Geeb
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- Apr 6, 2016
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Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
I never started the car but I bought a vr mls manifold gasket and during a boost leak test it leaked like crazy... I've since torn the engine down to rebuild for 600ish hp before I ever ran it. Got a pte 6165 turbo, manley internals, built head, hks 272s, 3in v band tbe, bunch of other stuff you get the idea.... But I am running this ebay cast manifold (looks like an fp manifold only it's for t3) the surface (to the head) looks well machined flat so I guess my question is, is it a problem with the gasket or a problem with the manifold? Because on this build i have mostly all the parts to finish the engine part of the build but Im probably going to run SD so boost leaks won't really come into play except its gonna hurt performance some..
Even though this manifold is cheap, the turbo literally fits perfect in there when I tested the size of everything.. So that's a little bit of a plus. Altho id love to have a top mount.
Pics are of my old 60 trim/stock motor setup. Same t3 manifold though
Even though this manifold is cheap, the turbo literally fits perfect in there when I tested the size of everything.. So that's a little bit of a plus. Altho id love to have a top mount.
Pics are of my old 60 trim/stock motor setup. Same t3 manifold though
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