Alps Pacino

I need a manifold for my golf, a bloke sid he can get these for $500 but tbh i dont mind spending a bit of money on a decent manifold, but i'm struggling to find somewhere that does a t3 flange manifold with external gate to suit my gt30

Chip

iTrader: (3)

Looks perfectly acceptable to me in principle, as with all things gasflow though, the devil is in the details and its hard to tell from pictures.

Fundemantally though, the shape looks ok, it looks to be equal length which is useful at high rpm and the collector looks fine.

Alps Pacino

What about the wastgate port it looks to me like its only using 1 or 2 pipes, i read somewhere that it should use all 4 and the positining is really important.

I aint doubting this manifold but i know nothing about the company that makes it and not many people on the forums have decent hp 20vt's so they cant really help either

Chip

iTrader: (3)

You cant really see from that picture whats going on with the external gate, but yes its not ideal if its only on two cylinders.

Get some pics from more angles?

Alps Pacino

Thats the only 1 i've got i'll pester the lad to take some more pics for me as i'm not spending money on a wank manifold

Chip

iTrader: (3)

It looks like the collector goes 4-2-1 and the external gate is taken from both of the 2 branches at the 2 section of that, but its REALLY hard to tell from that angle.

Alps Pacino

Thats what i thought it looks like the 2 inner pipes join the 2 outers then the 2 outers go to the flange and the watgate is taken from the part where the 4 become 2.

I'll ask th question, but is there anywhere that can make me 1 that you know of but not for 10 grand???????

Chip

iTrader: (3)

Simpsons would charge you about 500 quid each but would want to make half a dozen I expect.

PeterG may do them?

PM him and find out?

Alps Pacino

I did pm him and he never got back to me. I might ask simpsons and see what they say, there is a demand for them as the standard kkk turbos are getting on a bit and people up grading

Chip

iTrader: (3)

I bought one from the states that was very well made, but it wasnt equal length.

It was a cast item very similar to the original one.

Alps Pacino

Chip-3Door

What for ?????????

I dont mind a cast 1 as they seem to be more compact, i have issues with space as i'm trying to put a 20vt with gt30 in a mk1 golf. The turbos at the rear of the engine and there aing much space from bulkhead to engine

Chip

iTrader: (3)

It was for a 20vt lump with a GT28RS

Not sure I would want to trust a non equal length one on a GT30 though.

But anyway what im getting at is there are LOADS available in the states.

Alps Pacino

Chip-3Door

I have 1 in the garage for a gt28rs, but i have been told that the gt30 has a bigger flange

Dicko&Vacant

iTrader: (3)

mark what you need to do is try find out who that bloke at york was with that mk2 golf rally that time we went

He was running a gt30 iirc on a 20vt lump and that was massive power juat cant remember his name lol

Alps Pacino

Funny i've been thinking the same thing, he had his bulkhead moved back and i think a lot of his stuff was 1 off

Dicko&Vacant

iTrader: (3)

yeah he made most his stuff himself but im sure he said he had his own buisiness etc

Chip

iTrader: (3)

Pretty easy to just change the flange and leave the rest of the collector the same though to be honest mate unless you are chasing down every single horsepower.

Alps Pacino

Chip-3Door

Its a cast manifold so dont think it can be modded ie cut up and welded.

I want a decent equal lenght 1 anyway

Chip

iTrader: (3)

You can soon bolt on an adaptor, its only a hole at the end of the day, so you get a 15mm bit of plate port one side of it to match that flange and one side for the T3, but as you say, not ideal for what you are after.

Alps Pacino

Found this 1 also which looks like a better bit of kit and well designed

http://www.full-race.com/catalog/pro...roducts_id=304