posted this in the FI section but wondering if some fellow accord peeps had any valuable insight... i bought a manifold from turbo-performance for a custom setup for my accord f22b1... they fucked up on the order and they accidentally chrome-plated mine for free... anyway, i went to my boy's shop to check out all the parts... this is a pic of what my manifold basically looks like... he laid the longer flange side onto flat glass and there seemed to be a problem... the left and right ends of the flange was not as flat as the center... so they were a tiny bit raised... it's about 2-3mm gap from the surface of the glass i think on each side... i called turbo-performance and they said it's fine and to get a new gasket... retighten the bolts, etc., after first 50 miles of boosting... now i'm wondering if i should go to a machine shop to resurface the flange so that it's close to perfectly straight or just get a new gasket from honda or something...

 

Resurface the flange, or else you'll be having problems forever.

 

i'll probably be making some phone calls tomorrow... any idea how much i'm looking at for resurfacing..?

 

resurface the flange for sure.... same problem happend to my friends teg... they told him same thing.... get a new gasket its not our fault..... yeah right ! it still didnt boost right.... so we took it to cmr turbos and the owner resurfaced it for him..... no more problems !

 

i ve heard of tons of problems from them. i was looking at thier manifold for my h22 but dont think i ll go with them

 

None of the guys in the FI forum like the products that come from turbo-performance. A couple of guys who were unfortunate enough to actually buy their products highly regret it due to their poor quality much like what you are experiencing. Most also say that the welds are quite sloppy and the manifold is in fact very restrictive.

 

any places where i can send my manifold by mail and have them resurface it the right way..? the machine shops in my area don't feel like touching this turbo manifold...

what about heavy duty gasket sealants..?


[Modified by accordexchange, 1:47 AM 10/29/2002]

 

maybe someone like road race or hmm
might have to call up some other turbo related shops..

might want to ask ppl in the FI room. they might know