good place to buy a turbo manifold?

[KKell83]

I see alot of people sporting the e-bay manifolds and from the looks of it they seem to be working just fine... Would you recommend anything else or are these good enough? Or should I spend some extra cash to get something with higher quality (if any).
Ken.

 

[IJ.]

Ken: I bought a 321ss one from SSAC and am more than happy with the purchase as I can't even buy the raw materials here for what it cost me landed!

 

[Jspec7m88]

I have honestly heard nothing but good things about them as far as quality goes. I couldn't tell you personally though because I've never compared them side to side.

 

[MK3Brent]

Lovin' mine.

 

[Jspec7m88]

See! Perfect example! If Brent has the guts to throw one of those "supposably cheap and junk" manifolds and his car runs like it does...

then you know it's gotta be good, right?:evildeal: :drink1:

 

[supra90turbo]

I've got one too! I think mine's 304ss though...

 

[MK3Brent]

It's held up fine now for approximately 7k miles.

 

[Jspec7m88]

Very nice!

 

[MK3Brent]

It's the inconsistency of the manifolds that I'd worry about.

They vary from 'not bad' to 'total dog vomit.'

I think it was me who noticed that all the 2nd gen manifolds had a "XSPower" 'dog-tag' welded to the backside of the CYL 1 runner.
The tag is not saying the welds are better than others, however it insures the 1st runner won't contact the oil filter assembly.

(In my manifold, the WG tubes were welded so heavily that the rooted slag chipped off and fell out. I saw this way before installing the unit.)

 

[KKell83]

Wow thanks guys.. Yeah SSAC's look pretty good, plus its a great price... So the newer 2nd gen manifolds dont conflict with anything?? Oil filter, A/C, Etc??
And from what most people said the 321ss is better then the 304ss... I see more then one company selling headers on e-bay, should I stick with SSAC?
Ken
Thanks again guys

 

[MK3Brent]

I bought mine from them, so maybe that's why I got a newer model.

I don't know for sure, I can only speculate.

 

[Jspec7m88]

Headers? I don't have headers. I think something is wrong with my car.

 

[X-man]

I just put one on a car that had the tag and I had to cut and reroute the number 1 runner because it was hitting the filter housing.
Sean

 

[Untouchable7mgte]

yea i have one on my car too, the NO. 1 runner did hit the oil housing thing but a die grinder took care of that for me.

tomz.

 

[MK3Brent]

I just put one on a car that had the tag and I had to cut and reroute the number 1 runner because it was hitting the filter housing.
Sean

Damn, then I guess it's a real crap-shoot for these manifolds.:cry:

 

[88MK3]

I have one for sale. It clears the oil filter housing. Im asking $200 shipped

 

[born2drv]

I'd rather get a cast one.... turbonetics, powerhouse or hks if you can find it.

 

[IJ.]

I run a remote filter so I wasn't concerned about it hitting the GTE mount but checked and while it was close it did clear it just.

 

[Nick M]

I can't even decide on a turbo, so I guess I don't care about a manifold yet.