I got a pair of mani last week ( one for my friend and one for me ). He's in Europe but DHL got it to me in CA within 3 days of shipping. Wasn't going to post since I wasn't able to completely test fit due to it being drilled for M10 vs M8. Kraken is nice enough to swap it out for me with another one drilled for M8. I've been waiting quite a while too so I understand your frustration but this is not vaporware or a guy out to steal money ( IMO ). Definitely could use some polish with customer communication at times but I kinda expected it when buying something that's still in 'pre-production'. I hope once he gets everything made and a process streamlined, that will improve.








Here's a pics of it in my Exo with the EFR. He's also making me a custom DP for that vband.

 

Hi, just a quick update

The reason some of you havent got your kits yet is mainly because
1. I am not happy with the welding and have tried to fix that issue, i am somewhat satisfied now.
2. I have prioritised those who have race/drift cars ( mainly for testing the manifold)
3. I have prioritised those who are in the EU, because shipping is very expensive and if anything is wrong it will be much quicker/cheaper to recitfy.
4. I have prioritised re-sellers (not the best idea)
5. I am still waiting for the inconel studs to be ready, which I would like to send out as standard
6. I am still waiting for any failures to show up before I start shipping to everyone else
7. It has been holiday seasson and this has been a really big inconvinience

If anyone doesnt fancy waiting, please message me at krakn08@gmail.com or whatsapp me on ++4 4 794 00 43 24 3
Best way to contact me is facebook and whatsapp, also if its very urgent call me on the number above

I am very aware I am late, im quite stressed over it but do want to send out best I can do. I will update monday again as I have laod of pics to upload


Michael

 

Thanks for the update, Michael.

I messaged you about switching from a 1.6L Manifold to a 1.8L Manifold. WIlling to wait as long as that takes to make it happen. (I do have a racecar if that matters haha)

 

I am having trouble figuring out exactly what is available. Will a 1.8L to Subaru TD04 manifold be available?

 

I know at least 1 local guy with a Kraken 1.8L TD04 mani already.

 

Perfection. I will have to pick one up in the next few months. Need tonget the 1.8 first.

 

I'm waiting. I've got plenty of time, since this will probably be a "winter rebuild" anyway.

 

Recived mine 1,6 mani and dp and ic piping some time ago (1.5-2weeks), timeline was somewhat what it was meant to be so you will eventually get yours too People who think ~3weeks late is too much to handle, i waited revent kit over 6months when it was promised to be ready and 3months on top of that without any progress and then i switched to this option Will post some pics soon when i got my other stuff sorted out first.

 

I think this is an awesome little project. Wish stuff like this was available 15 years ago.

Any particular reason this isn't available in T3 flange? Or is T3 considered oversized for 1.8 these days?

 

Very interested in making a purchase and help get your name out in the big state of Texas, please reply with costs and info

 

I may have missed something, but the first sentence says he's offering it with a t3 flange.
How many people have received these at this point?

 

Seems like almost every quality turbo these days uses a T25 and/or V-band outlet.

 

Beat this manifold pretty hard this weekend at a trackday. About 7 - 15min sessions and 1 - 20min session on it in a single day. Nothing like a short enduro car may see or anything but well beyond any street car beating. I didn't have a single issue with the setup. A bit aggressive on my boost table leading to some boost cut in a few turns but nothing major. Really satisfied with this setup.


I have put some heavy mountain runs on it, a bit of street driving and a trackday. I installed this setup a few months ago. You can see my full build here...

 

That GTR point-by! I've gotten a ZR1 point-by before in HPDE2 but never a GTR. Seems like these manifolds hold up well (as you would expect a heavy lump of cast iron to). Good stuff

 

1.8 manifold tapped for M8 perfectly mounts an EFR in my Exocet.

 

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its cast SS, so different cast/pouring processing for those turbine housings over iron.

 

Waiting for Kraken to making a lighter weight cast stainless manifold ..

 

he wont. he explained it very rudely on his FB page when people asked about SS over his iron, then deleted the comments.

luckily I saved some of it:

 

Wow .. my comment was just made in jest as I'm quite happy with my cast "whatever material this is" manifold from him .. I didn't know there was already drama with stainless .. :X