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Gibson Motorsport Low Mount Rb Manifold Reproduction

LaurelPWR

By LaurelPWR,
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LaurelPWR

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Hi guys i'm new here so i hope i'm doing this the rite way.

I contacted Gibson Motorsport a few month back about potentially reproducing their rb20 low mount manifold for mine and my brothers rb powered cars and got this response -

Thanks for your interest in the low mount manifold on the RB 20, we have not had any calling to reproduce this spec manifold recently, as you may know they were custom made for the race application back in the late 80’s and the talented guy who made these units was a specialist in manifold production and has been retired now for many years, having recently spoken to several people who could produce a similar manifold I would suggest that it could be done but may get quite expensive for a very low volume production run, would you be interested in just a single unit?

Before I send samples for some formal quotes can you also give me an indication of what you think “for the rite price” might be as there are many low quality items for that application on eBay that I will have trouble competing with and I need you to understand the price I quote would be for supplying a high quality custom made race spec unit.

I look forward to hearing from you.

So the question now is, who would be interested in potentially owning one of these pieces of motoring art??

And what would you guys consider a fair price??

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I may be interested. Considering second hand GTS-R manifolds go for around the $1250-$1500 mark. I'd say 2k+ would be my guess.

Here's an older thread, with someone asking a similar question.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/433757-gibson-hr31/?hl=%2Bgtsr+%2Bmanifold#entry7074009

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As much as I want one and it would be awesome, plus sound porn, 2k compared to a 6 Boost at 1300ish seems a little steep. Start low and see what reply you get. If they are thinking to make money at 1500 and you hit back with 2k seems fair then you, and others are 500 out of pocket. Ill see what the price is but god damn I want one. Are RB20 and 25 the same fitment wise? If not, will they make them for a 25 non neo S2?

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Ben C34

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Keep in mind they are constructed differently to 6 boost manifolds.

The Gibson manifolds use custom bent pipe, rather than off the shelf bends.

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LaurelPWR Rising Star

LaurelPWR

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They showed some interest at first but It was too long between emails and they never replied after a while... I spoke to a guy two weeks ago who actually worked in the Gibson team on the cars and rb20 motors back then and he gave me some names to talk to if I was interested in the manifolds etc..

I don't see why we couldn't still get something happening if there was 10-20 people actually genuinely interested in this who have the money for it...

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