plan to dyno it on my internally stock '94 1.8 with the Absurdflow 3" bellmouth downpipe and my full 3" exhaust. Horray for single turbos I guess. Oh, yeah I'll be using a Garrett GT2560R, most likely from Paul or if that doesn't work out I'll take my oldass 2560 out of the subie. I'll run 12 or 14 psi, whatever we here have as a good comparison. I think johndoe might be the closest with his SGDP 2560 '94??? If it all works out, price will be more than BEGI's manifold but not much more. My downpipe is already cheaper than theirs. I don't have access to chinese turbos. Once the US gets more 2560's I hope to be around $2k for the turbo, manifold, and DP. If I make no more power than theirs then this was all for my own personal enjoyment :) I'm not done yet and the first one is always crude, but May 2 is still a ways away, right? Pics: http://www.inoneear.com/outtheother/...dflowbegi1.jpg http://www.inoneear.com/outtheother/...dflowbegi2.jpg http://www.inoneear.com/outtheother/...dflowbegi3.jpg http://www.inoneear.com/outtheother/...dflowbegi4.jpg http://www.inoneear.com/outtheother/...dflowbegi5.jpg Buy this stuff, I need to pay for that countertop. ;) The ol' downpipe, true 3" bellmouthed stainless with magnaflow metal core cat. This will be close to $650 seperately, with the cat: http://www.inoneear.com/outtheother/...wbegi3indp.JPG Thanks to those who have helped me with this, you know who you are. |
Good job, sir.
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Nice work Tim. The compatibility with the AC/PS will definitely make me think about this in the future. |
Originally Posted by ArtieParty
(Post 388705)
Good job, sir.
Originally Posted by Saml01
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Nice work Tim. The compatibility with the AC/PS will definitely make me think about this in the future. BEGI makes nice stuff at great prices and are very eager to please. We are very lucky to have a vendor like that in our community. |
Originally Posted by TurboTim
(Post 388702)
My downpipe is already cheaper than theirs
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This is what you need to beat.
http://www.miatamx5.com/dynoruns/11-15-08/johndoe.jpg I'm thinking you'll come up with a bit more max hp&tq but you'll make it sooner too. I predict you'll be crossing that 200ft-lb line earlier, somewhere between the 3600rpm that Jan does and the 3100 Artie & I do. More torque earlier is where it's at. |
Tim, do you make v-band flanged downpipes?
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I think the design looks great Tim. Do you, or will you offer the 3'' bellmouth without the cat?
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and possibly a flexpipe..
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Originally Posted by NA6C-Guy
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No shit.
I think the design looks great Tim. Do you, or will you offer the 3'' bellmouth without the cat? Frank |
Originally Posted by ThePass
(Post 388789)
and possibly a flexpipe..
Frank |
Why am I speaking for Tim? I should STFU now. ;)
Frank |
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Originally Posted by fmowry
(Post 388793)
The cat should be a slip fit, so I don't see why he wouldn't. He should just offer clamps to swap the cat in/out with a test pipe. Or for the anti-y8s crowd, he could just weld in a straight pipe.
Frank |
Tims,
I still dont like the bellmouth. Why can't you do a siamese pipe setup? Stick a 1-1/4 pipe on the side of a 2-1/4 pipe (i think that's the outlet) and then merge them into a 3 inch in the downpipe after a foot or so. you want ABSURD flow, I bet that tickles paul's prostate about 100 rpm sooner. |
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pwnd lol and he tells noobs to search lol
tim if you wanna make one for the 1.6 lemme know. i have the dp to match. and i have a potential buyer for my begi manifold if i choose absurdflow again |
Originally Posted by disturbedfan121
(Post 388720)
really? lol my wallet says different :giggle:
94 stainless SGDP: $505 3" swaged end: $55 3" metal cat: $160 without flanges, $240 with flanges. $650<$720 if you don't like flanges<$800 if you do You (Brian) paid $50 to get the old stuff removed, mods made to your firewall and trans*, rerouting the oil pressure line to where it should be, retapping the crappy holes in your turbo, and installing the new downpipe. Cheap I think. *trimming needs to be done to the firewall shelf and to that silly useless tang on the side of the trans to get this downpipe to fit. |
Originally Posted by paul
(Post 388745)
This is what you need to beat.
http://www.miatamx5.com/dynoruns/11-15-08/johndoe.jpg I'm thinking you'll come up with a bit more max hp&tq but you'll make it sooner too. I predict you'll be crossing that 200ft-lb line earlier, somewhere between the 3600rpm that Jan does and the 3100 Artie & I do. More torque earlier is where it's at.
Originally Posted by zoomin
(Post 388785)
Tim, do you make v-band flanged downpipes?
Originally Posted by NA6C-Guy
(Post 388788)
I think the design looks great Tim. Do you, or will you offer the 3'' bellmouth without the cat?
Originally Posted by ThePass
(Post 388789)
and possibly a flexpipe..
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Originally Posted by disturbedfan121
(Post 388868)
pwnd lol and he tells noobs to search lol
tim if you wanna make one for the 1.6 lemme know. i have the dp to match. and i have a potential buyer for my begi manifold if i choose absurdflow again |
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