Do not, I repeat, do not use those manifolds. Look on TT.net and u'll see why. I did the exact same thing. Bought the same mani's, then did my research. Wrong way around The stainless expands and contracts too much when heating and cooling. They'll cool too quick one day and... pop.... Then its engine out to change them again. Use the cast manifolds u already have and get a bung where the external gates normally go. Hope the BOV's werent from ebay also... I know they were from another forum member, but sooo many copies of those gettin around... Love to see how the injectors pan out tho... They are the re-manufactured injectors yeah? Was considering these but I was a little too chicken. Would be awesome to have some first hand feedback on how they go... Keep us updated!
You need to get the crank, rods and pistons balanced as a whole as you have changed the weight of all the spinny things Just because the pistons and rods are balanced from part to part, the counterweights on the crank are not the correct weight for the lighter rods and pistons. Agreed, stainless should not be used on turbo manifolds where you have to pull the motor out to change them Steam pipe or stock/cast. Cast types preferably
They look identical to mine. You sure you have the 0.64 exhaust housings? Should be cast inside the turbine housing inlet. The compressor housings look identical to mine, i.e. not GT2530 compressors.
Yeah they are .64 I'll take a Picture of the casting tomorrow and these manifolds are pretty thing I'm praying they hold up and are the goods
Dont use the staino ones ay it will only be a matter of time before they crack on ya. grab some cast manies they wont let you down. the ss ones have no support so when they are glowing hot they will sag from the weight of the turbo. this happens to so many of these china manifolds.
Sorry whay I meant was that each eagle rod are within a gram of each other....not same weight as stock ones. Basically when ballancing rods for example you match the weight of all the rods to the lightest one. Yes for the price its worth it, better now that find out after the build there are vibes....
Seconded to all the above comments on decent thickness cast mani's. A ported stock mani would be better than these ones. Will be interesting to see how this build ends up...
probably end up pulling the motor in the first month lol, going to have a play with the manis and strenghten up with a bit of feinforcement and hoping to have the short block completed by the end of next week
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been a while since i updated you guys, been still doing small things to the engine, ie cleaning and replacing small parts, all new studs and nuts. also just got my crank back from being balanced, wow holly hell they took a fair bit of weight off it but its perfectly balanced so i should have my motor back together real soon, should have short motor finished this sunday with justt some head work left to go, will have pics of crank up tomorrow night
