turbo manifold

[falkofire]

the spool shorty, the full tubular..the begi...at what rpms do all of these manifolds hit full boots and the turbo is fully spooled?

 

[spoolinmp3]

Our shorty hits full boost at 3000 rpm. Our full tubey will hit full boost at 2750 and start building boost at 2000 rpm. However BEGI's maybe a little different since there intercooler setup is different then ours and alot of other factors come into play regarding turbo responsiveness

 

[falkofire]

now...str8 up...is it worth it to go full tubular rather than the shorty...?

 

[spoolinmp3]

pros:
better spool up
looks trick

cons:
more expensive

If you are not so concerned with spool up and want a nice system go with the shorty. If all out power is what u are after go for the full tubular

 

[Keith@FP]

Spoolup is affected by turbo sizing, manifold design, exhaust backpressure, downpipe design, boost controller and even altitude. It's very difficult to compare one setup to another.

Keith

 

[WESLEEPTHEYLIVE]

ARE ANY OF THESE MANIFOLDS EMISSIONS LEGAL?(DO THEY RETAIN THE CATS?)

 

[1sty]

The Fm one is fully legal as it retains all the cats

 

[WESLEEPTHEYLIVE]

And the spool turbo?

 

[1sty]

Removes the first cat thus is not fully carb legal as all emission equiptment is not retained.

 

[spoolinmp3]

Yes our manifold deletes the primary cat....similar to the MSP

 

[WESLEEPTHEYLIVE]

so all it will fail is the visual test right .....i take it if you bring the turbo to 0psi it will pass regular emissions?

 

[1sty]

It will pass emissions even at full boost.

 

[LinuxRacr]

It will pass emissions even at full boost.

Yeah, just not visual if the inspector knows what they are doing. It is illeagal to remove a CAT, but I don't care! Mine is gone due to the BEGI off-road downpipe.

 

[ARD MP5]

Does FM have an EO number?

 

[Keith@FP]

Not yet, but I've got a desk full of paperwork. It's unlikely that any turbo system would pass a sniffer test at full boost, by the way. It runs too rich.

Keith