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On 6/14/2020 at 1:24 PM, MartinT said:I am beginning to get irritated with the TD UEL manifold. Let me explain.
The manifold has a peculiar shape that comes up into the engine bay and then goes down again. I know that it's designed for their turbo which sits high up in the bay. However, I went with a Harrop supercharger so there is no need for it. That would be fine if it wasn't for the huge amount of heat it brings into the bay, and worse still, the incredibly close brush with the top water hose. I have re-wrapped the exhaust three times and the water hose twice (Abbey also did it during the service) and, no matter how much I twist the hose to increase the gap, there is rubbing and eventually it wears the wrapping away causing contact and smoke. I've reached the point where I've had enough of it - it's a serious point of weakness in an otherwise strong car.
So, the question is: what other catless UEL manifold could I buy that gives the same or better performance, to replace the TD with? Preferably with a ceramic coating option. Will it be a straight swap? A remap is not a problem.
You should be able to twist the rad inlet hose so that the elbow which looks like it's contacting the manifold 'hump' points a bit further upwards giving you more clearance?
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The blogs aren't anywhere near as nice to read as a thread, it's very staccato.
Don't want to sound like a naysayer, but a standard forum thread is much nicer to read and look at.
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google 1/4 wave resonator
it's the same concept as sound cancelling headphones, but not dynamically adjusting and tuned for only a single frequency.
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10 hours ago, mr_db said:I really like the sound of this setup http://www.ft86speedfactory.com/ft86-catted-uel-header.html but I'm not sure you can get it for right hand drive. 😔
RHD / LHD, it makes no difference. the rack sits behind the engine so it has no bearing / effect on the design of a manifold.
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11 hours ago, gazza82 said:Add ~original after .jpg in the link ... voilà!
that won't last forever, Photobucket will put a stop to it and you're back to square one again.
Far better to just dump the service now.
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On 8/3/2017 at 0:56 PM, Gary p said:@Mr Slow I've run Perrin lightweight pulleys with no harmonic balancer for around 20000miles + got it turbo'd with no issue at all😁
Good for you. However if Toyota/Subaru didn't think a Harmonic balancer were needed they wouldn't fit one. 4 cylinder engines are inherently imbalanced, without a balancer you're going to be shortening engine life.
Personally I wouldn't trade a miniscule saving of weight for the potential of reduced reliability.
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I think the OP was more concerned with replacing the part whilst the car was still in warranty and potentially voiding said warranty
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Do the Cusco replacement crank pulley's incorporate a harmonic balancer?
If not I'd avoid like the plague OP, there's a very good reason harmonic balancers are fitted to cars.
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Why's the last picture a set of BC Racing coilovers with MX5 top hats
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Exactly.
I understand why Toyota have done it, but it's still an issue IMO.
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On 3/21/2016 at 1:21 PM, Mike@TD.co.uk said:We would be interested to work with someone who has a 100% factory car that we could run just the header with a remap to show the difference from the OE header.
Mike
1st post, but this is also me.
My car is 100% stock, but from all the reading I've done, a replacement manifold would solve the one issue the car has form the factory.
I also live in Warrington
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you removed the clamps first before rotating? twisting with it still clamped up won't work