Artec Manifolds

[Komdotkom]

I've got everything except the turbine housing just waiting to be installed. They tell me late March for the housing but these days it's hard to predict delivery dates. 

I'm looking forward to the convenience and reliability of V-Bands on everything.

[niZmO_Man]

Thread cleaned up.

[Butters]

anyone on here ?  

 

[r32-25t]

I like the amount of room they give around the a/c line and etc, they were a nightmare with my 6boost 

[Butters]

1 hour ago, r32-25t said:

I like the amount of room they give around the a/c line and etc, they were a nightmare with my 6boost 

That was my first thought also. 

I dropped coin on a frenchies kit, which is really awesome but be nice if the factory stuff all fit better with 6boost. 

Not sure how I feel about the compressor outlet being so close to the manifold though. 

Very keen to see one of these with a heat blanket over them. 

[Komdotkom]

I'm going to get some mounts welded to mine to hold a rigid heat shield, I'm not fan of wraps or ceramic coatings. I hope the cast material welds ok, my fabricator reckons it will be fine but we'll see. 

Still an 8 week lead time on my turbine housing and no ETA on sequential box so I'm not in a rush.

[Butters]

The heat blankets have a price now . Seems very reasonable in todays world. 

https://artecperformance.com.au/products/nissan-rb-v-band-reverse-rotation-thermal-management-blanket

 

[Komdotkom]

Thanks for posting, I've got one on the way now and it saves me trying to invent something which won't be 1/2 as good.

[Butters]

Watched this yesterday, a lot of BIAS as they are now selling them but given how little info around I thought I would share. 

They claim 15% power increase ... yer I wish, love to see this comparison if anyone has seen it. 

 

So far the advantages over a 6 boober  seem to be :

Comes with a gate flange

Lighter - 5kg ish ? 

More compact - better AC and would help reduce heat transfer

Has a heat blanket option

Downsides :

Clearance of studs(6boober has this too) 

Higher cost

Reverse rotation turbos only( big issue for those that have a turbo) 

 

 

[Piggaz]

15%. Yeah right. Against what?

If you’re going to claim something that big then some evidence should be a given.

[GTSBoy]

6 minutes ago, Piggaz said:

15%. Yeah right. Against what?

Well......the only obvious choice would be "from stock".

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

15% from stock, with more boost and timing.

 

[Komdotkom]

15% more money than the last paid endorsement they did? 100% Advertorial

[Butters]

2 hours ago, Komdotkom said:

15% more money than the last paid endorsement they did? 100% Advertorial

Bit sad really, turns you aware from what actually might be a good product.

[r32-25t]

Well maybe instead of just making up numbers in a 7 minute ad they should try doing a back to back as proof 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

If Tao from Hypergear can swap out multiple manifolds, turbos and dyno on the same day, these guys can easily do it too.

 

[Butters]

Normally really informative videos from Real Street but this was another advert 

 

 

[Ben C34]

There no way that cfd data is of any use,  just done to impress people.

 

Its heaps wrong also.

 

 

[r32-25t]

basically the only proven advantage is that it gives more room for the a/c hose and has the disadvantage of requiring reverse rotation turbos which limits your available options. 

[GTSBoy]

I really love it when people create smoothly distributed pulse-free gas inlets and outlets with no upstream or downstream geometry, no pressure fluctuations (which are actually waaaaay more than just fluctuations in a turbo manifold) on things like manifolds, then present a steady state solution instead of a transient solution. It's so sad.

And, to use the CFD that's built into Solidworks and present that as if it is any bloody good at all it even sadder.