interestingly enough, Vibrant is coming out with a uniquely designed turbo manifold for the SR20… it looks nothing like the Megan / SSautochrome etc… it is fresh.
i have been speaking with a gentleman from vibrant recently, think he may be one of the big-boys there but i am not sure, and he is interested in doing a group buy for it when they are ready to launch it.
this is what he has to say about it:
It’s unlike anything else on
the market and we would love to work with you to get them out on the
market. We would be happy to do a group buy for them at a smoking deal
to get them in people’s hands and get the word out. The manifolds are
made of T304 Stainless Steel. The primaries are 3mm thick so you don’t
have to worry about cracking due to thermal expansion like other
manifolds on the market. Best of all, they are as close to equal length
as you are going to get with a manifold for this car (unlike the HPI
manifold, where only 3 primaries are equal length and one is much
shorter). Our design also allows for a proper merge collector, unlike
other models. In my opinion, it’s the best turbo manifold on the market
for the 240’s with the SR20 swap.
of course i showed him the full-race mani after he said this, but none the less it sounds like an impressive piece.
as for pics, go here:
http://www.vibrantperformance.com/products/catalog05/pg06-07.pdf
then look at the bottom right of the second page.
the list of info is not correct, i dont believe it is a top-mount because it then wouldnt mount to stock turbo. it says for S14/S15 but i will have themn change that as well.
it does not look like the SSautochrome / megan pictured here:
http://www.meganracing.com/uploadImage/regular/s14%20header.jpg
these or course are copies of the HKS manifold, or close to it.
the Vibrant piece will retail for under $1000 canadian, but if we get a group buy going it will likely be in the $600 range CAD. and i am sure we could arrange to pick up as opposed to ship to save more $$$.