Found this on ebay....seems pretty intersting and economical. Wasabi's manfold is 3 times the price.
These are made in thailand...A buddy of mine with a 2jz has had one of these on his car for 2 years now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WD1V

 

before anyone bashes chinese-built stuff being cheap, etc...
i saw something on an indepth report about how china handles currency rates...

it seems that they forcibly change it to favor their exporting businesses... the dollar exchange rate is low when exporting items... but when some company sells items overseas from the US to china, the rate is different and causes the prices to be much more...
this obviously favors chinese companies and its very similar to an import tariff that we see in england and france, etc but its done via currency exchange rates...

what might be a $300 manifold to us, in true currency exchange, might be like $1000 if it were truly correct... the us government is going after china about this, so it may not last long...

 

interesting....but this is not chinese

 

I was going to say the same thing, I guess just building up posts

 

Wow, that is some price.

What turbo is your buddy running on the 2JZ with this make of manifold ?

 

I think he is running a t78

 

DAMNT!!! You can piece together a nice turbo kit with these things. ARGH!! I freaking should have waited, could have saved me over $1000!!!!! freaking greddy.

 

someone needs to take the plunge and buy one of these....

 

hhaha yeah it makes things a bit cheaper

If I go this route I will be running a
SP66 turbo
hks wastegate
custom 3 inch dp with vband


that coupled with all the parts needed such as gaskets, oil lines, fittings and a wideband and various other hardparts will cost about $2200, not bad for a single turbo upgrade

 

Are you SURE? just because the location says thailand doesnt mean its not made in china...

I'd bet money it was made in china; by the same company that XS-Power sources its manifolds from....

even tho, this is the same manifold I've been wanting to run since i noticed it on ebay about a month ago...
but I'll be getting a T61

 

im not sure but there is a big manifold company in Thailand that I know of that supplies many shops in south florida. I know those manifolds are thai for sure because I knew the importers and they had a facility in thailand that made all teh stuff. So I assumed this is from the same place. I could be wrong but I am pretty confident I am not

 

Hop on it Matt.... You were telling me you want to go single..

 

lol, i will be going single, just not till a year or so from now

 

I would take one for the team, but I already went the single route =(

 

If no one else does, I might be able to pick up the manifold sometime later this summer.