Ri5e

I can see the wastegate hole from here!

Ports are matched with the ports on the Head.

Wastegate flange is right in between all the runners, unlike the Drag. Prevents boost spikes when running a 3 inch exhaust system. As you can see, I began to polish it!

rjardy

Very nice! what did it cost?

Ri5e

It was "On Sale", but I can't disclose the price.

It's way better then Drag and better then Revhard. Stainless Steel rocks

dustin

After you drive on it it is going to turn purple & gold.

Trust me, I know =P

LsTurbo91

that looks exactly like the drag manifold, its still in one runner? #2?

dustin

It's at the collector though... same as maxrev.

Ri5e

It will turn purple and gold? U sure about that? That would look pretty slick.

dustin

I am 100% positive. I polished my stainless maxrev manifold and after about 20 minutes of serious driving the center 2 runners turned entirely purple and the outside two turned gold. =P

Dustin

Finest

Did you clean it off first? You probably got your greasy fingerprints all over it.

dustin

Hah, I cleaned it. Stainless turns blue & gold at the temperatures a turbo manifold reaches.

Dustin

Ri5e

Interesting... what did you use to polish it ?

immortal

Dremel with 3/4in sanding drums to remove pits/scratches
40 grit sand paper
200 grit sand paper
320 grit sand paper, wet
400 grit sand paper, wet
600 grit sand paper, wet
buffing wheel w/ emory rouge compound
buffing wheel w/ white rouge compound

i own dustin

D-Man

hmm,i wouldnt call it way better till its proven to last.

bigTom

hmmmm... cant wait till i finish mine!

dustin

Take lots of pics of the polished manifold /on the car/ before you drive it. It only goes downhill after that

Dustin

jinxproof99

lookin good, lookin good.

Ri5e

Proven to last? Its stainless steel. But If it does ever crack, it CAN be welded back. Cast Iron, when it cracks, you can try to weld it, but it'll eventually re-crack again.

BoostinDC2

nice

therealnapster

I think your a little confused, stainless steel is much more likely to crack than cast iron, and no matter what you do it will turn a weird purple and goldish color, even ss headers do on NA cars, they all do. Its not because of finger prints or a weird polish, thats what happones to the ss when it is repeatidly heated up day after day, theres nothing wrong with it though, its normal. From the pics it looks like the wastegate flange is right in between 1 and 2 runners, not in the middle of all of them, peace.
.ad.


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[Modified by sohckid, 2:39 AM 3/6/2002]

DR. ON POINT

SEFIxCivic

cast iron can be welded. just not by a rank amatuer. it must be first pre heated in an oven to a specific temp, then tig'd with the appropriate rod. i've sent out manifolds to get repaired before, and if its done right it will last a good amount of time.

ElectronVTEC

are you blind? It collects from the #4 runner plain as day in the first and third pic. EV.


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Ri5e

Your confused, your probably thinking about Stainless Steel manifolds with WELDS.

This is a CAST Stainless Steel manifold. It is very thick. Very unlikely that it will crack for a long long time.

I have friends with Drag Manifolds, and they CRACK right along the middle. And they've only had it for like 1 1/2 years.

DragII

I was talking to stan about them today, they are very well made....I really liked the design after seeing it in person...the pics don't even do it justice. it's really clean.

93LSivic

Sounds good to me! I am going to polish my MaxRev manny too--along with the downpipe. Curtis told me to make sure I clean it with Simple Green before its fired through. Basically oil and fingerprints will scare the finish after its heated and have a good chance of being permanent.
I cant wait to get mine, should be friday on monday. Of course I will post pics of the polish job---the compressor is completed except for the last step of the white rouge polishing!