Godspeed Project

[punk138]

my friend rocks that mani for almost 1.5 years now.

no problems so far. his last aluminum mani cracked within weeks.

im prolly gonna get the same mani.

[S14_Kouki]

Originally Posted by punk138

my friend rocks that mani for almost 1.5 years now.

no problems so far. his last aluminum mani cracked within weeks.

im prolly gonna get the same mani.

Iv only seen one aluminum turbo manifold and it was on a drag civic and the manifold melted off the car by the 1000ft mark.

[lob@ller]

I'll probably catch flak for this but I'm gonna offer some real world input. When I had my last s14, I bought A LOT of cheap parts and threw them on. For example - the MDU coilovers on ebay. Matched with a complete set of Godspeed adjustable suspension components. Honest to god I never had ONE problem. BUT... I did not slam my car to the ground, I did not drift, drag or auto-x. It was an automatic daily driver that my WIFE and I drove to work about 3 times a week. The car was lowered about 2.5" all the way around. The suspension improved the handling of the car drastically at highway speeds and for an occasional spirited drive through some twisties. Almost no body roll. Everything fit perfectly. The ride was decent enough that my wife did not complain. Nothing ever broke. The alignment was perfect. The coils did not blow and I put over 7000 miles on that setup with no problems. But the moral of the story is, I would only use those parts in certain circumstances. If you are going to be racing/drifting the car occasionally, then yeah maybe. But if you are doing that stuff on a weekly basis, I would recommend something of higher quality. This rule of thumb is cliche but it definitely applies---
you can have two of the following but never all three-
fast
reliable
cheap

My car was cheap and reliable.

[DALAZ_68]

Originally Posted by S14_Kouki

THIS^^^^ or just invest in a good quality manifold.

pretty much the only sentence i can agree with in this thread...

[pyshin]

You get what you pay for.