I can buy brand new aftermarket aluminum intakes for v8's all day long for 150 and I'm not talking about chevy crap either, rarer olds and pontiac parts. The simple fact that anyone would pay this much for this manifold proves that there are people out there with more money than brains...
For what it's worth, when tested, manley springs usually downrate their springs, ie, they usually have higher pressure spring than what they're rated at. It's one of the reasons I went with them. A little cleanup on the ports, manley springs, otherwise stock head, 8.5k rev limiter all day long...
It's a shame he never mass produced these, would have been nice to get my hands on one of them without spending over a grand, which is just silly. Love the manifold, love the design, but the price was/is ridiculous, 1200 can be spent on a bigger turbo for bigger gains. ANY manifold over 500 is...
You have a vacuum/pressure leak. Do a leakdown test (similar but not the same as, a compression test). The gauge will read a higher pressure than the engine is seeing, the turbo is overworking itself, and the car will be down on power.The easiest/safest way to stick a 16g on with 650's would...
I'm sure I'm not the only one out there. A few years ago I picked up one of zaklee's clear cam covers, one of the first batches iirc. After all this time, it's fogged up badly. Has anyone refurbed their cam gear cover?
I've found that a free flowing exhaust helps as well as removing a lot of plastic shielding from under/around the engine bay to remove heat. You can also washer your hood/remove the rubber seal at the cowl, this will let some heat out as well. If you REALLY want to cut the heat down, wrap your...