"factory fitment" for $89 with a little better flow and no high heat to cyls 1 and 5. They're a pretty good deal for what you get. I'd go for that, honestly.
-Phil 87 5ktq - 20vt 91 v8 5spd - Why? 05 S4 - Gone and very much so forgotten 14 TDI Touareg
But will you have to pay to have the flanges decked? Then will it Crack? I think the 034 log manifold is a decent deal at $350. You won't have problems with it. I didn't anyway.
-Chris
'91 Audi 200 20v - Revver/BAT project '91 Audi 200 20v Avant '01 Anthracite M5 '90 M3 '85 Euro 635csi '12 X3 E34 530i (maybe rear-mount soon)
loxxrider wrote:But will you have to pay to have the flanges decked? Then will it Crack? I think the 034 log manifold is a decent deal at $350. You won't have problems with it. I didn't anyway.
+ however much in a wastegate, and the annoyances of routing that wg back into the DP.
-Phil 87 5ktq - 20vt 91 v8 5spd - Why? 05 S4 - Gone and very much so forgotten 14 TDI Touareg
The only negative I see is the wastegate. I have no firsthand experience, but I hear that routing the WG to the DP is a HUUUUUGE bitch. And probably wont wanna run a screamer pipe on a track car. new downpipe isn't a huge ordeal if the plan was to make a new one in the first place.
-Phil 87 5ktq - 20vt 91 v8 5spd - Why? 05 S4 - Gone and very much so forgotten 14 TDI Touareg
loxxrider wrote:But will you have to pay to have the flanges decked? Then will it Crack? I think the 034 log manifold is a decent deal at $350. You won't have problems with it. I didn't anyway.
Did hell just freeze over? Chris is endorsing an 034 product?!?!
pilihp2 wrote:+ however much in a wastegate, and the annoyances of routing that wg back into the DP.
I have the first log manifold you show up top and the only thing I had to do was modify the bellowed WG pipe by cutting out the straight sleeve that's hidden inside it. I used a worn down cutting disk on a dremel type pneumatic cutter. The first attempt to fit it back together requires having the 6 bolts on either end of it really loose and the turbo disconnected from the DP. Then you muscle it onto the turbo studs. I wrapped my exhaust after that since the bellowed piece wasn't as insulated anymore. This was needed because of the rs2 and 3b manifold differences.
1991 Audi 200q Holset 1991 Audi 200q Felbaum'd 1988 Audi 5000 TQ
FWIW, i had the first one (str) and it cracked on me after the 1st year (not many miles) of having it. Cracked at the turbo flange going to around 1/3 of the manifold's wastegate pipe. The downpipe didn't have a support installed around the transmission at the time and had heat wrap around the front half though, so those might have contributed.
IMO if you have the budget, there's much more to be had with a wagner manifold, they are of much better quality and hp happy. You could probs find a good deal on a genuine, specially with the low euro.
I have an old 034 header I would patch up and donate to the cause for a few bucks. It would probably crack again, but its a race car, on E85, I bet you would never notice. I have wastegates too.
audifreakjim wrote:I have an old 034 header I would patch up and donate to the cause for a few bucks. It would probably crack again, but its a race car, on E85, I bet you would never notice. I have wastegates too.
Damn big fella! That's the offer of the century, I'll have to come down and get it and check out the build of the yellow-moco monster!!
