1.8 turbo exhaust manifold??

Im looking at purchaseing a performance manifold for my 1.8 turbo seat leon any info ,whats best.I have seen some on egay.

its more beneficial to change the turbo back pipe if you want the bhp Phil. As for manifolds i have seen the ones on the bay but unsure of the quality.

well i have a miltek cat back on now and i will be getting a down pipe to suit only prob is is that my turbo manifold gasket is blowing and it sounds s**t so i may aswell put a high flow manifold on whilst im pissing about in that area.Just wonered if anyone has a egay one.

you wanting cast or tubular?

what turbo is on the FR mate?

Well i see there are cast high flow headers are they better than tubular? IM unsure what model turbo is on the car but its the 180 bhp lump how can i find out waht model turbo it is.

mk1g60phill wrote:

Well i see there are cast high flow headers are they better than tubular? IM unsure what model turbo is on the car but its the 180 bhp lump how can i find out waht model turbo it is.

k03s turbo dude.

That what i had in mind just wernt sure cheers

cast ones ain't to bad but a tubular will give you more equal runner lengths,

You may want to look at, JBS, backdraft motorsport, jabbasport, Badger 5(better to hold of him through cupra.net), awesome gti do apr stuff, tigart Cant think of anymore of hand.

no problems mate tubular manifold would be the better way to go alot more free flowing than the standard one. However not sure on the e bay ones. get your cast one and port it

Cheers guys yeah they got a cast high flo on the bay for £20 smackers.

i wouldn't port it if it was me, rather buy a better one to start with usually been designed to get the most out of it if it's cast.

you could also try 034motorsport, INA Engeering in the states i know they do some good stuff.


what you search for on the bay to get a manifold for 20quid????

Sorry that was ment to be £200 looks like jbs do a good cast one for around £400 but this cars killing me everythings so expensive if you want good siznit.

save the money and get it mapped if you havent already done so..

mk1g60phill wrote:

Sorry that was ment to be £200 looks like jbs do a good cast one for around £400 but this cars killing me everythings so expensive if you want good siznit.

i was going to say!! The simple words "buy cheap buy twice" it's worth it in the end mate trust me, when tuned right you won't care about the money!!
if you are planning on getting a manifold and are also thinking of getting it mapped then you i'd get the manifold first so they can get the best out of the map.

Well that's what i thought get the engine breathing right first.Im going to go somewhere in between quality wise i cant spent £400 on a manifold.

There's a company called THS performance that do a manifold for a good price. Dunno what there like flow rate wise compared to standard though.

http://www.thsperformance.co.uk/product/1.8T_High_Flow_Transverse_Manifold_THSCMA-18T-TV

Yeah there on ebay they look ok 034 motorsport do one like it and some other good bits for the 1.8t.