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[Weapon-X]

So no ARP hardware is compatible other than the head studs?


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Yeah it's compatible.

As stated above..... Use 2 turbo bolts and 2 o2 housing bolts. Just use ARP equivalents for them.

Here ----------> http://www.ffwdconnection.com/boltkits.shtml

 

[Aproductions]

Here is my new FP Manifold, tial Mvs 38mm EWG with PR o2 housing, and my holset h1c.

ohh and my new plate

 

[projekt1]

Here ----------> http://www.ffwdconnection.com/boltkits.shtml

Thanks!
My FP Mani came with the metal gaskets, should I use them or go with these http://www.ffwdconnection.com/copper.shtml and are they reusable (if needed to)??

Also, what torque do I tighten the exhaust nuts and turbo bolts (using the FFWD kit for the turbo side)?



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[Spyder FX]

AMS didn't have much luck with swain tech coatings and there's some pics on this link showing others with swain tech coatings chipping as well.

Coating On Manifold Coming Off? - Page 2 - evolutionm.net

 

[BoostedBeaver]

That thread is interesting and begs the question Who has a coating that has been on with no chips for 8 months or so????

 

[wishihadatalon]

That thread is interesting and begs the question Who has a coating that has been on with no chips for 8 months or so????

3 years and roughly 20k miles on the coating above

 

[WhtEclipse705]

I also had my FP manifold coated at Swain, and at first it was great.

I went the same route as wishihadatalon and I sprayed it down with hi-temp black spray. Now a year later coming up through the black are these little silver looking balls that you can chip away with a metal object. We kinda assume that its the "white lightning" coming off the manifold, and its some how coming up through the black.

I can say one thing, the coating itself is great, but its hit or miss on the longevity of the coating. I dont drive the car much anymore, and I bet the manifold only has maybe 2k miles on it, and maybe a dozen track passes.

I hope to get some more track time on the car this summer, so hopefully the coating holds up.

 

[LiquidX]

I went and wrapped both my manifold and o2 housing today with DEI wrap. Used a 50' x 1" roll and had a left over of about 10'. It's my first time wrapping anything and I believe it came out very well. I soaked the wrap first and then kept it taut. Overall, I think it helps. It's still almost too hot to touch, but I can at least touch it for a second without searing off skin. Water also doesn't flash boil when it hits onto the wrap.

I went this route to help stop cooking alternators as I've gone through 5 Autozone ones already. I'm now using an OEM unit and hopefully it holds up well.

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As for the turbo-to-manifold bolts, I'll deal with those when ever I would be required to separate the 2. I find it easier to just remove everything as a whole than deal with holding up the turbo from underneath and fiddling around with the bolts.

 

[ZenkaiRacerDsM]

Just got done with mine. Not the best job but I did it with it on the car haha.

Waiting on it to dry, then i'll spray it with the black DEI silicone spray. Then I will put my JMF heatshield on top of it after I spray the bottom side with the silicone spray.

Next, to install a turbo blanket. May wrap the first bit of the downpipe too.

 

[projekt1]

That's turned out nice considering you did it on the car. Now I'm thinking I might redo mine on the car too. Good shit.

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[silicosys4]

I asked FP about coating their manifolds and they said they advise againist it.

I was wondering if this would come up with all the mentions of coated FP manifolds going on here....I too heard the same thing from FP, don't coat them, they have a tendency to crack when coated....and that bums me out, because wrap causes rust where i'm at, since It rains a lot and I don't drive the car a lot in winter so the wrap gets damp and has started to rust the manifold.
Anybody talked to FP more in depth about this?

 

[jakelandry]

I wish I would have got a pic of mine before I burned straight through it. It took me about an hour and a half and it came out nice. Heres a pic of it after it burned through.

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Thats the DEI titanium stuff. I sent them an email with a pic of it and they asked me how much hp I had then never emailed me back.

 

[rEclipserGST]

The heat wrap I am trying to use has a darker, almost metallic finish to it. With sparkles or metal flakes in it. Hopefully my stock mani doesn't burn it up, because I do not plan on applying black hi temp silicone spray after heat wrapping it.

I also heard FP advised against coating their manifold.

I plan on using a heat shields. Then heat wrapping the j-pipe, external dump tube, and possibly the downpipe.

 

[jakelandry]

Just as a warning, i don't advise you wrap your manifolds. I pulled my burned up wrap off and found that my manifold cracked on top where all the runners come together. These manifolds are known to be solid and I blame the wrap.

 

[ramsack]

Maybe because everyone wraps the heat wrap wet and as tight as they can get it. I don't see the point... I don't see giving some slack doing anything negative.

 

[jakelandry]

I wrapped mine dry and fairly loose. The area where it cracked was actually the loosest part. Not implying you are wrong or anything, i'm just saying it's probably better not wrapped at all