is cavalier connection the only place they sell manifolds for the 2.2 2200?
Until cav connection redesigns their header, I recommend not getting it
It restricts what you can do with your turbo
just a heads up
are they ebay manifolds any good?
Yea thats waht i was wondering if the ebay manifolds are any good cuase i was lookin at those the other day.
LowFire - Can you email me (LCador@JTuners.com) about the redesign suggestions on the Cavalier Connection 2.2 turbo header? We haven't experienced any issues, nor heard of any yet. Always interested in feedback to help us improve! Thanks - Leo
I purchased one off e-bay sometime in October. It was around $200, looked alot like the exploited racing. Wields are good, but the mani ends were a little crooked and the T3 flange was wielded a little low. I have a quarter inch (maybe less) between the turbo and body. The thing isnt complete yet, I may need to take the mani out and grind the flanges down a bit for more space. Goes to show, you get what you pay for.
I dont know the name of the seller i bought it from.
once again. if you have a 2200-2.2 go with exploited. the best on the market.
Yeah, I shopped for a while. check cav connection, exploited, and some others. Decided to make my own kit rather than wait forever. So if i miff it, its my fault. Exhaust and intake is all thats left. So 5 months of work will hopefully pay off. Figure I have only saved about $700 so far compair to kits, but its learning, and fun! Done a lot over e-bay and no big disappointments.
Sorry off subject.
Responded here and email Leo, but got no feedback from you
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I had the CAVCON header and it cracked on like two weeks, NOT from poor tuning either. I was only running 6 PSI on it w/ FMU, pump, and some injectors(270 I think). Anyways, it cracked right at the flange(head) on the two middle runners, then the 2nd runner broke completely in two at the collector. It isn't a bad design, but is made out of CRAP. My table vise was able to smash the piping with very little force applied.
Get some flanges(if you have a welder) and a mandrel bent 2" u-bend and make your own for under $100. I made mine and it hasn't cracked, warped,etc.
Failure is not failure if you learn from it
get in contact with cnfx 610-266-1900 they are pretty busy right now with mine but could make you a manifold
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Any machine shop could make u one, but would cost u, but im sure they could make a very reliable and efficient manifold.
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LowFire - Sorry for the delayed reply. We've been working with a custom header manufacturer lately to consider a few more changes to our 2.2L OHV turbo header & down-pipe. We had already been contemplating a couple of changes and got some additional suggestions here and from customers. High on the consideration list are a 2.5" down-pipe and a brace to provide additional support to the turbo and external waste-gate to prevent the header tubes from having to provide all the support. We're working as fast as possible to incorporate such changes, but there are many factors we have to take into consideration - for example: * Clearances and ease-of-installation (a 2.5" pipe requires a larger turn radius, thus taking more room); * Retrofit for customers with the current design (i.e. we'd like to make the support bracket a bolt-on for that reason) ; * Initial costs of design change and jig retooling; * Performance (of course!); * Manufacturing practicalities (i.e. whatever we design has to be repeatable and cost effective); etc.
Since purchasing the company 5 months ago, we've started heat-coating all headers (2,300 degrees) inside & out to prevent heat-soak from possibly weakening the welds and pipes themselves. We've also learned quite a bit about metallurgy (i.e. stainless steel properties/qualities/costs versus mild steel, mandrel pre-bent manufactured pipe weld-seam quality, etc.) and have switched to laser-cut flanges and a different raw materials provider as a result. We also spent quite a bit of time at a well-respected header manufacturer studying vibrational issues with headers/exhaust systems and exploring designs to reduce those stresses, as well as the geometry of various mandrel pipe bends and properties of different types of joint welds to reduce possible "binding" stresses.
As I've mentioned before - we take the quality of our product and customer satisfaction very seriously. We're listening to customers, we're talking to some industry experts, and we're spending the time and money necessary to continually improve our kits. It may seem we're moving a bit slowly sometimes, but we're very "measure twice, cut once" oriented and have many factors to consider with any proposed design change. Plus, all design changes must be installed and tested for performance and durability before we offer them to our customers.
We've also been discussing forming a Technical Advisory Board made up of a mix of turbo, piping, and GM engine experts, as well as some knowledgeable customers and/or J-body.org members to develop and analyze additional ideas on improvements to our kits.
So if we seem a little quiet or slow to respond occasionally - we're not asleep at the switch - we're busy doing the things we need to do to honor our commitment to providing the best possible products/prices to J-body owners. Thanks - Leo
