OBX equal length SS tubular manifold. Looks good!

[Street Surgeon]

Buuut.... It's an OBX R.... Am I kidding myself here?

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What do you guys think, anyone seen one of these before or used one? The piece itself seems to be really nice but who knows right? I've heard mixed reviews of SSAutocrap, OBX etc, say what you will but I personally do know a guy that was running a 60-1 for well over a year off an SSA manifold with zero problems so I'm kinda skeptical either way... This definitely isn't an SSA piece here, what do you guys think?

 

[Rob10_99]

At 13lbs+ it should be quite a bit of metal, but those flanges look nice to me.
Ti coated it says, should last a long time.

for $390 at least it looks good!

 

[Rob10_99]

BTW, does anyone have weights of any other tube headers? thx

 

[99gst_racer]

I've actually seen these in person at the last SEMA show last November. And as much as I hate OBX, these are actually very quality looking. (ahh, that hurt to say that) These are being manufactured and sold under OBX's other line; Forza Motorsports (OBX is the parent company of the two). Bad thing about the 4G63 manifold is that they are flanged for a T3 turbo...

So think about it. OBX is selling a header that is actually really nice and worth buying/using. Being an OBX product, you would expect it to be competitivily priced; hence, cheaper than the others. Wrong. This thing has a retail price of about $599. For that price, you could go order a South Florida Performance manifold and not have to worry about the quality gamble. The price of OBX products have always been their best selling points. It's always been really cheap and it's almost as good as the name brand or good enough. Well, not anymore. I dont see them selling very many of these manifolds unless the price comes down a couple hundred dollars. But it looks like the eBay sellers are allready giving them away at cost+ 5%. Only time will tell how they sell.


On a side note: I have their full catalog and they are making them for every popular sport compact on the planet. Including applications for turboing many NA vehicles.

 

[Dick_Hertz]

Yeah they’re actually built quite well. I had one on my car for over a year with no problems. In order to use it, you’d have to ditch the A/C fan.

 

[danielbui]

i sell OBX and 99% of the products sold under FORZA, Nippon, or OBX are made in Taiwan. Mass production under cheap labor and quality is downsized. lets say something is T-304 steel they will use a slightly thinner material to replicate and mass produce at lower cost and gain a heavier profit. i sell and use their products and haven't had a complaint yet but, you get what you payfor in a sence.

 

[99gst_racer]

Old thread..... Yes, I know.

But I am wondering if anyone has been using one of these for a while now. I am looking for input from actual users of this specific manifold. Hopefully a few of you guys have been running this for at least a year or so, so you can comment on it's durability and performance.

Thanks.

 

[danielbui]

a very knowledgable guy on here, v8s_are_slow , is using one with his T67 and has no complaints yet. PM him he'll give you more details.

 

[prostreetdsmx1]

i know of someone that was running it and his wastegate runner fell off.

 

[dnhieu]

a very knowledgable guy on here, v8s_are_slow , is using one with his T67 and has no complaints yet. PM him he'll give you more details.

ummm...that manifold is cracked. i thought it was a BIG name header not some el cheapo obx????WTF

 

[Nighthawk01]

i have one simular to what your refering to,, i have one like "s.s. autocrap" as someone here said,, is selling.

one bad thing about it,, i did have to clearence one of the runners slightly, couldnt bolt the peice up, it was right up against the cylinder head,, i dunno if maybe it was just mine,, or how they all are.
it wasnt a huge deal to clearence it slightly,, but after doing that the fit is great,, and the welds realy are very good. and the overall workmanship is very good also...

 

[danielbui]

ummm...that manifold is cracked. i thought it was a BIG name header not some el cheapo obx????WTF

Is it cracked? i had no idea, he never mentioned it to me.

 

[dnhieu]

sure did. im not a fan of these types of manifolds anyways they seem to crack to easy. i dont think i want to trust a dnp manifold. if i ever buy another manifold it will definetly be cast iron and probably a sbr one...

 

[andymoraitis]

Old thread..... Yes, I know.

But I am wondering if anyone has been using one of these for a while now. I am looking for input from actual users of this specific manifold. Hopefully a few of you guys have been running this for at least a year or so, so you can comment on it's durability and performance.

Thanks.

Paul,

If you're going T3/T4, I'd recommend the cast pieces that RRE sells or one of the Treadstone cast manifolds that you can get on ebay. You can either do that or look into a DNP or one of the units that SBR sells with provisions for an external.

Andy

 

[daren_p]

sure did. im not a fan of these types of manifolds anyways they seem to crack to easy. i dont think i want to trust a dnp manifold. if i ever buy another manifold it will definetly be cast iron and probably a sbr one...

Well for not cracking cast isn't always the answer either. I have one of the SBR cast mani's (not the newest style with the external flange but the one before) and after last summers use (6 months ~ 10K) it had 2 cracks about 1" long on the outside above the collector area. I haven't removed the turbo so I have no idea what it looks like on the inside .

 

[UMR98GSX]

I had an older style Turbonetics Cast mani and it cracked as well. No complaints with my SFP manifold yet!

 

[dnhieu]

Well for not cracking cast isn't always the answer either. I have one of the SBR cast mani's (not the newest style with the external flange but the one before) and after last summers use (6 months ~ 10K) it had 2 cracks about 1" long on the outside above the collector area. I haven't removed the turbo so I have no idea what it looks like on the inside .

im just saing i would trust a cast iron manifold over a tubular manifold. there could have been many things that could have happened to both of the manifolds. in scotts case all he did was drive it and it cracked. for all i know you could have a vented hood and the rain caused yours to crack. i just think (and this is what i just think not what i know) that a cast iron manifold would withstand more abuse then a tubular because of the thickness of the metal being used. please correct me if im wrong...

 

[Tom N]

i know of someone that was running it and his wastegate runner fell off.

I also know someone that had that happen to them.

 

[v8s_are_slow]

Yeah it cracked on me. BUT, it only cracked where the wastegate bolts up. I have the motor out right now so shouldn't be too hard to fix it (had a small piece of metal break off my valve cover and fell down into the motor and into the pan ). I'll say that the overall quality is great and welds look great EXCEPT for where the wastegate flange bolts up. Anything that had to support weight has really great looking welds and I have no doubts that it'll hold the weight. But the part that the wastegate gets bolted up to and has literally no weight, was the crappiest weld possible. It's not that big of a deal to me since I have my motor out other wise I'd be pissed cause with my turbo, it'd be a pain to pull out. And with my turbo and manifold, I had to put both of my fans in front and make them as pushers.

Thing I DO love about this manifold is that yes it's heavy and very thick metal. It angles out and my turbo doesn't hit the waterpipe. It cools off VERY quickly which is nice when working on the car. And I'm sure it helps my spool. Other than the one crappy weld, I'm still completely happy with this manifold though. It's very nice "overall" and exhaust will definately flow thru this thing for sure!!! Here's a pic though for those who haven't seen it. You can see how far it places it away from the waterpipe.

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And these 2 pics, you don't have to look very hard to find the crappy welds. But I bought this manifold and the turbo for $1000 so I'm not complaining too much

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[v8s_are_slow]

Guess I should also mention that I bought it from a guy off tuners. So I can't say 100% sure that someone else didn't just cut off the end and try and weld on a flange. The other welds were done really nicely and the one at the wastegate doesn't look anywhere near the same. So that could've been what happened. I dunno.

 

[UMR98GSX]

Looks like the wastegate flange has been replaced by the previous owner because the OBX manifold comes with a 4 bolt TiAL flange. If the rest of the welds look solid and have held up thus far I don't see why the original flange wouldn't.

How many miles do you have on the mani?

 

[99gst_racer]

Looks like the wastegate flange has been replaced by the previous owner because the OBX manifold comes with a 4 bolt TiAL flange.

Yeah, I noticed that too. I figured he did it.

I'm buying the manifold sometime today or tomorrow. I also plan to cut the 40mm flange off and weld on a 44mm v-band flange. I'll be sure to do an initial product review after I recieve it. And then I'll follow up this fall, and then again sometime next year.

 

[UMR98GSX]

I want one too but I am going to wait until my SFP decides the reinforcing I had done from the first time it cracked fails.

 

[dnhieu]

He couldnt have more then 3-500 miles on the thing. but the previous owner had it for a little while too....

 

[v8s_are_slow]

I have maybe about 400 miles I'm guessing. Yes, I bought it from a previous owner but don't think it had ever been fired up at all. It was still nice and shiney and no signs of exhaust at all. Whoever welded on that flange obviously doesn't know how to weld. But it's okay....easy fix once I get it off the motor. Other than that, the color has changed to a copper looking color from the heat but looks nice. I will say that it's RIGHT under the hood and thinking that the heat shield stuff on the bottom side is just barely touching it. I mean it just barely does fit in there. I also had my wiring harness redone to the injectors and put some of that wiring plastic cover crap around the harness. Of course it melted so I'll be looking for something stronger to replace it. I'm in Florida but my coolant temps seem to be holding up okay.