Cast Turbo Manifold Interest

[Matt@OCD 0]

Well from customer interest and with us growing I thought it time to look into supplying turbo manifolds for various VAG engines.

 

We're able to obtain manifolds for 1.8 & 2.0 16v, Vr6, 2.8 24v V6, R32 and of course upgraded manifolds for 1.8T's both longitudinal and transverse layouts.

 

The 1.8T manifolds will be for K03 & K04 turbos with the rest being for T25, T3 & T4 turbos.

 

So I'm just looking for a few opinions on is it worth us getting a few in, ie how much interest have you all got?

 

Prices aren't set yet but I'm thinking they're going to come out at £150 for the 4 cylinder manifolds and £200 for the 6 cylinder manifolds. These obviously aren't just cheap ebay tat but aren't as much as the fancy stainless equal length manifolds are so I'm hoping they should find a good middle ground.

 

Matt

[MarkFoster 0]

Well, the prices seem good to me. SPA manifolds are c.£450 and considered a good option for RHD cars (I believe these are what Stealth use on their builds.

 

From my reading around there are two main things to watch; quality of the cast material itself (needs a good nickel content to reduce likelihood of cracking) and a sympathetic layout for our RHD cars, ie how and where turbo and wastegate bolt up.

 

M.

[vw bobby 10]

Sounds like a good idea, once these are set in stone and you have a exact price, I could be interested in one

[Matt@OCD 0]

Thanks Mark, totally agree on the cast material and I'm quite confident in that, we'll obviously be using a couple on cars to demo and test, make sure nothing's bad. Cracking is a hard one to sort as even the best manifold in the world will crack with enough stick given to it, it's just making sure what we have is of a good quality for daily use and sensible builds obviously.

 

Clearance being the other issue on vr6/R32 motors, again something I'm hopefully going to be able to test on a mates build but again, once we have them if anyone is looking to test one out then a deal can certainly be struck to do so :)

[vw bobby 10]

Matt where are you based mate?

[mic_VR 3]

I'd be happy to test a 24v one if needed........ in the interests of science, obviously ;)

[Matt@OCD 0]

Matt where are you based mate?

 

I'm in Monk Bretton, Barnsley :)

 

I'd be happy to test a 24v one if needed........ in the interests of science, obviously ;)

 

Sure that can be sorted out, I'm hoping to get them over by the end of the month in time for Show & Glow so touch wood we get that sorted out

[Dox 23]

If you need a BDE head and valves for R&D or display purposes I have one (no cams / sprockets), its a heavy lump to courier though