I am looking into piecing together a turbo kit and was curious if anyone has seen or actually used a spark racing turbo manifold. For the price it is hard to beat but I don't want to purchase a manifold that is going to crack at the welds, etc.

 

I too am looking at the same manifold.... stainless steel 2 1/2" down pipe? It looks real good and appears to be well made. Maybe some one knows some thing

 

remember you ussualy get what you pay for.

I know it doesnt answer your question, just incase you had never seen this manifold thought id throw up a link.

http://full-race.com/store/product_info.ph...&products_id=46

 

do a search on the spark manifold...there were a few questions about fitment and pictures that were never completed. The Ful Race manifold is piece of functioning art worth every penny. Call Jeoff Raicer and FullRace...

 

i was also looking for the manifold, and was lucky enough to find a spark distributer in socal. they carry both spark racing manifolds. I was interested in the race version. I don't know about the quality, but the manifolds looked very nice. Try searching ebay aswell , i remember seeing one on there a week ago. I will try to find the number of the shop that has them here, maybe you can order from them if you want too. Please post back soon.

 

Well I've searched and read the topic concerning the spark racing manifold group buy. I've also searched on Honda-tech to read what the other honda guys think about the quality of the spark racing manifold. I just wanted to see if anyone on this board had actually purchased the manifold and see if there was actually any fitment issues.

I know all about the fullrace manifold. I had one on my turbocharged civic. Unfortunately Geoff will only sell the kit installed - he will not sell only the manifold and frankly - the fitment is so tight that even if he did I wouldn't be interested.

As far as saying "you get what you pay for" - almost all tubular manifolds will crack over time if not properly braced. If I did go with the Spark racing manifold, I would have braced the turbo to take so stress off the manifold.

I wish there were places around my area that could make a custom manifold - I prefer the turbo to sit infront of the engine. Worst case scenario I'll just stay s/ced.

 

By "you get what you pay for" comes in all terms other than just reliability. The collector design is an essenial part in performance and power. You are also paying for quality work.

Here are pics of my manifold I got made. From what you said you want, mine fits the bill perfectly. You can call Cody at www.lovefab.com he's ready to sell them to the public. There is a brace that can be bought to hold the turbo and keep the weight off the manifold. There are other braces as well in the whole package.



what it looks in the car with the 4" downpipe he also makes and sells:

 

DAYMMMMM

 

its a very nice quality piece if you dont have the money for a full race manifold. i won my ebay auction for $355 shippped!!! its far better than the ones you get with the kits. very nice welds and built with a tight fit in mind. it is a short runner type manifold but are longer than they apear and are separated until the flange. collectors are a big issue if your trying to get every single horspower avail. out of your setup. on another note-ive seen sr20's hit 475whp with a $100 log type manifold. at that horsepower rating on an s2k i think youd be wasting alot of it. i would think the correction for this could be made up in proper turbine + compressor sizing.

 

Kane, I have to admit that's a mean looking set up, makes me think that I should have gone TURBO instead of Supercharger. But since my last TURBO experience was so desastrous, I am scared sh#$%tless to try it on the S2000. But still theres no feeling equal to a Turbocharged Car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's the car tuned?

How many Stallions under that hood?