why would the braket cause aditional stress on the manifold? it is supporting the turbo, and therefore taking the weight of the turbo off the manifold, reducing the stress on it! i addmit there will be some stress induced by the bracket, this will allways happen with any suport. but it will take some of the load off the mainfold and thus reduce the overall stress on it, thus reducing the strain causing les cracking! i also think this is what Norris Design has done and his manidold has not gone yet! it would be nice if HKS agreed that it was a problem and fixed the damm thing in the first place but i dont think they will!


the flexy section in the DP would help but hard to get on aftermarket stuff (right?).

thanks Chris.

 

I love the HKS RS coilovers. I can say that is because i also have Tein Flex on my
Supra

 

the reason why RIGID bracing will hurt is that thin wall stainless expands at a high rate. If you affix a part of this manifold direclty to a solid point it will not beable to expand as it normally would. This is because the bracket cannot expand at the same rate. The manifold will have to give into the brace and over time this will lead to it cracking near or at the welds of the brace.

If you can manage to fabricate a brace that will support weight and allow the manifold to expand and contract as it heats and cools then there wouldnt be any problems. That being said...its very hard to do.

Also heat wrapping thin walled stainless is a bad idea. The more heat you expose it to the more likely it is to crack. This is a different story with thick walled manifolds or piping as well as regular steel since it doesnt share the same high expansion characterisitcs of stainless.

Sure the big Tuners do it but they can afford to replace a manifold every now and again.

 

Thanks guys for all the input on this turbo.I will keep on update on what else i do to it.There will be more mode done to this baby soon.

 

What all was included in the $5000+ price?

 

This is what it came with
Turbo 3037s
Stainless Steel Exhaust Manifold
Heat Shield
External Wastegate
and all the pipe and hose that you would need to get the turbo going

 

For that price I would have thought you got the intercooler, IC piping, and downpipe all with the kit.

 

Looks like you are running the pzero corsas. How are they holding up to all the new power? What size are you running?

 

wow that is really good looking. where can i get them rims. *droooool*

 

They are running real good i like it not good for the rain but i can get nasty with them when it is dry. Tires size is 235/40/18

 

I got the rims from GRAMLIGHTS.com

 

very nice, love the car man.

For those asking about flex sections in aftermarket DP's, Ultimate Racing makes their downpipes with flex sections.

 

You get what you pay for. hey crazy evo thats a nice set up dude that HKS turbo set up is badass & the coil overs arent to shabby. keep us posted pleez! later

 

Thanks man and i don't have a flex down pipe i have the turbo xs down pipe and it was cut and weld on a new flang so that way it can line up to the turbo down pipe.