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[truenosedan]

He's talking about the cast log type manifolds not the tubular stainless manifolds you are referring to.

yeah i wondered that as soon as i hit reply

probably still shit but anything would have to be better than the stainless ones

[lexsmaz]

at this price, why would you buy a copy?
http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/109400415

Sorry for my lack of currency knowledge, and being able to read these Japanese auction's, but what is the price ?? ..

[MR 1JZ]

Sorry for my lack of currency knowledge, and being able to read these Japanese auction's, but what is the price ?? ..

$480AUD buy it now...plus shipping, plus fees, plus broker fees

that would be nearly $700 once you got it...

[tomvale13]

I find the eBay inflatable women have far less character than the ones in the shops.

Although the cheap boost tee's seem to work okay till you can afford something better.

[Norminator]

He's talking about the cast log type manifolds not the tubular stainless manifolds you are referring to.

werd... for hangin tha killa snailz wit da mad spoolz.

for $250/ea, the copies are almost worth playing with... worst-case scenario, it ends up getting used for making a jig to construct that manifold you "should have made in the first place."

[Cuzzo]

I dont know why the stainless manifolds are so bad? Mine was fine.

[yoshimitsu9]

I dont know why the stainless manifolds are so bad? Mine was fine.

never tried it my self but from what ive heard, to stop the cracking people have just been bracing the turbo with a bracket to somthing solid and never had any issue

[Jabtronic]

$480AUD buy it now...plus shipping, plus fees, plus broker fees

that would be nearly $700 once you got it...

Yeah works out to be around $760 if you imported that through Import Monster for example, but you're paying them $125 (25%) in commission fees and $70 in GST. (They also seem to add a little bit extra to the shipping cost)

If you can find an importer in Japan it would be a bit cheaper cause they usually don't charge as much commission (I know a few who only charge 10%) and they don't have to charge you GST either.

[harolto]

i brought a BOV from Ebay, cost $25 and worked great on my RB20 with stock boost, made the adaptor my self for free mosterperformance was the seller i think,
also had a justjap intercooler and was fine

[Talasas]

I bought a BOV from FPI on eBay, has done a good job so far, ideal for around 1 bar boost and is plumb back. Sturdy as hell and machining seems pretty good. I can't remember the price it was a while ago but I can't see it being more than $60 if that.

I've bought all sorts of car parts on ebay but the vast majority of the stuff has been genuine brand name stuff.

[jeffro ra28]

$480AUD buy it now...plus shipping, plus fees, plus broker fees

that would be nearly $700 once you got it...

The genuine HKS cast 4agte manifolds can be bought relatively cheap in Australia

Pm for details.

That aside, 3 examples i have of t3/t4 ebay turbo's have been running for about a year with daily and track abuse

1jz, rb25, and rb20 engines

[Ben Wilson]

AC/DC Tig - around $1200, works very nicely.

Plasma cutter - around $300 - useless...

[70XIN]

ebay TIG (me) - great
intercooler (me/friends) - good
piping (me/friends) - good
digital scales 0.1g (me) - good
stainless turbo manifolds (friends) - failtown .. all have cracked, mainly at collector
cast manifolds (friends) - good
wastegates (friends) - awful. all of them leak, or can't hold boost well
various air tools (me) - good
dial indicator (me) - good

that's it for now!

[wa5]

Toymods does have fairly strict rules when it comes to posting up links to items for sale.

Members should probably look into this before posting links to ebay sellers...

...
I am not looking for a flaming contest, as I think an "Items I have seen on Ebay etc" thread would be a good thing (as are the ones I see on other sites) but as the current rules stand,(by my understanding) it isnt allowed here...
I am just letting other members know which way the wind blows.... all complaints and requests for clarrification, should be addressed to the management

Perhaps a Mod could expand on this a little?

[Z2TT]

I have been talking via MSN with a person from www.marsperformance.com, which is also an ebay store. I asked them about their Blow off valves, and they said that they are HKS replica's and use the same materials as HKS do.