Forced Performance Manifold Group Buy #2 - Page 6

Jst4Cyl · 08-15-2007, 03:24 AM

So Robert are you gonna toss in those FP Stickers whenever I make another order?

eclipsegsx1736 · 08-15-2007, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Jst4Cyl

Did you order extras?

Nope, came with 8 from FP. I forgot to mention this was from the first GB with the jet black coating though. Washers work great, didn't need a retighten after some heat cycles and didn't need over-torquing to keep the bolts from backing out.

Jst4Cyl · 08-15-2007, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by eclipsegsx1736

Nope, came with 8 from FP. I forgot to mention this was from the first GB with the jet black coating though. Washers work great, didn't need a retighten after some heat cycles and didn't need over-torquing to keep the bolts from backing out.

Hmmm, I too got the Black coating but I got it on the 2nd GB...Maybe Robert can drop me some info on this....

Talontsi96 · 08-16-2007, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Robert@FP

Got your VM's and Emails - we'll get a replacement gasket out ASAP Talontsi guy, sorry but these things happen from time to time.

Some manifolds are still available for this GB price.

Boost On!
Robert

Thanks Robert... I can't wait to bolt this thing up....

6-bolt · 08-18-2007, 06:46 PM

Just got mine yesterday. Here is a link to some pics. Great manifold. I wished my car was running to test it out.

Wildt267 · 08-18-2007, 10:35 PM

Hey, i got in on this and I must say it's a great manifold. I am running it with a Pte50 trim and I can feel a huge difference(vs an unported evo III manifold) up top. If you have the means I highly reccomend it!

Steve93Talon · 08-19-2007, 02:16 PM

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We'll have back to back DSMlink logs with an FP3565 within a week.

Better late than never...

We finally got the manifold, and wanted to do some before and after logs on the same day, same weather. Unfortunately, when we took it out for the "before" pulls, the car started breaking up badly at WOT. We figured it was old plugs or something, swapped them, still doing it. Decided the wires were pretty old, cant hurt to change them, parked the car and waited for wires.

This past weekend, got the wires, throw them in, take the car out, pulls clean, then next pull it's breaking up again. So I look closer at the logs and notice that the airflow is falling off a cliff right where it's breaking up followed by the AFRs going lean. So I'm starting to think MAF problems. Park it again, pull the MAF (EVO), and find it missing the honeycomb! Luckily, it's curled up in a ball in the air filter since it's too big to pass through the MAF. The theory is that it was floating around in there, occasionally ending up in the metered section and blocking it.

By this point it's getting late, got plans for the night and figure we'll do the manifold while the car's in the garage. So we put it on, take the car out, and HOLY S%*T!!! The car's pulling way harder up top than before. Unfortunately, we don't have any direct back to back logs from the same day, but based on the previous best pull from the 2G manifold, it picked up 2-3 lb/min from 6500-8k and the 80-100 time improved about 1/10th. We saw just over 59 lb/min at 32psi (this is on pump/meth).

The car made 500whp on C16 a few weeks ago, flowing 61 lb/min at 34psi, and now it feels about that strong on pump/meth. can't wait to get the C16 back in it and see what it can really do.

For the guys with the slight bluish tint in some spots, you aint seen nothin! This thing is 90% blue now. I'll be sure to get some more pics of it now that it's had some heat through it. Here are the pics from the install:

http://web.mac.com/stevestrzempek/iWeb/Cars/Tort.html

EnticivEclipse · 08-19-2007, 09:05 PM

Just got mine bolted on but still have a few things to complete before I start her up....

fallenauthority · 08-19-2007, 10:41 PM

VERY WEIRD thing. I drove my car 450 miles to shootout, by the time i got here my manifold turned the bronze color in the pics. Hardly any rainbow left, looks kinda dark goldish now. guess the heat sets the color in or something

fallenauthority · 08-21-2007, 11:21 AM

Looks completely different from how it did with about 50 miles on it. Guess the heat of highway driving for hours on end bakes the coating on or something. Anyone wanna step in with some info on why it did this? Im not complaining though, looks alright.

BoostFrenzy · 08-21-2007, 01:21 PM

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O wow that looks really good. Once i sort out a few other areas with me engine I'm thinking i might get one of these for a better top end (my 6-7k is sluggish at best). But since i live in Cali i think i might need the black coated one and not this one.

esoung · 08-21-2007, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve93Talon

For the guys with the slight bluish tint in some spots, you aint seen nothin! This thing is 90% blue now. I'll be sure to get some more pics of it now that it's had some heat through it. Here are the pics from the install:

http://web.mac.com/stevestrzempek/iWeb/Cars/Tort.html

It looks like in the pics that the you reduced the diameter of the intake pipe. It will make significant difference if you do reduce it.

esoung · 08-21-2007, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BoostFrenzy

O wow that looks really good. Once i sort out a few other areas with me engine I'm thinking i might get one of these for a better top end (my 6-7k is sluggish at best). But since i live in Cali i think i might need the black coated one and not this one.

What's being in CA make you need to get a black coat one? As for power wise, it will hardly have any effects on a small turbo.

fallenauthority · 08-21-2007, 03:44 PM

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What's being in CA make you need to get a black coat one? As for power wise, it will hardly have any effects on a small turbo.

Thats not necessarily true. I put it on my 16g and noticed a huge difference in how it performs. Car feels a lot less sluggish now. Now I did have an unported 2g mani on there before but dont go around saying it will hardly have an effect. The performance effect differs based on setup.

esoung · 08-21-2007, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by fallenauthority

Thats not necessarily true. I put it on my 16g and noticed a huge difference in how it performs. Car feels a lot less sluggish now. Now I did have an unported 2g mani on there before but dont go around saying it will hardly have an effect. The performance effect differs based on setup.

Okay... I have to rephrase my statement; It makes little or no power effects on a small turbo vs. a ported 2g. or EVO manifold.

BoostFrenzy · 08-21-2007, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by esoung

What's being in CA make you need to get a black coat one? As for power wise, it will hardly have any effects on a small turbo.

Because when we HAVE TO get our cars smog checked they look at things very closely. But if FP would do some kind of heat shield that everyone was asking for in the first group buy then it wouldn't matter. And most of my engine bay is black now because it needed to be painted for the visual inspection. Well really, it will give me marginal performance now, but when i want to upgrade the turbo WAY down the road, i know it will still be a good piece. FP quality engineering for ya.

ali_viento · 08-23-2007, 02:13 PM

hi every body,

Honestly , i have FP race manifold with black ceramic coated , but i heard some rust problem with coating . i dont install this manifold yet but i really worry for this matter . what is your opinion about this matter ? do you really think that i need to replace this model with bronze ceramic coated model ?
is there any body has problem with bronze ceramic coated or not ?
please let me know ASAP.

Ali

Robert@FP · 08-23-2007, 03:26 PM

Hello Boostheads!

Just wanted to let everyone know that effective immediately the group buy is now over. We have sold all of the manifolds we had designated for this awesome deal and we would like to thank all of you guys who took advantage of it!

BOOST ON!
Robert Young

Talontsi96 · 08-23-2007, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Robert@FP

Hello Boostheads!

Just wanted to let everyone know that effective immediately the group buy is now over. We have sold all of the manifolds we had designated for this awesome deal and we would like to thank all of you guys who took advantage of it!

BOOST ON!
Robert Young

No....Robert... Thank you!! for offering the Group Buy Again.. Oh and thanks for the gasket... I got it a couple of days ago... good packaging on this one, its pristine.....