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Originally Posted by TheRealSy90
True, but then you risk justifying the integrity of your manifold with a collector that may or may not be up to par with the rest of the manifold. Strength wise.
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Meh. That is less of an issue than you think. Vibrant makes great stuff for instance, but most Fabricators have a single or a few sources that they get the proper collector from and manifold material from.
Also, just buy from a reputable fabricator. Chances are, they are sourcing the proper material. Also, regardless of building your own or you sourcing them, most collectors are made from a small variety of SS and most material is either sourced from China or the US.
SS is resilient enough that small variations in SS makeup won't mark a noticeable difference unless you run into wild variations.
I trust Jon, as well as many other Fabricators, to get what is necessary. That's why I pay them the $$$ so I don't have to deal with all that
A Fabricators time is $$$. Why pay $50-$100 in material to spend 2-3 hours to make a collector, when they can just spend that same $100, buy a bunch and build several more manifolds in that time??
As the saying goes; sometimes the juice just aint worth the squeeze