ssdragon
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- Jul 4, 2007
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Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
My friend has a 1997 Automatic GSX. Mods so far are cone air filter, optima battery, and 3 inch vrs turbo back exhaust with high flow cat and 3 inch o2 eliminator.
His exhaust manifold is leaking and causing heavy fumes that has got worse since he installed the exhaust. He's using this reason to make an upgrade though.
His goal is to make a nice mix of a street car that sees the drag strip and wants to eventually reach the magic 500hp goal. Doing this keeping stock flange setups that will bolt to the 3 inch o2 eliminator and fit nicely.
I told him it would be best to probably change his turbo while changes his exhaust manifold out since it will be easy to get to at that point and less work of having to tear it apart later.
As I look through all the manifolds and turbos im getting confused on what will work. From what I know a cast manifold will be more reliable than a tubular manifold since they can be prone to cracking moreso than cast. (correct me if I'm wrong).
So I'm not sure if he could pick his final turbo that would take him to 500hp now from near stock level and still be decent until he gets that all together (I'm thinking not). But if hes gonna pick up an intermediate turbo to use for a while that will take him over 300whp I was thinking he could find something used thats still good or new but not so expensive.
As far as the manifold, which ones are good that will maintain all the stock bolt on flanges?
His exhaust manifold is leaking and causing heavy fumes that has got worse since he installed the exhaust. He's using this reason to make an upgrade though.
His goal is to make a nice mix of a street car that sees the drag strip and wants to eventually reach the magic 500hp goal. Doing this keeping stock flange setups that will bolt to the 3 inch o2 eliminator and fit nicely.
I told him it would be best to probably change his turbo while changes his exhaust manifold out since it will be easy to get to at that point and less work of having to tear it apart later.
As I look through all the manifolds and turbos im getting confused on what will work. From what I know a cast manifold will be more reliable than a tubular manifold since they can be prone to cracking moreso than cast. (correct me if I'm wrong).
So I'm not sure if he could pick his final turbo that would take him to 500hp now from near stock level and still be decent until he gets that all together (I'm thinking not). But if hes gonna pick up an intermediate turbo to use for a while that will take him over 300whp I was thinking he could find something used thats still good or new but not so expensive.
As far as the manifold, which ones are good that will maintain all the stock bolt on flanges?
[ the diamond shape, would be drilled and have a hole in the center, wastegate would mount there )
