has anyone ever seen this manifold in person? is it any good

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...13955

this guy is selling it for $250 and i have never heard of the brand

 

Search for "OBX".

 

I didnt think that was an OBX manifold even tho its the same company that sells tons of em?
But either way its **** quality, and their support is poor cuz I emailed the guy askin how wide that manifold was from the head to the A/C on a 2000 si, and never got an answer.

 

but will it crack and will it make sufficient power???? the design looks good but i am still new into the forced induction field.

 

ok, that place is like 30 min from my house...
i've been meaning to go there and look at the mani's THEY are selling and see what's up. I'm serioulsly thinking about buying one, if there is a warrenty, to see just how long it takes...and how bad it cracks....

 

its a meng header. they suck.

 

Running one on my ls/vtec with no problems yet the guy i talked to told me that it would not crack and for the price you can beat it imo I do expect cracking eventually though

 

I seriously dont think it will crack if its supported, like most ppl say all it takes is one jackass to **** it up and the company has a bad name, but who am I to say cuz then I would be a jackass

from the pics tho, the welds look good

 

i think it could be fixed with some gusset bracing on each runner...

 

I have the same manifold and it has bracing. it works for me sor far.

 

That is the exact manifold I bought from them. In less than 2 months my wastegate flange broke off, $30 to have it welded back on. The biggest problem I have with it is uncontrollable boost creep. I'm running a 3" dp and have huge boost creep, we backed out of it at 15psi when my wastegate was set for 7psi. The only way we could control it was to set my rev limit at 7500. If I had it to do all over again I would have bought a quality mani in the beginning. Between that mani, the 3"dp and repairing it I've wasted almost $600.

 

Crap manifold. Just look at the way the wastegate flange is on there. Exhaust gasses have to divert from their normal flow to get to the wastegate. I'd go with a revhard tubular over that one for the price.