The Kangaroos Team Manifold

[Broke4speed]

That is the wrong way of looking at it

Agreed. If people are willing to pay for expensive parts...then that demonstrates a potential future for more parts development. Nobody wants to spend their life savings making a part that nobody will buy unless they sell it at a huge loss.

 

[Radtap]

Agreed. If people are willing to pay for expensive parts...then that demonstrates a potential future for more parts development. Nobody wants to spend their life savings making a part that nobody will buy unless they sell it at a huge loss.

No development if the community shits all over you for common mistakes

 

[threewagons]

Add ze name to ze list!

IPD wear on early cam gears
eBay manifolds with flipped flanges
John V flat flywheels with wrong trigger pattern machined
JT Tuning badly fitting exhaust systems (ok this gets a pass as it was for lhd)
BNE Select top mounts missing parts and no instructions/parts list
IPD wear on turbo cam lobes
Classicswede shonky cam gears, chinese oil pumps that crack if you look at them, the worst crush bent exhaust system you've ever seen (still using JT Tuning's old picture so false advertising)
Kangaroo manifold flange

Why is the aftermarket for these cars full of junk and/or retardation?

Low prices and low volume. German sports car aftermarket, for instance, costs an arm and a leg but the customers will pay it. They can do a bit more r&d and QC when someone is paying 4x what redblock speed parts cost.

 

[740atl]

They took it out of the mold, went to the expense of milling the surface flat, drilled some holes, then shipped it across the world without ever bolting it up to a b230 head?

Measure twice, cut once?

 

[linuxman51]

That is the wrong way of looking at it

^this is correct. you want a cast manifold that has most of the features folks need.. that takes a little bit of revision to correctly get to market, or do you want some rando sewer pipe contraption that fails 100 times every 3000 miles?

 

[linuxman51]

They took it out of the mold, went to the expense of milling the surface flat, drilled some holes, then shipped it across the world without ever bolting it up to a b230 head?

Measure twice, cut once?

it bolts up. it just doesn't bolt up right. I'm sure the template was correct, and at a glance everything else was as well... you know how many t-brickers put their exhaust manifold gaskets on wrong?

aiight then.

 

[244tiCanuck]

2 month wait for a manifold that cost more than my 245.

That's more of a statement about your car than the manifold.

 

[doucheNozzle]

you know how many t-brickers put their exhaust manifold gaskets on wrong?

69?

 

[linuxman51]

69?

why not? cept' that dog don't hunt

 

[drunkmonkey]

I didn’t make this post to be negative at all.

I just wanted to inform whoever else that was interested or already bought it.

 

[volvosruinedmylife]

it bolts up. it just doesn't bolt up right. I'm sure the template was correct, and at a glance everything else was as well... you know how many t-brickers put their exhaust manifold gaskets on wrong?

aiight then.

I have had dealer installed gaskets wrong. Lol

 

[thelostartof]

So which one of you idiots already resold your bad manifold after "fixing" it that are making the rest of us cut up the manifold to get option #3.

 

[Radtap]

So which one of you idiots already resold your bad manifold after "fixing" it that are making the rest of us cut up the manifold to get option #3.

They said the faulty batch stock sold out in 3 hours

 

[linuxman51]

cut up?

 

[sbabbs]

I'd drill the bolt holes bigger so you could slide the whole thing over a little bit and a little porting and rock one.

 

[blkaplan]

Add ze name to ze list!

BNE Select top mounts missing parts and no instructions/parts list


Why is the aftermarket for these cars full of junk and/or retardation?

Instructions are on the website,

We have sent out parts to anybody that didn't get them if they reached out to us.

 

[volvosruinedmylife]

Instructions are on the website,

We have sent out parts to anybody that didn't get them if they reached out to

I always apricate your packaging. no dumb waste. we all have access to the internet.

 

[Marvelous3]

They didn’t have to wait for the box factory to make boxes before sending them out though. So they’re ahead of the curve.

 

[2barxr]

You better be eyeing their OM606 manifold...

There OM606 manifold is nice that is how this manifold got created i talked to him quite a bit to make this happen. i am still trying to get improved stock one done as well

 

[Truebeliever]

So with these being out in the wild for a little bit of time, how are they working out?