Ok so now there is no excuse.. i have full vband downpipe with the BRACKET connecting to the block and i have a flex pipe RIGHT ON THE MIDDLE OF THE DOWNPIPE RIGHT AFTER THE primary o2 sensor....this is rididculous.. i got A LEMON MANIFOLD.... PAUL @ DEZOD where are you im crying...

 

really? damn dude.

 

again? and it is ofcourse pauls fault? just take it and get rewelded. if this is your 3rd manifold, i don't think it is dezod's fault yet. take some pics.

 

damn man wtf. more picture's?

 

there is obviously something defective on the manifold's there cracking left and right.

 

he went through 2 manifolds before because he didn't use the dounut gasket that dezod supplies with their kits.

after the first one he broke, dezod sold him a new manifold at cost, then when he cracked that one, paul asked him to take and send him pictures of his exhaust system, and boom, solid exhaust system, no flex, which was why the manifold was cracking.

i believe both times it was cracked around the flange right? where is it cracked this time?

 

This is my 3rd crack on THIS manifold alone.. and yes i have a flex pipe RIGHT AFTER the primary o2 sensor and i also have a bracket UNDERNEATH the flex pipe conecting the downpipe to the block so there is NO PULLING whatsoever.. the weight of the turbo alone is cracking the manifold.. this thing is ____ing me off. Its not pauls fault, but this mani i have was one of the first he released to the public i believe.. and i think its a lemon.

 

its cracked at the flange... i went to the best welder within 50 miles of me.. he welds stuff for construction companys that make like retarded ____.. and no manifold is going to crack because a donut gasket, it was supposedly cuz i had no spring bolts.. but i know ppl who have all that and still crack.. and i did better and got a flex pipe right after the bend in the downpipe from turbo and it still went.

 

uhm...well...let me think alittle about this, okay, maybe the down-pipe and s-pipe are supposed to help support the turbo from the bottom, which is why they use a donut gasket to support the weight of the turbo? but the flex pipes provide less or no support? just a theory.

my point is that this isn't really a proper dezod kit, it was not installed in the manner that the maker designed it to be. does that make sense?

 

the other problem can be EGT's. do you know what yours are? that could also be causing your manifold to crack from stress.

 

drax, if your talking about him having a bigger turbo yada yada......look at the dude that put a 67mm on.....soflo.....did it crack at the same weld? what are your egt's? get a new manifold, other then dezods.

 

um paul agreed with me the flex would help, the exhaust is not SUPPOSED to help support the turbo up. and if it was my setup currently still does because i have a bracket connecting the downpipe to the block so it doesnt move at all below the flex.

 

doesnt matter what my EGT's are this time around.. i cant even enter boost without the car studdering cuz it is untuned for boost the last 3 weeks, ive ben cruising never nearly entering boost

 

I was really excited to go aim for 500whp this coming weekend but i guess now i wont be.. jesus im running out of money, i wish i could pickup a damn sponsor lmao

 

hrmm....un necessary vibration? say motor mounts or anything>

 

i have motormounts and balance shaft removed. still a manifold should be made to hold up to that.

 

im sure it should....but maybe just a thought....i went cast for this reason alone lol.....best of luck man.....i dont want to hit 500 before you:p.....just give paul a call tomorrow and get that ____ sorted.....something is way wrong for you to go through 3 manifolds like this

 

this is my 2nd manifold.. the first one was the old dezod one like back in early 07 where it was weaker steel.. but on this new 3 series steel mani this is the 3rd crack.. retardedddd

 

good call but dont think thats exactly it...iv had my poly motor mounts on for a good 6months and didnt have any issues with my log mani cracking...but again it wasnt a Dezod mani.

 

gosh, i hope my luck is better, but i have a turbotoyotas log manifold...