Will a HX35 in a T3 BEP, fit a GVR4 on an ERL manifold?

[milkandoj]

Has anyone fitted a HX35 in a BEP T3 0.7 housing, into a GVR4 with an ERL manifold? I know it will clear the block and water pipe, but I’m concerned about the radiator as GVR4 has less clearance than dsm's.

I want to keep the stock full size radiator, i already have slim line fans, but don’t want have to go to a civic style half radiator for the compressor cover to fit. As the ERL angles the turbo so far forward to provide great clearance for the engine, I’m questioning if it will clear the radiator on my GVR4.

 

[MrKelly]

I would stay away from erl. I ordered that manifold when MAPerformance first had it and the first one they sent me had a warped flange and casting defects, the weirdo way the wastegate mounts is not impressive either. I sent it back and the next one they sent me had cracks on the inside the runners. For around the same money they sent me a tubular dnp because erl was taking forever to get back to map and the quality was way better and it let's you get a 35r in without cutting and moving everything. Cast stainless is a great concept if someone came up with a better design and the quality control was a little better. I have some pics of the erl issues somewhere if you want to see them and the thing was a tight squeeze on a 2g. I wasn't impressed.

 

[milkandoj]

If someone (even in a 1g or 2g) could measure the distance from the exhaust ports where their ERL manifold bolts to, to how far out the hx35 in a T3 BEP sits. That would be all the info i need to know to measure up my car.

 

[ArmyGSX]

I dont know if this will help as i dont own a ERL manifold.

I do how ever own both a 2g gsx and a 91gvr4. I would say there is twice the amount of room between the block and radiator in the 2g then in the GVR4. If that manifold pushes the housing away from the block then I highly doubt it will fit with the stock radiator in the car. (It might if you have the fans in front of the radiator, no AC)

Have you asked this question over at galantvr4.org? That site is kinda like the DSMtuners for Galants IMO

 

[nightmares GS-T]

I have an erl and it didnt have any cracks or any of the other defects listed above. Cast so the underhood temps arent so high. Stainless so it doesnt rust. Flexibility to mount any wastegate you want. I dont see how one could go wrong with it

 

[MrKelly]

I have pics of the first two manifolds they sent and the sales staff at modern would def agree about the poor quality. Maybe they got it right in the last 2 years. I thought it would be great but it wasn't and as far as a wastegate goes you can't run a tial 44 and keep your powersteering. Also since the manifold has almost no collection I lost power through the lower to mid rpms and was spooling almost 400 rpm's later than the cast
Turbonetics manifold I was running prior. Not saying dnp is the best but for the 5-6 Hundo range it out performed anything else we looked at. Full race and shearer are the way to go if you wanna spend a grand+ but that would be over kill for the 500 to 600 hp I was going for