After running the DRAG setup last season with great success I decided to upgrade a little for this season. Alex from Neukin was kind enough to help me out this season with one of his manifolds and 3 inch downpipes. I finally got to test fit it on the car today, the fit and finish on it is great and all the bolts and gaskets were included. 100x better than the old DRAG setup!

I thought I would have to change alot to get the manifold to fit but the only things I had to change was the oil return line and shorten one IC pipe about 4 inches. The turbo still aims down like in the drag kit with plenty of clearance so you can keep the intercooler setup the same, oil feed is the same, and plenty of room for the WG, dipstick, and a air filter (still a daily driver).

Now all thats left is to finish the motor and tune the Hondata and it should be ready

 

looks great, did you shine it up, it looks really shiny!

 

I told myself I wouldn't polish it any.... but I had to

 

looks awesome

ive purchased one of the neukin manifolds last month and am upgrading the turbo set up this spring on my ls. it looks very nice in there

props to you

 

NICE setup man... The neukin manifolds are nice. Im looking into getting one

 

Lovely engine bay

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by G"UNIT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">NICE setup man... The neukin manifolds are nice. Im looking into getting one </TD></TR></TABLE>

yes you should definately get one....soooooooo nice

 

How did you get it so pollished?

 

I used some metal polish I have used for years on valve covers, I just went over the manifold a little to clean any oil off and it polished out real easy. It can polish out much more but once it runs for a while i'm sure it will discolor unless you keep on it.

 

That manifold looks really nice!

What are you going to do for a dumptube? I might have to upgrade my Drag mani to one of these one day...

 

i like that polish manifold

 

have you noticed any power increase or spool time decrease yet, i have a drag mani and am gonna get a neukin too, i was just wondering if you had any before and after numbers or any tested butt dyno numbers yet

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EJ1 wilcox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What are you going to do for a dumptube? </TD></TR></TABLE>

I had the DRAG dumptube flange cut and rewelded 90 degree off so it will aim down still. The muffler shop did it for $5

 

Matt I would like to see how fast your car will run now....Its still going to run 11's right??

 

Are you running a Deltagate???

 

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I ran it before with no problems at all but since i'm going to run more boost it is being upgraded to a Tial before it's done. I just used it to test fit.

 

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It's not running yet so I don't have any comparisons yet. But by looking at the way the ports line up and how much better the 3inch downpipe is I would say it should make a bit more power.

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I wanted to be a little competitive in Turbo4 and some other races this season so it should be faster than last year hopefully. I'm excited to see what it will do too

 

Looks nice, hopefully you can get her in the low 11s this year

Stock motor power

 

that manifold looks really good

 

sick....isn't your car fast enough? Best of luck on the new setup with hondata guy.

 

Whole set up looks great - love all the polishing.. IM/VC/EM all polished..

Stock block still or did you build it finally?

 

(You know I have much love for your car but, Now it's prettier )

Phil

 

man I always love this car and after seeing this i will to be upgrading to the neukin myself

 

looking damn good there matt. As always i'm working on doing huge changes and you'll still end up rolling me up with your simple little project

Can't wait for this year's OVIS. Oh yeah, the schedule is up now: http://www.ohiovalleydragway.com/import.html

 

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Stock block still or did you build it finally?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks

Stock motor is in the car still but new setup is being worked on