here are the pics. great welding. enjoy.


this is what i saw when i opened the hood








as you can see that not only did the weld break,but the metal itself cracked, its pathetic that even the wastegate runner needs to be supported for this thing to stay together.

 

what kinda manifold was that?

 

meng.

 

I know where I coulda picked up a wastegate for real cheap had he kept driving
ya, mengs(OBX's, whatever brandeds) are junk...there are going to be a lot of pissed-off people out there...

 

...get ready for the "i-told-ya-sos".

Man that sucks...so were you just cruising along when it fell off? Bet that was interesting...

- Slater

 

the only thing that kept the wastegate from falling out of the car is the vacuum line it was dangling by.

 

omg

 

damn dude that sucks

 

the manifold also cracked twice on the #4 runner. one crack was welded back together and a week later the runner cracked at the head flange. you can see both in this picture.

 

hahaha holy crap i can't believe it...

when I was at Jotech today I asked Tony "got any Meng manifolds left?"

he says "Yeah I do, and I'll make you a really good deal on one!"

 

ouch

lucky the custom turbo manifold I had made for my civic was from a performance exhaust shop with real experience in this sort of stuff, unlike meng.. Meng just copy, reproduce, and sell. Their NA headers are good stuff, but I guess they stay together without cracking since they don't get as hot as a manifold would.

to tell you the truth, I don't know of anyone in thailand who has meng make their turbo manifolds (i know a lot of people in the racing community here), most people go to 2 other places that I know of.

the shop I had my manifold made from, also does stuff for JUN thailand, and a whole lot of other big name performance shops in Thailand. their quality is top notch.

 

not just the heat but the weight of the turbo

 

damn that sucks . going to get a different manifold now ?

 

damn thats shitty. thank god for vacum line, think how madd u'd be if u ran over that beutiful tial wastegate.

i don't think meng is gonna sell many manifolds around this site anymore.

 

that's crackalicious

 

wait lemme guess, they won't warranty it because its a 40mm and the wastegate flange wasnt meant to support the extra wieght :/ , just like it can't support the wieght of a 60-1 but a 50 trim is fine.

 

*cough*I told you so*cough*

I so wanted to say something more direct, but it was the in thing at the time and everyone jumped the bandwagon. I'll tell you what, if anybody that has a cracked meng manfold, if you can provide me with pics of your manifold I'll give you a deal on an InlinePRO T3 cast stainless steel manifold. I will also give you a LIFETIME warranty against cracking.

art

 

Yeah, I had just left the gym after letting my car warm up. I then drove to the traffic light and stopped,then my car seemed to sound very loud kinda like I heard a valve tap I thought (i though to my self I must have bent a valve) So I pulled over and popped my hoog but i could not see **** cause it was real dark out. I pulled over to a gas station near by and thats when I seen the POS.

 

The meng manifold look purdy but will bite you back hard.

 

nto to rub salt in the wound or anything, but is there anyway you could get a pic of how thin the wastegate tubing is, or maybe even get a pair of calipers on it? I have heard it is 12 gauge, but i dont believe it. Thanks...

 

sorry to hear that man...

never getting a meng

do you need to put compressor on drivers side though? or just by choice?

edit: posted too soon.

would like to know too


[Modified by B18EG6, 2:22 AM 3/6/2003]

 

Hey turbopanda since you are in Thailand i think you can help explain that meng is not the only person who makes these manifolds.. Is it true that there are over 50 different shops who make these manifolds.??MENG is getting blamed for ALL .. nobody really know who made what and here since everyone is trying to bring it in and point fingers at each other..I have told SPARKRACING to make PLAQUES to seaperate and differenciate them for everyone who is selling them and not taking responsiblity for it....

 

man those manifolds seem to suck!

 

they sure do

 

seems like whoever's welding thoes isn't using enough heat. Tig welding is not good if the weld doesn't go deep enough into the metal.