exhaust manifold
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how are you measuring egt's to determin they're too hot?
whats the spec of the car/engine?
K03 based manifold supports >300bhp when ported fine
whats the spec of the car/engine?
K03 based manifold supports >300bhp when ported fine
its that yellow cupra r you fiddled about with bill when i brought my mk4 ibiza cupra up ihi up with the silly tip.
you put a bmc filter on the yellow one and gained 10bhp from better air flow as it was have turbalance in the maf if i remember.
standard engine with a k04 on it
no egt gauge fitted to car....
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when i give it some beans the manifold glows red hot ,so im takin it they will be high got egt prob on the way but not fitted yet want a manifold to stop this and its 1 of the last mods it needs then rods and back to u to up the boost bill haha what manifold fold you got in stock bill ?and what would u say is the best for my set up thanks .. iv fitted a bigger front mount now as well so inlet temp will hopefully be down on last time and a oil cooler as oil temp was 110 120 when hot...( that mk4 4 with the tt map haha 
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when i give it some beans the manifold glows red hot ,so im takin it they will be high got egt prob on the way but not fitted yet want a manifold to stop this and its 1 of the last mods it needs then rods and back to u to up the boost bill haha what manifold fold you got in stock bill ?and what would u say is the best for my set up thanks .. iv fitted a bigger front mount now as well so inlet temp will hopefully be down on last time and a oil cooler as oil temp was 110 120 when hot...( that mk4 4 with the tt map haha
Scrap manifold, buy rods and go serious power with a gt28 or 30 your just chasing numbers that ain't going to come! Your not gping to get much from a manifold maybe 5bhp, itl need a down pipe fabricated to if you bought a manifold so looking at 1500 with labour I'd say easy for 5bhp?? Pointless just leave it as it is or go all out doth a real turbo!
It's mods that's ain't going to make the car worth anymore so it's dead money
i can get my mate to take head of and fit manifold and new down pipe for 200 pound well im there he can fit new timing belt and water pump cars not going any were so may as well do it ,its not for the bhp im doing it,its so i dont cook the turbo and i need to spend my money on something lol
That car has had same turbo fitted since "Turbo boy" built the car, I hammered it and I'd imagine turbo boy and glen the guy I bought it off hammered it, the turbo will not cook if it was it would of happend by now?
Take it from me you seen me spend like 15k on my gt30 if it ain't broke it don't need fixing!
Rods and then big power with big turbo or leave what u got as it is
Take it from me you seen me spend like 15k on my gt30 if it ain't broke it don't need fixing!
Rods and then big power with big turbo or leave what u got as it is
Pardon my ignorance (and I'm probably way off track here) but isn't a hot exhaust manifold a potential sign of lean running? Or is it just the amount of power your cars are putting out?
guys..
rag your STANDARD cupra up the nearest hill and when you get to the top, leave engine running and open the bonnet... best done at dusk time for full effect
it will be glowing
why you fretting about it.?
unless you are measuring egt's you are just speculating on whats occuring
ported k03 manifold supports 332bhp when asked to do so... the runners are adequate for that level
rag your STANDARD cupra up the nearest hill and when you get to the top, leave engine running and open the bonnet... best done at dusk time for full effect
it will be glowing
why you fretting about it.?
unless you are measuring egt's you are just speculating on whats occuring
ported k03 manifold supports 332bhp when asked to do so... the runners are adequate for that level
thats cos our standard manifold dont flow to good mate bit of work but worth the upgrade id say
You just won't listen will you.. From the moment you got the car you have been trying to find faults that arnt even there. You have change parts that have never needed changing like intercooler, when bill mapped the car I said is the intercooler ok and he said yes its fine,the pipe work was fine also,I know this because I fitted it al and you had it smoked testedl. IMO your weeing your money up the wall. If your happy with the power then just enjoy what you have, I know the car was plenty fast enough (13.8 1/4 mile in road trim). Loads of people have told you the car is fine stop fussing.
The options are leave it and stop spending money pointlessly,keep wasting your money or if you want more power, like your mate said go big turbo.
I'd love to see some pics of the car though please
Ive got a bigger mani 9n my k03s thinks its an ina or atp one csnt remembee but mine still glows red lol
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