MAPerformance ported/polished Oem Ex Manifold.
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MAPerformance ported/polished Oem Ex Manifold.
I had the chance to finally open the box today and wow MAPerformance did an amazing job on the OEM exhaust manifold. However, there is one big thing missing...What happened to my black ceramic coating!!! The one I sent out originally already had black ceramic high temp coating on it and the one I received from them does not. I wonder if the high temp coating rubs off while port/polishing or they just accidentally sent me the wrong one back. Anyway, I will give them a call about not receiving the correct manifold back tomorrow. Here are some pictures :
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Here's a pic of the FP red setup I bought from a guy on evoM. The manifold is right on top and you can see the black ceramic coating on it. That's the one I shipped out to MAPerformance originally.
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When you send in your ex mani to them for porting/polishing, is it a core exchange? I would think MAP gets enough of this business to probably have a couple of manifolds ported/polished on their shelf. So you send in yours and they exchange it for one that is done, then when time permits port/polish your mani for the next guy. Its how I would do business. They might not have realized it was a ceramic coating and just swapped it out for another mani. Definitely contact them, I'm sure its not too big of a deal.
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When you send in your ex mani to them for porting/polishing, is it a core exchange? I would think MAP gets enough of this business to probably have a couple of manifolds ported/polished on their shelf. So you send in yours and they exchange it for one that is done, then when time permits port/polish your mani for the next guy. Its how I would do business. They might not have realized it was a ceramic coating and just swapped it out for another mani. Definitely contact them, I'm sure its not too big of a deal.
+1 curious as well
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When you send in your ex mani to them for porting/polishing, is it a core exchange? I would think MAP gets enough of this business to probably have a couple of manifolds ported/polished on their shelf. So you send in yours and they exchange it for one that is done, then when time permits port/polish your mani for the next guy. Its how I would do business. They might not have realized it was a ceramic coating and just swapped it out for another mani. Definitely contact them, I'm sure its not too big of a deal.
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This picture was taken by the guy I purchased the entire setup from. I actually have an invidia o2 housing that I will be installing instead.
Also, I got in contact with Map and was advised that their porting department has been really busy. MAP usually has manifolds that are already halfway ported, so they could have a quicker turn around once somebody orders the port/polish service; they wait until they receive your existing manifold until they finish it up though. Anyway, the original ceramic coated manifold that I sent to them will probably be used for another customer. I should have specified to them before I sent it in since putting it in the box itself wasn't enough. If I would have known, I would have just sent my non ceramic coated ex manifold instead and sold the ceramic coated one on here to another member. Since I am finally ready for my fp red install and don't want anymore down time, I'm just gonna use this one.
Also, I got in contact with Map and was advised that their porting department has been really busy. MAP usually has manifolds that are already halfway ported, so they could have a quicker turn around once somebody orders the port/polish service; they wait until they receive your existing manifold until they finish it up though. Anyway, the original ceramic coated manifold that I sent to them will probably be used for another customer. I should have specified to them before I sent it in since putting it in the box itself wasn't enough. If I would have known, I would have just sent my non ceramic coated ex manifold instead and sold the ceramic coated one on here to another member. Since I am finally ready for my fp red install and don't want anymore down time, I'm just gonna use this one.
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