obx should name the manifold all-race

 

OBX is copying everything arnt they?

Whens the OBX61 coming out?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by quik sol &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">OBX is copying everything arnt they?

Whens the OBX61 coming out?</TD></TR></TABLE>

They already have turbo kits and intercoolers out

 

I dunno, I don't mind people using OBX, I say more power to them. I just stay with the proven stuff is all. But I won't bash them...its kinda like bashing Advanced just because they have cheaper plug wires than the Honda Dealership...they all work the same, just more R&D from the Honda one though.

 

OBX is honestly coming up. the only sad part is they started a name that was shitty because of crappy products, but i wont lie, i love my obx 2 1/2 inch mandrel bent cat back, it is just as nice as my skunk2 one.. both stainless... oh except the skunk 2 rubs.

obx rocks, also have obx stage 2 cams to... they work flawlessly and no pad wear after 2300 miles either.

 

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I agree, look at the high quality of this OBX LSD

 

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I agree, look at the high quality of this OBX LSD </TD></TR></TABLE>


THATS A KAAZ LSD you took this pic from another thread. the dude that posted was telling a guy who wanted an obx to not get a kaaz and this is the reason. get your facts straight before you go bashing a company. you are one of the worse type of HT anti-bandwagon rider. the one that doesnt get facts straight before bashing a product.

that is not an OBX lsd in the pic.


here is the thread https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=918902

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Blind Fashion &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">OBX is honestly coming up. the only sad part is they started a name that was shitty because of crappy products, but i wont lie, i love my obx 2 1/2 inch mandrel bent cat back, it is just as nice as my skunk2 one.. both stainless... oh except the skunk 2 rubs.

obx rocks, also have obx stage 2 cams to... they work flawlessly and no pad wear after 2300 miles either.</TD></TR></TABLE>

OBX is imo one of those companies that are very opportunistic and resourceful. They see what's popular, copy it and then find some way to have it made cheaply. I honestly don't think that OBX makes their laundry list of parts inhouse. I mean, they do offer like everything and anything that one could possibly put in a car from dress up to performance. It's like tenzo and rota, copy the best at a cheaper price. only difference being that tenzo and rota make wheels to begin with.

not sure if it's true, but if OBX outsources all their production then they will have a hard time controlling quality and consistency. that's why the best companies either keep tight control or do it inhouse. with obx it becomes hit or miss depending on where or who they sourced your part from.

now i could imagine a scenario where some company out in wherever in the world makes high quality XXXX part for well known company XXXX by day, and then cranks tehm out late nite special for obx.

It's a gamble from a consumer perspective imo. but that lsd looks sweet at that price tho..........

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Boostage &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">THATS A KAAZ LSD you took this pic from another thread. the dude that posted was telling a guy who wanted an obx to not get a kaaz and this is the reason. get your facts straight before you go bashing a company. you are one of the worse type of HT anti-bandwagon rider. the one that doesnt get facts straight before bashing a product.

that is not an OBX lsd in the pic.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Haha, pwnt!

 

Ownage in the worst kind of way. Made my morning in fact!

 

it sucks to be copied yes but that design was originally from kooks headers! the price is ill buy it it looks pretty good

 

lets get a collector shot of that pos!!

The should call it full-crack or full-crap..

Oh well speding $400 twice sounds like a great idea!!! NOT

 

I'd love to try one of these. I just got to see a focus header they make up close and its very nice. Especially for the price. Heck it's 321.. Installed correctly I'm sure it will hold up.

 

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THATS A KAAZ LSD you took this pic from another thread. the dude that posted was telling a guy who wanted an obx to not get a kaaz and this is the reason. get your facts straight before you go bashing a company. you are one of the worse type of HT anti-bandwagon rider. the one that doesnt get facts straight before bashing a product.

that is not an OBX lsd in the pic.

By the way, are there intercoolers any good...


here is the thread https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=918902</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats karma for ya...In a hurry ...lol

 

wOw.. Time for an upgrade from my SSauto. -=P The SSauto been holding up. Maybe I should try something different? Looks fun to try out...!!!! and good price!

 

Doesn't look bad to me, if I hadn't bought a full-race manifold, I'd probably try it out to see how it would stand up.

 

Having competition in the industry is good, it will lower the price of other manifolds.

 

its hard to screw up 321 steel. I would try it, hopefully these new obx products are as good as they look and help lower the prices of thier competion. I would try if I was in teh market for a manifold.

 

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define competition.

because I dont think alot of the companys that make those similar looking manifolds are competetion per say. you are getting a pos manifold that has shitty welds, wont last that long, you have zero tech support, no warranty, its just going to cause a bunch of head aches.

I think its funny how companys just copy others. Like they let other people spend alot of money on R&D and then make the same thing. I think in some ways it helps the industry because of you have dirt cheap prices, and the other problem is that real engineering companys arent going to want to make new products because some other guy is going to have it produced in china or asia.

oh well, thats a capitilistic society for you.

 

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define competition.

a pos manifold that has shitty welds, </TD></TR></TABLE>






I dont see a difference. you sound like another bandwagon rider.

Just like in the obx lsd thread. some guy said it looks cheap . then camp1320 said side by side with a quaife you cant tell the difference unless you see the inscription. anyway, you have no personal expereince with this manfold so why bash it? why is HT like this?

Things no longer considered good on HT bandwagons:
z10 tration bars
eagle rods
60-1 turbos or any non precision turbo
nitto drag radials

Things soon to be considered crap on HT bandwagons:
crower rods
inlinepro manifolds
Je,wiseco pistons
any kind of sleeve
jg intake
skunk 2 intake

Things that are the absolute best on HT bandwagons.
anything full-race
pauter rods.
cp pistons
bfg drag radials
precision turbos


Modified by Boostage at 12:00 PM 9/7/2004


Modified by Boostage at 12:19 PM 9/7/2004

 

It's like that for everything though... This industry that started out with specialized companies that charged a bunch for thier products because it was "custom" or "specialty" whatever has now grown to the point that mass production is viable. The prices are cheaper, the product may or may not hold up compared to the copied designs, but the phenomenon does offer other "alternatives" to the status quo. People with brand loyalty etc. will stay with who they like, cheap schmucks like me are going to buy the mass produced crap and bitch about it later or sing it's praise and call everyone else suckas for paying more. It's like that with every big product market.

 

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I dont see a difference. you sound like another bandwagon rider.
you must b

Just like in the obx lsd thread. some guy said it looks cheap . then camp1320 said side by side with a quaife you cant tell the difference unless you see the inscription. anyway, you have no personal expereince with this manfold so why bash it? why is HT like this.</TD></TR></TABLE>
you must be another retard with no critical thinking skills. do you even know what critical thinking is?

look at the other ebay auctions

you think those are good welds?
dont even tell me that because you looked at some not very close picture of the welds, you think they are the same.

You are right, I havent had any direct experience with the manifold. I already stated the obvious with the manifold, you wont get any decent warranty, no tech support, questionable construction, the companies R&D consists of buying another persons product and copying it.

there is a saying, "you get what you pay for"
thats still true.

 

So how many millions do you think Full Race spent on designing that manifold? I guess they custom cast all the bends so it worked with the "perfect" manifold they designed from scratch. Get a clue.. I guess Ford saw Geoff's manifold when it built the focus headers.. The world does not revolve around full race, Believe it or not there are people who don't come to Drama-tech and they have no idea who Full Race is.

This manifold does look nice and from what I have seen the OBX welds are very nice. This 321 header is suppose to be much better than the 304 units.

 

lol.. those welds will hold good. and thats true. its not like the thin *** pipeing from before, its a bit thicker and wont crack, obx didint have a problem with the WELDS cracking it was around the welds where the metal weekend and hell, i even saw one break in 5 peices after hitting a bump, but that was the old pos manifolds. these are thicker.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Overblown-Teg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So how many millions do you think Full Race spent on designing that manifold? I guess they custom cast all the bends so it worked with the "perfect" manifold they designed from scratch. Get a clue.. I guess Ford saw Geoff's manifold when it built the focus headers.. The world does not revolve around full race, Believe it or not there are people who don't come to Drama-tech and they have no idea who Full Race is.

This manifold does look nice and from what I have seen the OBX welds are very nice. This 321 header is suppose to be much better than the 304 units. </TD></TR></TABLE>
did i ever even talk about full-race? no I didnt.

did obx do any track tests with the lsd and engineer it to be a good lsd? prolly not
what about their new cams, did they test them? prolly not, Im pretty sure their specs are just a copy of skunk2's.
i think there are something like 12 manifolds that are the full-race style or equal length ram style or wutever you want to call it. im not saying that they just copyed full-race, they copied all the other guys, lovefab, rpi blal blah.

this is already getting ******* stupid. everyoen is calling me a hater, when I bring up valid points, then people dismiss them and bring up some other ****. like "So how many millions do you think Full Race spent on designing that manifold?" haha, wtf dude. does it take 1000k to engineer a decent manifold?
there is a difference between spending say 1k and 100 dollars on R&D.