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Well right now as i am thinking about stuff I want to well get the best bang for my buck and as of right now I do have a Hf manifold i have been cleaning however come to find out I cant seem to find a good gasket to go in between the adapter plate (havent bought yet) to the manifold....

Now also been searching ebay i know bad idea but i foudn this manifold

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_Car-Tru ... 240%3A1318

Its got a lifetime warrenty and seems pretty well braced

And for $50 more dallors than the adapter plate would cost me which wouldnt have any gaskets what so ever.....

so what do you think should i ditch the Hf manifold and go with something like this or stick with it and try n find the stupid gaskets....

Well that sucks.

Have you checked with some of the sellers if a gasket comes with the plate?

Worse comes to worse you could make your own I suppose.

Or if you can weld decently you can get one of those and brace the shit out of it.

I can weld pretty good but my buddy welds great so i would just take it to him if anything.....but yea all it says on the plates is what size thread n bolts are recommended...if anything i would go to my local metal shop n see about getting a 3/4" or at least 1/2" plate of steel to make my own but that would also entail me not having the correct gaskets...

Those braces won't hold. If you do buy that one, get some 1/2 inch thick round rod, and weld it from the head flange to the turbo flange (right along the ones that are already there) Problem solved. Doing that right there makes these cheap egay mani's last. I did it to one for my car, and it has NEVER cracked and it's been 8 months. Also if you get one with an external wastegate flange, weld a piece of rod from the wastegate flange to the turbo flange to support the weight of the wastegate

If you want i will run out and snapp some pics for ya. I even welded it with just a straight up MIG welder. takes like ten minutes from start to finish.

just spend the extra cash for this manifold
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PFAB-Hon ... enameZWDVW

dont buy the ebay mani they crack

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DSM-T25- ... 0335334026

So get this? what would you suggest to do about the gasket hwo could i make one? that would probaly be my best bet....

Doesn't matter how much bracing or re-welding you do. They will crack! The Steel is too thin + the weight of the turbo and road viberation.

If you do an ebay manifold get one of the cast ones, otherwise stick with the HF mani and BM-race style adaptor plate

Death_Blooms wrote:Doesn't matter how much bracing or re-welding you do. They will crack! The Steel is too thin + the weight of the turbo and road viberation.

BS lol
i dont feel like getting into the story bout how i braced and re-enforced my EBAY turbo many n last me over 2 years. but no. once you add sum nice welds and bracing ebay manis are real good and last for a long time. but that log style one ^^up there looks real good tho. BEEFY!

Death_Blooms wrote:Doesn't matter how much bracing or re-welding you do. They will crack! The Steel is too thin + the weight of the turbo and road viberation.

If you do an ebay manifold get one of the cast ones, otherwise stick with the HF mani and BM-race style adaptor plate

I call BS as well. And it's STAINLESS steel that they are made of. they use a cheap kind, if braced like i stated above the mani WILL last. TRUST ME. I deal with this stuff on a daily basis.

Not tryin to piss in your cherios but they are prone to failing. Yes it may be stainless but it's very low-end chinese crap.

They're very hit or miss. I've had 3 of them. 2 cracked even though they were braced(and re-cracked in a differant spot afterwards lol), the other one went 3 years with out an issue.

For not that much more I'd go with http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CAST-TUR ... ccessories

There's also once place that sells a DIY ram-horn kit for ~$250 if you have some welding abalities

But did YOU brace it or get the ones with the shitty bracing?

That's what i was saying. If you take the time to weld in your own bracing it will last. I'm not against a cast mani though. I love the durablility, hate the looks.

flyinryan122 wrote:But did YOU brace it or get the ones with the shitty bracing?

That's what i was saying. If you take the time to weld in your own bracing it will last. I'm not against a cast mani though. I love the durablility, hate the looks.

1/4" plate and a millermatic gas mig SSAC and XS Power have the same design manifold. The XS power one seemed to withstand more, course I was running a Nissan t25 on it which was lighter than the .50/.63 t3 I had before

I agree the cast isn't pretty, but when someone nukes us it'll be the cockroaches and the d16 cast manifold surviving

flyinryan122 wrote:I'm not against a cast mani though. I love the durablility, hate the looks.

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