Hi my name is Aric and I am a boostaholic
Just thought i would introduce myself. I own a 2005 mazdaspeed with almost no stock parts on it. I am currently running a gt28rs on a S4 manifold I purchased from Bell with a custom 3 inch downpipe, 3inch exhaust, hydra blah blah blah. Just about everything I made myself.
http://www.mazda-speed.com/albums/st...0197.sized.jpg http://www.mazda-speed.com/albums/st...0218.sized.jpg These are old pictures of before I had the kit finished, I have not had a chance to take a picture of everything as it sits now. I have had everything on the car for about 10k miles the manifold has started to fall apart and I am regretting spending the cash buying it from begi (yes I had it braced) |
S4 mani FTL. Weird that it's falling apart though. What are they doing to resolve this issue?
The charge pipes are interesting. I bet the GT28 is nice as well. Welcome Aric. |
Steph at begi has said a new manifold is on the way, although if it falls apart I may look into making one myself or having one made that is made of much thicker tube. The carge pipe is run to meet up with some of the factory intercooler piping and to leave me room for an air filter. The gt28 is awesome, although with the s4 manifold the overboost was crazy, it would hit 15psi+ with the waistgate wired open in 4th gear. I solved that problem by porting the snot out of the WG on the turbo, now the boost is rock solid and I can start to turn it up without being afraid it will spike to 20psi or something crazy
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S5 with Tial WG FTW :)
Get some new pics already. |
+1 for more pics. Welcome to the forum.
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Where are you from Aric? Like originally?
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Originally Posted by Saml01
(Post 336026)
Where are you from Aric? Like originally?
No offense Aric; he's Jewish. |
Welcome Aric. Curious as to where exactly the manifold is coming apart. I own a thin wall tube manifold with brace too, and this would give me an idea of what to keep an eye on.
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Originally Posted by rafa
(Post 336032)
why sam; do you smell a jew? :)
no offense aric; he's jewish. |
where do you live? There's a black msm with a huge intercooler parked outside my office in Austin on Airport Blvd. Is it you? Maybe we can hook up after-hours at Oil Can.
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Originally Posted by Saml01
(Post 336963)
duh.
Don't forget Sam; English is my second language and when it comes to slang, I've got no clue when I offend someone. I refer to the term "Jew". I know they used to call me "spick" like a big offense, but I never looked up what it meant so it did not. :) |
Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 336981)
where do you live? There's a black msm with a huge intercooler parked outside my office in Austin on Airport Blvd. Is it you? Maybe we can hook up after-hours at Oil Can.
Sounds like bro rape to me... |
Originally Posted by Newbsauce
(Post 337007)
Sounds like bro rape to me...
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Originally Posted by Rafa
(Post 336999)
Hey; I can still recall when I first got to Tampa U. I close friend of mine (from the DR) asked a black guy something by calling him "boy" and we almost had to fight the dude before everything was cleared up.
Don't forget Sam; English is my second language and when it comes to slang, I've got no clue when I offend someone. I refer to the term "Jew". I know they used to call me "spick" like a big offense, but I never looked up what it meant so it did not. :) I meant duh, as in yes, that is why I want to know where he is from. Jew's gotta stick together. UrbanSoot, 18psi, we are few amongst many. How else are we going to run this country? Btw, I dont consider "Jew" derogatory. At least I think thats what you are asking. Kike is another thing. |
Originally Posted by Saml01
(Post 337065)
Im confused.
I meant duh, as in yes, that is why I want to know where he is from. Jew's gotta stick together. UrbanSoot, 18psi, we are few amongst many. How else are we going to run this country? Btw, I dont consider "Jew" derogatory. At least I think thats what you are asking. Kike is another thing. |
That manifold....my first turbo kit had a manifold exactly like that. It wasn't a BEGI though, it was a cheap chinese knock off. Anyway, it cracked right where the tubes weld to the flange that bolts to the head. I looked awesome, but I believe that on a tubular manifold that is supporting the turbo and sustaining the amount of heat cycles that this application will produce...the only logical thing to do is go with a cast manifold.
-personal opinion. |
And Holy Shit Dude! Look at your stock compressor inlet compared to the GT28! What a difference. 15 psi with a Hydra? This car is gonna be serious...
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Originally Posted by Saml01
(Post 337065)
Im confused.
I meant duh, as in yes, that is why I want to know where he is from. Jew's gotta stick together. UrbanSoot, 18psi, we are few amongst many. How else are we going to run this country? Btw, I dont consider "Jew" derogatory. At least I think thats what you are asking. Kike is another thing. |
Originally Posted by Aricjm15
(Post 335604)
Just thought i would introduce myself. I own a 2005 mazdaspeed with almost no stock parts on it. I am currently running a gt28rs on a S4 manifold I purchased from Bell with a custom 3 inch downpipe, 3inch exhaust, hydra blah blah blah. Just about everything I made myself.
[IMG]http://www.mazda-speed.com/albums/stock-VS-Gt2860/DSC00197.sized.jpg[IMG] [IMG]http://www.mazda-speed.com/albums/stock-VS-Gt2860/DSC00218.sized.jpg[IMG] These are old pictures of before I had the kit finished, I have not had a chance to take a picture of everything as it sits now. I have had everything on the car for about 10k miles the manifold has started to fall apart and I am regretting spending the cash buying it from begi (yes I had it braced) |
Welcome. Sorry to hear about the BEGI manifold.
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from the Chicago area, not a jew either, all the pipes are stainless steel not gold
My manifold cracked on 3 out of the 4 runners starting with the one closest to the firewall and it is now starting to crack at the collector. last time I said the manifold was the same as the junk sold on ebay on a forum i had a whole shitstorm of people telling me there was just no way begi would do something like that along with Steph telling me I was full of it, it is my personal opinion that it is the same shit as sold on ebay "turbo not hit block" |
someone just suggested the boostlogic manifold to me. looks awesome, saw one two months ago at a car show, awesome looking part. Big reason for me not moving that direction is that I would probably end up spending over $1200 to get it all together. Turbinetech makes a manifold that looks like it would be a tad easier to fit to what i already have. What i will probably end up doing is buying an ebay manifold just in case the replacement follows the same path and then making a copy out of schedule 10 tube from vibrant
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Hi Aric, I'm Eric, nice ride!!
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Welcome Aric, you're on msprotege.com as well, no?
Nice car, good luck with the build! |
Originally Posted by BradC
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Welcome Aric, you're on msprotege.com as well, no?
Nice car, good luck with the build! thanks all for your comments! |
I bet there's fabricators on this forum that can build a manifold of boostlogic quality for less, maybe even in this thread. :dunno:
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Originally Posted by Saml01
(Post 337065)
Jew's gotta stick together. UrbanSoot, 18psi, we are few amongst many.
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