Gt pumps exhaust manifold

[Rvr_HSG]

Hi guys, Ive done some searching and it seems that a few people have bought the ported evo 3 manifold from gt pumps but no one has really commented whether it was worth it the $380 for it? I want to keep the car as stock looking as possible so I'll either stay with the stock one or get the gt pumps one but just seeing g if the stock one is all that restrictive or will cause more lag than the gt pumps

Basically looking for comments on value for money

 

[murmylo]

Yea I have it seems good, good value for money, well made . Had a dodgy stainless steel one that was leaking. This hasn't had the same problems. Other option is fp manifold which looks sweet

 

[Rvr_HSG]

Yeah but I want it to look stock lol

 

[murmylo]

Get gt pumps Evo 3 then

 

[evo-gsr]

Look stock with a 3076 hanging off the front of engine?

LOL!!

You might also find that unless the housing has been changed that the 3076 wont bolt up to a stock frame manifold?

 

[evo-gsr]

Yeah but I want it to look stock lol

Fp does look stock. But only bolts up to stock frame turbo.

 

[Rvr_HSG]

Yeah the rear housing was changed to suit the stock manifold and dump setup. So that's why I was looking at the gt pumps manifold. And I have a 3" split dump ready too. I work for pwr and at the moment we're running 14hr days getting coolers ready for 2018 season. So I won't be till April when things calm down that I can start getting everything together. I got the Evo 5 ecu off eBay too. So all in all I think I'll easily hit my 200-220kw range. Tbh I think I'll be closer to 230-240 now. But we'll see how we go. I bought a 340lph pump I think 800cc Denso injectors will do fine but dunno if I should go low or high impedance. The car will not be tracked at all. It will only see boost when taking off at the lights and I feel the need to prove a point. Lol

So all that's left to buy is the injectors ported exhaust manifold, take the car to an exhaust shop and get a mandrel bent 3" affair and then a tune.

So what injectors would you get for my purpose? And would the car be safe to drive to the tune shop with the 3" tbe and all the other mods including a 600x300 front mount? I don't want it to running too lean. I'd obviously be gear changing by 2k-2.5k and very low throttle input. But the tuner I'll use will most likely be next up and thee like 45mins away.

 

[Rvr_HSG]

And it could still be stockish looking lol?

 

[EvoOne]

I bought the FP manifold whilst in the US. Looks pretty stock in my opinion.

 

[Rvr_HSG]

Ah awesome and did you find the response increase noticeably??

 

[EvoOne]

Ah awesome and did you find the response increase noticeably??

Haven't fitted it yet. My expectations are that it won't change response much.

I bought it because I wanted something more stock looking than the current spagetti type.

 

[Rvr_HSG]

Ah ok. I bought it to replace the stock one so hopefully the porting will make the gt3076 less laggy ha ha