ebay maniflold?

Mon May 19, 2008 10:33 pm

has any one managed to get a 3inch downpipe on turbod e30 325i using the ebay manifold? if so any pics please

Tue May 20, 2008 8:22 am

NO is the short of it a 3 inch downpipe will fit but you have to batter the firewall to fit past the steering coupling.
plus the ebay manifold requires a strenghting support as it will bend anad crack if not supported lots of info on the site use the search facility
regards
Ben

Tue May 20, 2008 8:35 am

fowler wrote:NO is the short of it a 3 inch downpipe will fit but you have to batter the firewall to fit past the steering coupling.
plus the ebay manifold requires a strenghting support as it will bend anad crack if not supported lots of info on the site use the search facility
regards
Ben

no ben ,if you buy the better from the 3 prices on sale ,you dont have any issus

Tue May 20, 2008 8:41 am

ok mate but they are all crap compared to my one anyway !!!! ( now mine has been moleted for more power gaines )
its just my opinion but TBH i would not use 3inch down pipe as 3 inch exhaust pipe is hard to fit ask ANT and Mr fozzy monster

Tue May 20, 2008 8:44 am

fowler wrote:ok mate but they are all crap compared to my one anyway !!!! ( now mine has been moleted for more power gaines )
its just my opinion but TBH i would not use 3inch down pipe as 3 inch exhaust pipe is hard to fit ask ANT and Mr fozzy monster

lol

true about the 3in pipe,you wont on the ebay manifold plus you will need a remote oil filter set up

Tue May 20, 2008 9:16 am

It's not THAT bad

although speed bumps are now taken very slowley

There's plenty of room for a 3inch pipe under the car, under the rear beam is very tight and my bracket holds the exhaust almost onto the rear beam to stop it bashing everything.

I would suggest a side exit if I was going to do it again, or do a bottom mount turbo and avoid running the downpipe down the bulkhead.

Fozz.

Tue May 20, 2008 9:23 am

It's not THAT bad although speed bumps are now taken very slowley

There's plenty of room for a 3inch pipe under the car, under the rear beam is very tight and my bracket holds the exhaust almost onto the rear beam to stop it bashing everything.

I would suggest a side exit if I was going to do it again, or do a bottom mount turbo and avoid running the downpipe down the bulkhead.

Fozz.

ture a under mount turbo would be good but space is at a premuim down there

Tue May 20, 2008 4:04 pm

cheers for the feedback guys, fowler what manifold have you got? im getting the exhasut custom madefro me didnt no if there was any thing i could do to make it easier for them?? just as an update havent really bin on here much so far my turbo conversion has been interesting to say the least but block is all built up now just waiting for ant to ring me with the price for turbo and external wastgate. my walbro fuel pump shoul be here tomoz along with my spec clutch advised by ant the budget has gone out the window now just want it right!

Tue May 20, 2008 5:23 pm

well i have the exotic perfomance manifold which is bloody expensive nearly a grand i think paid for it
it has been molested to fit external wastegate though
dude PM with you number and details and i will get aprice for on a turbo.
What sort turbo set up are you gonna use as i need to know fro what type of turbo to supply.
Hve you got a wastgate yet ???
eg what boost etc . power figures and engine build and CR is preferable
and what type of delivery do you require !!!!

Tue May 20, 2008 5:32 pm

there you go mate, this is my ebay type manifold with 3" downpipe and external wastegate, no need to batter anything to get it to fit, all i did was relocate my oil filter..

Tue May 20, 2008 5:35 pm

where did you re-locate oil filter to ?
bit dark whwre is the wastegate located ???

Tue May 20, 2008 5:42 pm

wastegate is under the turbo mate vented to atmosphere, but mite reroot it to the downpipe if its too loud, and i relocated the oil filter on the out side of the chassis leg with the mocal kit.
really need to get my ass in gear and get my new motor in, times running out for santa pod.....

hope this helps

Tue May 20, 2008 5:45 pm

be careful with that mocal kit as mine the flow was stamped the wrong way round and it blew the pipe causing some detremental effects to my engine.

Tue May 20, 2008 5:53 pm

cheers, il keep an eye on that one,il cry if i blow my nice new motor..

i have all the oil gauges to keep an eye on, its all trile and error with me really being in guernsey, ve had to do all the work myself, soon as its running well it will be going straight to ant for a once over and a tune. then thats where the fun begins....

Tue May 20, 2008 5:57 pm

if its going to ant it will need maping so run it NA all the way to ants mate to stop any unfortunate problkems occuring enroute
Got a big wallet as you will see all the goodies he has down there and you always want some of it.
What engine combination did you go for in the rossle ???

Tue May 20, 2008 6:15 pm

yeah i was thinkin about removing the wastegate spring for the first thousand miles,
i have a large holset hybrid, tubular manifold, tial 44mm wastegate, tial 50mm bov, huge intercooler, 3" downpipe, ppf adjustable vernier pully, sachs 618 pressure plate with 6 puk clutch, cat cams turbo cam, oringed and welded head, fully rebult block with arp mains and head studs, milled and ballenced pistons for 8.0cr, shot peened and balenced rods, ballenced crank, megasquirt and waste spark, but im thinking of getting rid, and going for autronic sm4 instead, off the top of my head i cant think of much more for the engine side, but since i done that i ended up getting willwood brakes up front and polybushings eibach antirollbars, had the diif hanger redesigned with twin billet ally hangers, the list goes on and on really mate, and theres still loads to do, it will never truely be finished....
its fair to say i think i might have gone over board, but it should drive like a new car because it basically is...

Tue May 20, 2008 6:25 pm

diff hanger was that off the zone ???
bloody hell no wonder its cost you a fortune
i have done exactly the same mate its easy to get carried away i am in the mid of doing some more mods
What holset
HX35, HX40, or the old favourite H1C

Tue May 20, 2008 6:39 pm

its more, a hx40, 16cm housing, and i also have an 18cm housing too, with the diff hanger, il get some pics on the weekend, i welded the original one all round, then one the other side i got a piece of billet ally made for it with a bushing, and made a mount to the beam, should be strong enough, its all a bit overkill really as im only gonna take it to around 450whp, but i want the option to take it well above that, and if that motor blows il build a fully forged one, my main aim was to have the highest powered 2.5 in the uk. as i know most people go for 2.7 when high powered turbo, but i thought i would do it different..
we will have to do a duel at the pod,
if i ever get it finished........

Tue May 20, 2008 6:44 pm

defo mate i will need to get mine finished too needs a few more goodies bolting on

please could you takes some pics as i think i might have to get one made or some thing similar
as i have pulled out 2 of my diff bolts and popped a rear anti roll bar ling have an idead for re-inforcing the diff carrier plate to take the extra BHP and torque..

Tue May 20, 2008 7:20 pm

yeah ok mate hopefully should be takin my old motor out and dropping my new one in on the weekend, so il take a load of pics for you then, think it was 1/4 inch or 1/2 inch billet that was used?
need to find myself a 3.15 diff yet too.
just cant wait to drive it, whats yours like? do you get much traction? im a bit worried about that when santa pod comes as il be running street tyres, 205/50/15s!!!!!