by far the ported/coated stock manifold is the most logical.

 

I just ordered the oem ported/jet coated manifold from Buschur.
On the web-site they have it for 225 but I was told the new price is 195

 

that was my concern...if the price for the ported/coated manifold from buschur was 225...why not spend another 25 and get the maxford?

how is the performance difference between the maxord and the buschur ported/coated manifold?

 

It's not 225 anymore. The price went down to 175 per Dave in an old post, but if it's 195 now, that's still better than 225.

Sirloin, we've told you multiple times. It's obvious you just want an aftermarket header no matter what, so get one and be happy. You won't notice the difference between them anyway.

 

no im just justifying cost. for the stock turbo obviously the buschur manifold is best. im not doubting that. but the reason why i ask is because if you can get an aftermarket manifold for a couple bucks more which will provide better performance on the latter, then why not? that's pretty much my dilemma.

also, i have also been reading other maxford header threads to see how the performance has gone with it. so im not trying to just get it to get it. im actually looking at other things. but i do appriciate your responses.

 

As we've said.

Is $500 worth 5awhp to you? It's not to me. I'll never use an A/M exhaust manni unless I get crazy and go with a different turbo. I don't ever see that happening.

 

I thought it was 225 and worth it
When I called and placed the order Nick told me it had been reduced to 195
The only downside is the order will take possibly 2 weeks because they are out of stock.

 

Do try and keep up.


I'm saying the A/M manifold is not worth the extra $500 over the Buschur ported and coated one.

And, WTF are you talking about, it's out of stock???? They do the porting/coating work on an exchange policy. You ship them your manifold, they ship it back to you. No backorder

 

im sure i missed it on some other thread but does anyone know how much hp you will get from a buschur coated/ported manifold over the stock? Also do you think a turbo like the 20g-9 would benefit from a manifold like the dc sport one, im thinking no since the 20-g is not a big turbo and that its similiar to stockers.

 

Fluid, they are talking about the Maxford only being $250, so the $500 and $900 manifolds aren't really the topic here in this section of the thread.

At Buschur, yes, they do get backed up, because they don't send you back your parts. They keep parts pre-coated and pre-ported so that they can send you a replacement the moment yours arrive. Then, you get your parts and install them right away while they spend all the time getting the porting and coating done on the parts you sent. When the shelves are empty from tons of people having this done, they have to wait on their parts to come back from the coating place.

In my case, they had plenty on the shelves, so I sent mine Monday, they got there Wednesday, Nick immediately packaged and shipped me 3 pre-ported/pre-coated parts in my same box, and they arrived on Friday. 4-day turnaround using that method, whereas if everyone had to wait on the porting and coating of their own parts each time, it would take much longer.

 

You should expect something like 5-10whp from the Buschur manifold work.

I think that the 20-g9 would benefit form the Buschur just like the stock turbo would. Being that the 20g-9 is more similar to the stock turbo than , say the GT35 is, you'll see similar gains.

this is common sense to me.

 

Okay, I suppose I was thrown off because dude posted right after me.

Regardless, if the Megan isn't as good as the buschur work, then the Maxford (who?) isn't either, I'd assume.
Carry on.

 

Haha, fluid, you're getting tied up here. He asked if the DC Sports manifold would be good for the 20G-9, not the stock ported/coated manifold. Slow down and read closely. I agree that he'd benefit the most from a BR ported/coated stock manifold on a 20g-9, too.

 

I see that. And I answered accordingly......?

I said exactly what you just said..... except I was saying that the 20g-9 isn't big enough to warrant one of the race mannis.....?

 

Um, no, you only talked about the Buschur stock manifold in combination with the 20g-9. He only asked about the DC Sports manifold, which is not a big expensive manifold, although it is more expensive than the ported/coated stocker. You didn't answer that...he never asked about the Buschur manifold in combination with the 20g-9. Just clearing things up.