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Originally posted by eclipse982nrRST We have had plenty of support of members here on 2gnt that want tubular / equal length manifolds...thats the not problem I see. The problem I see is that no one wants to the money to get one. Some members have PM'd me about making them one of my designs, and I give them the price...$450 shipped. Is this a high price? No it is not. You have to take into mind...my design manifold, just in fittings and piping, I have $130, flange $75, turbo flange $40, wastegate flange $25...this does not include the time into making a collector which is a pain in the dick, and then making the manifold on the car...about 8-10 hours of labor. People PM me and I give them the price and they are like "whoa, thats out of my range" ... well, you want some a stainless tubular manifold for 150 bucks like a log style, not happening. Anyway, I am just saying the support is here, its just to me it seems, people want these things cheaper and it wont happen from me or a vendor if they produce them. Loook at OBX, theirs are what, $250-$300 and they dont even fit.... "YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR"
I think this is funny because people really do need to understand that this is not the same old tubular manifold and it really does take time to make, and make fit correctly. I don't think your asking price is unreasonable at all, I personally can't justify spending the money on one currently when to me the log manifold is working out just fine. However, if I wanted the car to be a show car also I would jump on it as soon as I had money, or if I had the rest of the car setup the way I want and had some extra cash laying around I would get one. IMO your asking price is very reasonable, $300 labor, for a full days work on something that normally people would probably have to pay in the range of 60-90/hr for if they went to a local shop who would be willing to do this, not to mention they'd need the car and would need a lot more time than you since you've already do the R&D
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