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Just noticed that there's a V-band off the collector on the Forged Performance mani that bears the entire weight of the turbo/DP.
There's a good chance that it would eventually snap off. In my experience, V-bands become extremely brittle after being exposed to temps that the collector area sees. The bands themselves are strong, but the bolt that ties everything together is weak. I personally had a TiAL brand v-band break on me recently..
Originally Posted by S20004ME_PDX,Mar 19 2010, 07:39 AM
Just a little teaser. This is something Forged Performance is working on.
Equal length manifold that doesn't require any relocation of battery, fuse box, or oil filter. But if I ever go high boost down the road, I will still relocate a lot of the stuff just to be on the safe side of course. Initial plan is just to run around 10-11psi, with ceramic coating manifold and down pipe, turbo blanket, and heat warp to keep heat down.
I belief they've been working on at least 2 or 3 different style of manifolds for the S2000, but this one is the one going into my car.
Looks like there is going to be alot of weight on that downpipe.
The AFI manifold looks great, but the downside, a true divided manifold needs to be as close to equal length as possible, otherwise some benefit is lost.
Yeah, we still seem to be missing Mase, Ptuning and Full Blown that I can think of... I'm going to link to the pics in their respective threads and hope they're not offended.
