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Originally Posted by Red__Zed Most smart guys won't touch them. Huge pain, and you never get the flow right. Yeah, you really have to build a jig and mass produce

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Old 08-05-2011, 07:51 AM   #6781 (permalink)
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Yeah, you really have to build a jig and mass produce them to make it worth your while.
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Most pussy guys won't touch them. Huge pain, and you never get the flow right.


has nothing to do with smarts... and it's all about experimenting.. and learning..

way to go on being a douchebag!
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has nothing to do with smarts... and it's all about experimenting.. and learning..

way to go on being a douchebag!
Dude, to do one right with all the proper flow characteristics you have to spend 100s of hours in RandD. Building a pos manifold is going to give you a very nice blown motor. Not to mention the cost would be way higher than buying an aftermarket one.
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Dude, to do one right with all the proper flow characteristics you have to spend 100s of hours in RandD. Building a pos manifold is going to give you a very nice blown motor. Not to mention the cost would be way higher than buying an aftermarket one.
I understand that... but isn't that WHY you do R&D? man, fuck, NO ONE should ever make anything new because it's to hard... pathetic

and I was mostly joking around as I have never made my own manifold.. Im just going to hone out the stock mani's.... but I have never seen someone so quick to be like... that's a dumb idea, smart people don't make their own ****.. lol
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I understand that... but isn't that WHY you do R&D? man, fuck, NO ONE should ever make anything new because it's to hard... pathetic

and I was mostly joking around as I have never made my own manifold.. Im just going to hone out the stock mani's.... but I have never seen someone so quick to be like... that's a dumb idea, smart people don't make their own ****.. lol
I understand what you are saying. I'm simply saying its not worth the time and effort just to do one if it's done the right way.

Well, I do somewhat agree with you on Dan's statement. It was pretty harsh.

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Are you guys making fun of me and my troubles with my car?
Not at all (honestly I didn't realize he built your manis from scratch). You took a chance on a reputable builder who has already put tons of time into turbo kit RandD. It sucks you have had so many issues though.
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I understand what you are saying. I'm simply saying its not worth the time and effort just to do one if it's done the right way.

Well, I do somewhat agree with you on Dan's statement. It was pretty harsh.
I have nothing but time.. and I bought the blazer for 600 bucks... lol it's not like an OMG!! my car is blow'd up situation
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Not at all (honestly I didn't realize he built your manis from scratch). You took a chance on a reputable builder who has already put tons of time into turbo kit RandD. It sucks you have had so many issues though.
My manifold is just an M370. I cannot source a Stillen manifold and I'm not paying some ridiculous price from Lutz Performance. I'm done with them. I wasted so much money there and they act like I'm a nobody. They haven't bothered to help me much...you think after spending what I did, they'd do everything to get the car running right.
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I thought that dude was your homie?
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I understand that... but isn't that WHY you do R&D? man, fuck, NO ONE should ever make anything new because it's to hard... pathetic

and I was mostly joking around as I have never made my own manifold.. Im just going to hone out the stock mani's.... but I have never seen someone so quick to be like... that's a dumb idea, smart people don't make their own ****.. lol
/\ when I read that, I sounded it out as Randy (Rand D). More power to ya Mu if you're gonna spend 100's of hrs up in randy just to get your manifold right. I hear the AF is cool with that now tho...
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