No way Tim. Don't tell them that. They'll crucify you. You'll be a "hater" no matter what you say afterwards.
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Originally Posted by sixshooter
(Post 987918)
V-bands are more reliable than the non-inconel stud arrangement, don't have gaskets, and don't have space related problems for tightening some of the nuts. The downside is the turbine housings are less common and cost more.
I guess I'm just crazy, since these tools are all negging my posts despite clearly stating what I was getting at. Everyone follows the logic, but refuses to agree with it for fear of the "anti-haters" :laugh: |
Originally Posted by Leafy
(Post 988192)
$1000 for that shit? ROFL! :bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl: Those blue couplers make me sick. Why blue couplers? at least use blue ones. |
Originally Posted by TurboTim
(Post 988206)
I've only built one log manifold ever, for a local kid who gave me all the material and just paid me to weld it. It was not Vband.
Maybe you are confusing it with my BEGI/FM replacement mani which isn't a log at all. Has a collector similar to the original absurdflow style, just built with tight radius bends instead of long rad. bends and orientated/rotated 90 deg so that the flange is vertical, not horizontal.
Originally Posted by 18psi
(Post 988210)
Which is exactly what I was saying: why save money by making the mani less efficient only to dump more money into a vband hotside + ewg + etc?
I guess I'm just crazy, since these tools are all negging my posts despite clearly stating what I was getting at. Everyone follows the logic, but refuses to agree with it for fear of the "anti-haters" :laugh: All you see is a log manifold, v-bands, ewg. YES a log,v-bands, ewg is not the most efficient in a perfect world. Unfortunately the NC engine bay is not a perfect world. You have to make trade offs when building a production setup that is going to go on a car that is sold on multiple continents in different configurations. I am willing to bet TDR has been through most of that to figure out what works the best with what trade offs. What if they went your idea of going with a fancy great flowing manifold but it added $750 to the kit? Or if they went with a standard t2 flanged GT2871 and internal gate but it only saved $50 because of routing of things? |
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Hey Just wanted to stop by and drop some of my bad grammar and spelling here.
I actually learned very much from this forum by just lurking and absorbing since 2010. you guys diffidently got this stuff down. I also wanted to thank you for the critic and advice, is just about the only beneficial thing I gotten for free in this business. We took it all in, perhaps you did not get to see our final manifolds for the TDR1. Of course someone can always make a better one we are well aware of that, perhaps one day we can get one of those guys mention here to build our stuff, but I think the final many came out Ok. here is a picture. No more tacking and no more gaskets promise....LOL https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1363016170 As far as the TDR2, that presented some serious challenges as far as space. we imported our own RHD setup and then we build 4 manifolds Even-though they all worked they all presented an issue or another. here is my favorite, I probably keep this on my car as it could well put out serious power that my build engine can certainly take; however due the serious heat was not commercially feasible. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1363016170 See what I mean about heat, needs a swaintek coating and serious wrapping. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1363016170. The reason for our current use of V bands on the log, was mainly to allow a quick exchange in housings as we are determined to make this kit the end of the supercharger for the NC A .64 for superb response, ad a .86 track use. It will also allow those in Carb places to return car to stock in 2 hours. I want to specially thank all those who even-though were though on their comments, were none the less very fair to us and continue to be, after all we are all in this same mess together. Cheers. |
Thank you for your input. I get it now. As shiuend said: I guess I was getting too hung up on your "to save money" statement, when in fact that was not the goal with your log design.
So are you planning on offering the choice of all 3 or are the others now considered one offs? That last one looks really cool actually. |
Is there any particular reason you are cutting the flanges so close to the exhaust port openings?
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 988242)
Is there any particular reason you are cutting the flanges so close to the exhaust port openings?
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Originally Posted by 18psi
(Post 988236)
Thank you for your input. I get it now. As shiuend said: I guess I was getting too hung up on your "to save money" statement, when in fact that was not the goal with your log design.
So are you planning on offering the choice of all 3 or are the others now considered one offs? That last one looks really cool actually. I'm pretty impressed TDR went through the work to get one manifold to work with LHD and RHD cars. Now the final frontier is to prove to jay that an efr will fit with a sexy manifold made by yours truly. I'll do all the design work jay, and you can implement my final design in a kit and pay me royalties :). |
Omfg, they want 900 bucks for those charge pipes? What the actual fuck
This is a very nice charge pipe kit for a Honda, perfect fitment: http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-7680467..._2253_74360977 $250... |
Originally Posted by wittyworks
(Post 988393)
The first one is still available as his manifold for the tdr1 kit I believe, which is only for LHD cars, and the log is available as the tdr2 manifold for LHD and rhd. The long one is a one off for personal use only :) and experimentation.
I'm pretty impressed TDR went through the work to get one manifold to work with LHD and RHD cars. Now the final frontier is to prove to jay that an efr will fit with a sexy manifold made by yours truly. I'll do all the design work jay, and you can implement my final design in a kit and pay me royalties :). Heck yeah!! we got to talk. |
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