Just wondering everyones experences. I had a header of his from several years ago (did not have support brackets like they do now) and my header cracked, but I also did not have a flex pipe and my motor mounts are weak so im not sure if it was the movement of the motor that cracked my header - he now offers a 1 year warenty and they look better, has anyone had any good experences with his headers and/or his turbos.

Kyle

 

no

 

I have a wasteegate from them that would not open at 8.7 psi liek they said, turned out they had two blue springs one was 14 psi one was 8 psi, once i told them they sent me the wrong one they ended up sending me everyspring they had for free and now the wastegate works really well and i am 100% satisfied. They just rush too much i think.

 

hrmm " ooooOOHHH shinnnEEYY" ??

 

i had no problems with mine, made 311whp stock b16 i wouldn't reccomend it really though...

 

I have the SSauto mani. and it sucks. I have it braced and the runners aren't cracked but, the WG flange on it started cracking so, I had to drill it and have it rewelded. I want another manifold but, this will have to do for now. If you are in the market for a manifold my suggestion is to just save for a cast one

Phil

 

someone call the better business bureau on them already..

 

they have some good stuff. All the header(s) ive baught from them have been very nice, The exhaust as well. The are a nice company and have great deals. but i know they arnt as good as other companys but they are still good

 

^^^^^^^^^HAHAHAHAHA! Now that is funny!

 

price is good!... product diff story.

 

I've asked this a month ago and got **** from everyone.. Do a search on it but I think it's alot of people that heard from a hand full of people that they suck and that's how they got a bad name.. I don't know for sure though but my friend bought a t3/t4 turbo kit from them in spring but still is finishing up the car so I don't know how it works yet. It came quick and from what I seen it looks good. The manifold is braced. From what I seen in my search people who brace the manifold and bore out the wastegate slot have had no problems. But other people have had boost creep and cracked manifolds. I emailed some guys from ebay that has bought stuff from them in the past and I seen no problems with them from what they told me. Just my 2 cents, Do the search SSAUTOCHROME and there is pages of stuff. lol

 

they make great paperweights

 

they make nice NA headers.

 

good wastegate

 

uhhhhh.........no and no and no again!!!!!!

 

From my own experience:

The "Stone Mountain Racing" turbochargers are complete junk. I bought one and didn't even get it installed because the casting shattered when I tried to install the studs. Got my money back, no hassle.

The manifold is fine. Many people who install them simply ignore fatigue failure as a possible mode of failure, and figure if it doesn't break upon installation that it will be fine. That is unfortunately not true, as heat cycles, engine twist and vibrations put a lot of strain on components. Especially engine twist... Many of the manifold failures I have seen were likely caused by the lack of a flexpipe in the exhaust. (Since the SSAC "kits" don't come with one)

I have been using the SSAC D-series manifold in my Rio for... about 5 months now. The only problem I had was one of MY crappy welds (where I attached the manifold to the Kia flange) failed a few months in. I just have the stock bracing, a flexpipe, and no external wastegate.

No opinion on the wastegates, BTW, never used them.