Something cool I found at a local offroad expo

[ford69557ci]

I will stick with my ats manifold it looks cleaner and takes up less space

[Philip]

being in the middle of Indiana in 3-4 years and have the manifold break off!

Don't worry Pete I am sure someone would donate one to get you home.

[greasemonkey]

The KORE trucks don't heat and cool all that many times. They get hot and stay pretty hot until they're done. It does look pretty trick though.

good point. and I didn't mean they'd break right away, just not comparable to the longevity of the cast pieces. if they're tuned length runners it's probably worth it for the offroad racing guys. for them it's probably a great idea; I just think it wouldn't be the greatest for those of us that tow/haul/commute and want stuff to last more than 100k miles. it sounds weird but our engines see more fatigue and wear from heat cycles and short trips than the offroad racing engines see.

[PToombs]

being in the middle of Indiana in 3-4 years and have the manifold break off!

Don't worry Pete I am sure someone would donate one to get you home.

Thanks Philip, I know I can always count on you SOP guys!

[DTanklage]

I will stick with my ats manifold it looks cleaner and takes up less space

are you all retarded?

THAT is what i was talking about a while back

dont powder coat (sorry who ever that was that bought the black looking one). get the 'jet' coat (that is what the shiny one is) one, wrap the whole thing with the aspestos wrap, and hold on

when it does eventually crack take it off and have it tig welded

i wouldnt use it on a tow rig, but for the toy i think that is the only way to go

[greasemonkey]

it does look cool, has the wow factor. curious about the flow...since they're much closer to equal length, theoretically the exhaust pulses hit the turbine wheel at much smoother intervals, which makes a noticeable difference on a high revving race engine, I wonder if it makes enough of a difference on these things, under 3,500 rpm.
also wonder about the longer runner length as I've always been taught you want the smallest volume possible between the cylinder and turbine.

has anyone seen any dyno-flog comparisons? either way, I'll be picking up my cast 3 piece in a few days, hopefully installing it this weekend and never worrying about having to weld it.

[PToombs]

are you all retarded?

Yeah! So what!?

[TWorline]

Yeah, what Pete said!!!

[DTanklage]

are you all retarded?

Yeah! So what!?

no wonder i feel at home here

[MunK]

When one of you buys this fancy piece of equipment let me know....I will take your old one off your hands...I looked at mine yesterday and I can't make out the bolt heads from the manifold it's so rusty.

That or I may have to dig deep and buy a ATS 3 piece as much as I don't want to.

Dumb question but..... if folks are making 500+hp with oem manifolds...am I incorrect in thinking "if it works don't fix it" in my build up?

NoRM

[CumminsPride]

You run a good chance of it shrinking and breaking the ears off the head.

[MunK]

You run a good chance of it shrinking and breaking the ears off the head.

Thank you.... Now......when I buy a new performance version...I will have an argument to tell myself that makes sense.

NoRM
talking myself into things at a rate of $500 a week or so...

[greasemonkey]

You run a good chance of it shrinking and breaking the ears off the head.

oh, that's it?

do guys really replace their manifolds with OEM stuff when their manifold shrinks up??

[DTanklage]

my brother in law did but he is an idiot

[dvst8r]

They said the Black coating was a new higher temp (iirc 2000F or something like that) ceramic coating, not powder coat.