now you're just poking the bear with fireplace poker

 

Yessssssssssss! The post count argument!

 

Mods... Shut this one down!

It's run it's course.

 

NEVARRR!!!!!

 

@ warp speed. (in a sincere voice). Most of these gays on here want stuff backed with data before they start listening. Data such as dyno graphs, years run, adjust ability, strength, material, welds, etc. I posted a while back about how I thought the Megan EZs were better than the entry level FM vmaxx and got so much ****. They wanted graphs so I posted graphs. They wanted years on them so I posted that in the end I was able to convince some and others not so much. The point is you really have to enter this forum like its and uncensored debate where anything you say that can not support your argument will be used against you. On the flip side you asking wither or not a ebay cast manifold is good or not is pretty much asking for it. The thing about the ebay manifolds is that the majority of them are thin pieces of ****. It eventually becomes a needle in a haystack type thing. The manifold is one of the hottest points on a turbo set up and needs to be very very strong. All this is covered in the stickies. Yes it may be out of date but really nothing for the most part has changed. I hope this helps you out and you continue to use the forum.

 

Could have fooled me.

Seriously. This whole thread is bullshit. Exacting analysis of why is also bullshit, but not nearly as entertaining.

TacoTaco is bullshit, and the exacting analysis is done X infinity. And also no longer fun.

Miata Turbo Forum - Turbo Kitten is watching you test compression. - Search Results

That's what came up in a 10 second search for tactaco.

Seriously. When everyones posts begin with 'that's not what I said, you are presuming.....hahahahaha look how smart I am..' the fun is over.

To be clear, the whole point of this trainwreck was the fun BS.

Thanks.

 

A lot of times people will just jump in mid thread and go from the last thing they see. Not getting the full story of how the thread evolved to the point where they started. Throw in mob mentality and a lack of reading comprehension and things get farther off track.
My post started out as and have always been, find which Chinese parts are good and which are bad. Don't see how that offends anyone or makes me an idiot.

 

All parts of this kit are bad. Next topic.

 

I thought those ebay cast manifolds actually worked using flange relief cuts- like the greddy (which also cracked w/o cuts.)

 

Don't get me wrong, these threads are great entertainment, but after an idiot argues for this long with people that know this crap won't work, just give up! Let him waste his money on parts that are marginally better than the worst crap. No amount of discussion will change his mind.

At work we have a set of engineering rules. Rule #1- Don't argue with an idiot. He will always beat you with experience.

 

 

I just noticed warp speed's post count currently matches his negative prop count. So statistically, for every single comment he has made, there's been one person who thought it was useless to the point of pissing them off enough to neg rep. This conversation has TACOTACO levels of quality all over it!

 

Definitely 5 star thread right here.

 

So... the TACOTACO kit has the same quality of this thread?
I will be staying away from that kit.
Although I am now craving a taco

 

On a (vaguely) related note, I do think it might be a good idea to have a sticky thread where people can post ebay parts that they HAVE had good luck with.

I know there are some junk BOVs out there, but I also know that there are some decent ones that can be had for a fraction of the cost of the "high end" ones. I just don't know exactly what ones those are. I did a projector retrofit on my 99 for less than half the cost of some of the "high quality kits" out there, and it works perfectly..

Unless there's already a thread like this out there--but I didn't see it stickied, and obviously searching for things like "ebay" and "quality" don't exactly yield relevant results.

 

You realize that you can buy the EXACT SAME part from the EXACT SAME vendor on ebay and 1 will work and the other won't right?

That's the beauty of no quality control, and why we all talk crap about these parts.

 

The ultimate in Ebay blow off valves is the RFL knockoff. (RFL stands for Really ******* Loud.)

Who cares if it leaks if you can hear it from 3 blocks away? Now available in "I-love-inserting-things-into-myself-purple."

 

Well the RFL is great design on paper however they fucked them up big time with their "fancy" designs. Instead of simply extending the bottom lip they make it a 2 piece with 4 shitty set screws that leak like the Niagara falls. Then they also cut the cylinder for some stupid reason instead of making it a single piece. The valve is a great design however after they added all the weak points its ****. That's what happens when engineers that do not belong anywhere near engineering jobs design ****. The ebay RFL is just garbage because the quality of the product is ****.

For example
Lets take a look at the cylinder.. it was cut on a garbage lathe with a worn out tool with very lose bits that moved all over the place (as the reason for all those lines) instead of a sanded or ground mirror finish like its suppose to be. Also notice the cut on the bottom.. theres 0 reasons why that cut is needed.


Next how about that seal.. You can probably find raw materials with better finish than this garbage.



At last the setscrews. Yup this is suppose to be air tight...

 

I just always remove the bottom portion and stick what's left into a silicone coupler as hard as i can. I wait until it crushes a little, then it's good.

Like this, but an RFL instead. (BTW, can't hardly wait to see what happens to this tiny small bore piece of **** when it tries to vent 30psi. I'm hoping for "Sorta controlled compressor stall")

 

So, the real question is, will the TacoTaco turbo kit be good for autoX?