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umsports · 03-22-2005, 10:13 PM

Hey Guys,

Megan has been working on the new KA-T stainless steel manifolds for probably 6 months...

We have had awesome success with their SR20DET manifolds and the KA-T's are being made by the same manufacturer overseas....(It's gonna be a high quality product)

I'm going to be posting pics and specs tomorrow of the new KA-T turbo exhaust manifold, as I'm pretty dang excited about this....

MSRP is set at $350, and we will be releasing them for $199...

Stay tuned...

Chris
UM Sports

P.S.- Here's a pic of their SR20DET manifold....also $199!

ALTRNTV · 03-22-2005, 10:20 PM

These better be stronger than the SSA ones.

umsports · 03-22-2005, 10:22 PM

I promise they will....

We already have looked at the SS Autochrome POS's and are making sure we are in no way similar to them...lol...

SimpleS14 · 03-22-2005, 10:23 PM

Is it simliar to SSA where you can use SR aftermarket parts (i.e. FMIC kit, downpipe) ?

umsports · 03-22-2005, 10:27 PM

That I will need to check-on, not sure...

ALTRNTV · 03-22-2005, 10:30 PM

MR is coming up nicely these days. I remember buying their universal N1 exhausts for my s13 3 years ago, before they were even known.

umsports · 03-22-2005, 10:33 PM

Yeah, I have been working with them for almost two years....Back when the only thing they had for 240SX's were exhaust...

They make all the prototypes in Los Angeles, and then they are sent overseas and replicated....explaining how they are able to make their parts so cheaply...

sticky240 · 03-22-2005, 10:44 PM

no love for SOHC...haha oh well. Sounds like a good deal cheap and good quality

infinitexsound · 03-22-2005, 10:53 PM

hmmmm what turbo is it gonna be made for... i would like to use my t3/t4.... but yeah must be better then ssa those are crap....i like the idea of a good quality SS one for a very good price

umsports · 03-22-2005, 10:54 PM

I believe T3/T4, this was the original idea....and I dont think this has changed...

*Jeff240sx* · 03-22-2005, 10:55 PM

Any pics for the KA-T manifold? Please realize that the MR sr20det manifold shares alot with the SSA manifold:

-Jeff

umsports · 03-22-2005, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by umsports

I'm going to be posting pics and specs tomorrow of the new KA-T turbo exhaust manifold

Let me interpret the above message into English......I'm going to be posting pics and specs tomorrow....JK

How's it been Jeff? How are the coilovers working out?

umsports · 03-22-2005, 11:08 PM

Jeff, yeah I realize the manifolds are identical, as I believe Megan copied SS Autochromes design...or vice versa..I've done forgot the story...

But the material is different between the two, and the Megan one is much stronger and the holes are ported much better with no debris left loose in the runners...

turbozxi · 03-22-2005, 11:12 PM

People already have been using the sr20det manifold for awhile haven't they? If so are they known to crack? Where the customer reviews.

umsports · 03-22-2005, 11:39 PM

Yeah, I'd be curious to hear this as well....

That would be fair and unbiased...

Just make sure you aren't posting reviews about your SS Autochrome manifold!

TK · 03-22-2005, 11:40 PM

thas not a bad lookin manifold, and a good price to boot... do you have any specs on the what type of stainless they used?

*Jeff240sx* · 03-22-2005, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turbozxi

People already have been using the sr20det manifold for awhile haven't they? If so are they known to crack? Where the customer reviews.

OBX, SSAutochrome, Stone Racing, Megan Racing, and literally dozens of other companies had the same (insert forgotten manifold maker's name here) company make manifolds for them.
So - they all got lumped as "SS Autochrome", and no distinction of cracking has been made between companies as far as I know. They all just got the bad reputation.

Again, do you have preliminary photos of the KA-T manifold? Or a description (equal length? semi-EL? Flange thickness? Turbo placement? Downpipe to be used? ect...)
-Jeff

umsports · 03-23-2005, 12:00 AM

Jeff, I dont want to say anything specs wise, until I know 100% what they ended up with...

I promise to post back on here tomorrow with a full spec sheet...

I'll also ask about the SS Autochrome connection and see what I can decipher...

Megan has made it very clear they aren't using the same manufacturer....So, I'll dig a little deeper...

turbozxi · 03-23-2005, 12:11 AM

Good info.

AN89HATCH · 03-23-2005, 03:44 AM

we need more ka24e support

sideviewcivic · 03-23-2005, 04:17 AM

either way. if i pick one up im slotting the bracket for heat expansion and welding stress bars and getting the damn thing jet-hot coated. Once done it should last along time considering only Full-race, revhard, boostdesigns seem to only have turbo maifolds that aren't prone to failure. altho the boostdesign one has not had long term use from its customers. I still prefer his setup over the MR one. altho a better exhaust wheel would be nice for quick spool applications.

KOUKI KA-T · 03-23-2005, 05:26 AM

damn I'd really like to pick one up... but the similarity to SSAC is really sketching me out... Any kind of warranty on these things in case it decides to fall apart in 2 months like the SSAC ones?

*Jeff240sx* · 03-23-2005, 09:03 AM

Again.. that pic above is the first SSA/MR manifold made for a 240sx. And was a bottom mount, stock location sr20det manifold. There was a similarity in those.
However, we don't know what's comming up with the KA manifold.
-Jeff

umsports · 03-23-2005, 09:24 AM

Hey Guys,

Megan will open in about two hours, and I will grab the information then...

Thanks...

kay_arsen · 03-23-2005, 05:51 PM

they should peice together a turbo kit like ssauto does on ebay

ka power

shawn_16 · 03-24-2005, 12:08 AM

will there be a bottom mount ka24de turbo manifold available?

Johny5 · 03-25-2005, 11:29 AM

please don't let this die, updates? i'm about ready to buy a manifold for a t3.

*sykikchimp* · 03-25-2005, 12:56 PM

ALL tubular manifolds will crack at some point. It's the nature of the beast. Some sooner, some later. From what I can tell with the current mani's on the market, Installation has more to do with it than anything. i.e. making sure they are supported properly, and that the downpipes aren't allowed to pull away from the bell housing.

Siizzzoooo · 04-04-2005, 08:34 AM

I have the pleasure of test fitting this manifold and posting pix of the fitment.

Here are the pictures you guys have been waiting for

picture requests welcome

Ritz S14 · 04-04-2005, 09:32 AM

bump for specs.

03-22-2005, 10:13 PM	#1
umsports Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: usa Posts: 1,016 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: umsports Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Megan Racing KA-T Manifolds, $199... Hey Guys, Megan has been working on the new KA-T stainless steel manifolds for probably 6 months... We have had awesome success with their SR20DET manifolds and the KA-T's are being made by the same manufacturer overseas....(It's gonna be a high quality product) I'm going to be posting pics and specs tomorrow of the new KA-T turbo exhaust manifold, as I'm pretty dang excited about this.... MSRP is set at $350, and we will be releasing them for $199... Stay tuned... Chris UM Sports P.S.- Here's a pic of their SR20DET manifold....also $199! __________________ 2010 R35 GTR 600whp @21 PSI (E85) 1998 RB26DETT 240SX 810whp@28lbs

03-22-2005, 10:22 PM	#3
umsports Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: usa Posts: 1,016 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: umsports Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I promise they will.... We already have looked at the SS Autochrome POS's and are making sure we are in no way similar to them...lol... __________________ 2010 R35 GTR 600whp @21 PSI (E85) 1998 RB26DETT 240SX 810whp@28lbs

03-22-2005, 10:27 PM	#5
umsports Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: usa Posts: 1,016 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: umsports Feedback Score: 0 reviews	That I will need to check-on, not sure... __________________ 2010 R35 GTR 600whp @21 PSI (E85) 1998 RB26DETT 240SX 810whp@28lbs

03-22-2005, 10:33 PM	#7
umsports Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: usa Posts: 1,016 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: umsports Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yeah, I have been working with them for almost two years....Back when the only thing they had for 240SX's were exhaust... They make all the prototypes in Los Angeles, and then they are sent overseas and replicated....explaining how they are able to make their parts so cheaply... __________________ 2010 R35 GTR 600whp @21 PSI (E85) 1998 RB26DETT 240SX 810whp@28lbs Last edited by umsports; 03-22-2005 at 10:53 PM..

03-22-2005, 10:44 PM	#8
sticky240 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Moreno Valley, CA Age: 42 Posts: 468 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	no love for SOHC...haha oh well. Sounds like a good deal cheap and good quality __________________ Guh-Noo-Beez

03-22-2005, 10:20 PM	#2
ALTRNTV Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Western Conference Posts: 9,429 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	These better be stronger than the SSA ones.

03-22-2005, 10:23 PM	#4
SimpleS14 Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Philly Age: 41 Posts: 9,185 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: SimpleS14 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Is it simliar to SSA where you can use SR aftermarket parts (i.e. FMIC kit, downpipe) ?

03-22-2005, 10:30 PM	#6
ALTRNTV Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Western Conference Posts: 9,429 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	MR is coming up nicely these days. I remember buying their universal N1 exhausts for my s13 3 years ago, before they were even known.

03-22-2005, 10:53 PM	#9
infinitexsound Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: INtraweb Age: 41 Posts: 3,522 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	hmmmm what turbo is it gonna be made for... i would like to use my t3/t4.... but yeah must be better then ssa those are crap....i like the idea of a good quality SS one for a very good price __________________ S14 TrackSlut coming to a raceway near you... 510 TimeAttack on its way...

03-22-2005, 10:54 PM	#10
umsports Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: usa Posts: 1,016 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: umsports Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I believe T3/T4, this was the original idea....and I dont think this has changed... __________________ 2010 R35 GTR 600whp @21 PSI (E85) 1998 RB26DETT 240SX 810whp@28lbs

03-22-2005, 10:55 PM	#11
Jeff240sx I hate you too... Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tampa, FL Age: 41 Posts: 5,828 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Jeff240sx Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Any pics for the KA-T manifold? Please realize that the MR sr20det manifold shares alot with the SSA manifold: -Jeff __________________ Whatup?

03-22-2005, 11:08 PM	#13
umsports Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: usa Posts: 1,016 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: umsports Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Jeff, yeah I realize the manifolds are identical, as I believe Megan copied SS Autochromes design...or vice versa..I've done forgot the story... But the material is different between the two, and the Megan one is much stronger and the holes are ported much better with no debris left loose in the runners... __________________ 2010 R35 GTR 600whp @21 PSI (E85) 1998 RB26DETT 240SX 810whp@28lbs

03-22-2005, 11:12 PM	#14
turbozxi Zilvia Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 175 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	People already have been using the sr20det manifold for awhile haven't they? If so are they known to crack? Where the customer reviews.

03-22-2005, 11:39 PM	#15
umsports Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: usa Posts: 1,016 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: umsports Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yeah, I'd be curious to hear this as well.... That would be fair and unbiased... Just make sure you aren't posting reviews about your SS Autochrome manifold! __________________ 2010 R35 GTR 600whp @21 PSI (E85) 1998 RB26DETT 240SX 810whp@28lbs

03-22-2005, 11:40 PM	#16
TK Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: socal Age: 43 Posts: 304 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	thas not a bad lookin manifold, and a good price to boot... do you have any specs on the what type of stainless they used?

03-23-2005, 12:00 AM	#18
umsports Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: usa Posts: 1,016 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: umsports Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Jeff, I dont want to say anything specs wise, until I know 100% what they ended up with... I promise to post back on here tomorrow with a full spec sheet... I'll also ask about the SS Autochrome connection and see what I can decipher... Megan has made it very clear they aren't using the same manufacturer....So, I'll dig a little deeper... __________________ 2010 R35 GTR 600whp @21 PSI (E85) 1998 RB26DETT 240SX 810whp@28lbs

03-23-2005, 12:11 AM	#19
turbozxi Zilvia Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 175 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Good info.

03-23-2005, 03:44 AM	#20
AN89HATCH Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: BAY AREA Posts: 393 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	we need more ka24e support __________________ slide your ride.com

03-23-2005, 04:17 AM	#21
sideviewcivic BANNED Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere north of mexico Age: 39 Posts: 356 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	either way. if i pick one up im slotting the bracket for heat expansion and welding stress bars and getting the damn thing jet-hot coated. Once done it should last along time considering only Full-race, revhard, boostdesigns seem to only have turbo maifolds that aren't prone to failure. altho the boostdesign one has not had long term use from its customers. I still prefer his setup over the MR one. altho a better exhaust wheel would be nice for quick spool applications.

03-23-2005, 05:26 AM	#22
KOUKI KA-T Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Portland, Maine Posts: 1,085 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	damn I'd really like to pick one up... but the similarity to SSAC is really sketching me out... Any kind of warranty on these things in case it decides to fall apart in 2 months like the SSAC ones? __________________ My car has been sold

03-23-2005, 09:03 AM	#23
Jeff240sx I hate you too... Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tampa, FL Age: 41 Posts: 5,828 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Jeff240sx Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Again.. that pic above is the first SSA/MR manifold made for a 240sx. And was a bottom mount, stock location sr20det manifold. There was a similarity in those. However, we don't know what's comming up with the KA manifold. -Jeff __________________ Whatup?

03-23-2005, 09:24 AM	#24
umsports Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: usa Posts: 1,016 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: umsports Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Hey Guys, Megan will open in about two hours, and I will grab the information then... Thanks... __________________ 2010 R35 GTR 600whp @21 PSI (E85) 1998 RB26DETT 240SX 810whp@28lbs

03-23-2005, 05:51 PM	#25
kay_arsen Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: kitchener Posts: 184 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	they should peice together a turbo kit like ssauto does on ebay ka power __________________ ﻱ

03-24-2005, 12:08 AM	#26
shawn_16 Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 156 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	will there be a bottom mount ka24de turbo manifold available?

03-25-2005, 11:29 AM	#27
Johny5 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Dallas, Tx Age: 39 Posts: 3,221 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	please don't let this die, updates? i'm about ready to buy a manifold for a t3. __________________ www.stewartleask.com

03-25-2005, 12:56 PM	#28
sykikchimp WOW addicted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the moon Age: 43 Posts: 6,525 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ALL tubular manifolds will crack at some point. It's the nature of the beast. Some sooner, some later. From what I can tell with the current mani's on the market, Installation has more to do with it than anything. i.e. making sure they are supported properly, and that the downpipes aren't allowed to pull away from the bell housing. __________________

04-04-2005, 08:34 AM	#29
Siizzzoooo Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Murfreesboro,TN Posts: 1,355 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I have the pleasure of test fitting this manifold and posting pix of the fitment. Here are the pictures you guys have been waiting for picture requests welcome __________________ 2004 Honda S2000 NFR \| 2007 Acura TL CBP \| Project *Coming Soon*

04-04-2005, 09:32 AM	#30
Ritz S14 Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: C A L I F O R N I A Age: 42 Posts: 3,586 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	bump for specs.