mazdaformance turbo protege

[cornflaykes]

hey fellas does anyone know what manifold and size turbo they are using the kit looks so nice, but dont know how well it is working. anyone have any info. here is a pic

sorry it's so big

 

[Kooldino]

Man, never saw that before...but...SWEET!

 

[LinuxRacr]

I saw that at Hot Import Nights, and so did Ben. He may know more of what kind of turbo is in there. The guy who brought it said that he was gonna re-route the piping.

 

[cornflaykes]

i am going to call them tomorrow to see if they will sell or make more or get the number from who made it. if they wont i will be buying spoolin's manifold.
hey spoolinmp3 are you going to make a stainless version of yours or do you already have it. if so i am very interested.....

 

[spoolinmp3]

Cornflakes. I will ask Steve my fabber to see if he will do this. The problem with stainless steel is its thermal expansion properties.

Just as a reference stainless steel expands 50% more under turbo heat temps than mild steel. Expansion then has to be considered in the design. Longer runners will be needed and all welding will have to take the expansion properties of SS in order to have a stainless steel turbo manifold to last atleast 10,000 miles.

This is why we do not use SS and mild steel.
I understand the bling of stainless is purty. I love the look too. When selling something that has to go thru the demanding rigors like a turbo manifold, reliabilty has to take precedence over form and beauty.

Regardless I will check tommorow for you. But I will not provide a 1 year warranty on the SS manifold if I decide to do it.

 

[spoolinmp3]

Taking a closer look at that design. it looks similar to our shorty tubular manifold. I can get it jet coated for you in a cerama-chrome or you can do it yourself. This gives that shiny look to it. Big ben and traveler have coated there headers with this stuff. Very nice indeedy

Here is a link to travelers website showing the ceramic chrome. I think he made the headers out of mild steel and ceramic coated them. This same coating can be applied to our manifolds.

http://www.geocities.com/traveler12820/ceramicheader.html

 

[cornflaykes]

thanks for the info after seeing that link i am going to get your manifold but w/ the external wastegate mount flange. aand how much extra is that coating usually run........

 

[spoolinmp3]

I think its like a 100 beans.