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Author Topic: How do you reduce weight?  (Read 6253 times)

Rocketman

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How do you reduce weight?
« Reply #15 on: August 13, 2010, 03:44:00 PM »

You should be able to find a good custom tubular manifold for $400-500. Any more than that is too expensive IMO. You can get a JGS tools kit for $200 & then bring it to a weld shop for assembly, still be cheaper
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« Reply #16 on: August 14, 2010, 02:30:00 AM »

Matt,what kind of H.P. pick up is a tubular manifold going to give with a stock/hybrid turbo.It seems like for 400-900 bucks those are expensive horses.Rocky
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« Reply #17 on: August 14, 2010, 03:16:00 AM »

See thats the thing. You usually will see minimal, if any gains from a different manifold. The benefit of them being you can design them to mount any turbocharger you want. I would *never* make a manifold to mount a stock or even hybrid turbo.

And on the weight savings, Even tubular manifolds are pretty heavy. To the above w/ the manifold, do you have a weight on it vs. the stock unit?
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« Reply #18 on: August 14, 2010, 03:23:00 AM »

Thanks Matt, even I kind of new that. They look REAL cool and I think that gets lots of attention.For a fraction of the price a larger down pipe will give more H.P. But its kind of hard to show off.Rocky
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How do you reduce weight?
« Reply #19 on: August 16, 2010, 11:22:00 AM »

hell yes they look cool, plus being able to mate them to any turbo of your choice is a huge plus!
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