cp-e™ Intake Manifold Color Options

[Yatta]

Originally Posted by neganox Transparent aluminum. Who even remembers who made it?

Make it out of Aluminium oxynitride and you will have your transparent intake... good luck though...

[MS3Shadow]

Aluminum Oxynitride, as of 2005, is $10-15 per square inch, so it will be very expensive.

[neganox]

You nerds. I was referring to Scotty giving up the transparent aluminum recipe so they could transport back the whales in Star Trek 4.

[Yatta]

Hey, I am actually excited about transparent aluminum, so, yes, guilty as charged... make an engine block out of it please and tell me you wouldn’t stare at it in awe.

[InkedInspector]

I'm beginning to question why any company would willingly make parts for this platform. I don't see the ST guys put vendors through the ringer near this bad, beside the occasional bitch about boomba over pricing.

[Easter Bunny]

Originally Posted by InkedInspector I'm beginning to question why any company would willingly make parts for this platform. I don't see the ST guys put vendors through the ringer near this bad, beside the occasional bitch about boomba over pricing.

I wonder why a company would design and manufacture a part for this platform and then choose not to sell as many as they could.

[InkedInspector]

Originally Posted by Easter Bunny I wonder why a company would design and manufacture a part for this platform and then choose not to sell as many as they could.

This happens with car companies all the time, but I don't see anyone here raising hell that they couldn't get one piece of the tech package without having the whole thing. Every other part on the atmosphere kit you can purchase without buying the kit itself. They make the atmosphere line for a lot of cars, and obviously if it wasn't a quality package no one would buy it. Everyone raising hell over the downpipe to me is crying over spilled milk. Now, one legitimate complaint I would have is that the regular CP-e DP is not compatible with their manifold due to the O2 bung location. The only DP that is would be the CorkSport. So I would like to see that corrected, but it is what it is.

[Tokay444]

I have their fucking manifold, that they sold, BEFOFE THEY EVEN MADE A DP FOR IT!
The manifold is a fucking paper weight without the down pipe.

[NCspecV81]

Not to nitpick but Aluminum Oxynitride is not transparent. That's translucent.

[InkedInspector]

Or you can just pay an exhaust shop 20 bucks to relocate the bung....or sell your DP and grab a CorkSport because it will clear.

[Tokay444]

When did corksport start making a TiAL v-band DP?
Have you been paying attention to anything?

[InkedInspector]

I'm not being an asshole to you Brock, but sadly that seems to be the only language you speak. At this point you are kind of cornering the market on giving vendors grief and bull shit.

Here's the better question, why did you buy a V-band manifold if you didn't have a V-band downpipe or the means to acquire one? It seems you paid for and stuck the paper weight in your own lap. Makes sense to me that if I was going V-band I would be looking to buy a package deal, if only I could get one....oh wait, I can, I could buy an atmosphere kit. I hear your pain on the V-band manifold being sold before they made that package, but I revert back to question one, why the hell did you or anyone else purchase a manifold if you didn't have a DP that would work?

Obviously when I was referring to the CS DP I meant that for those of us still using that shitty ATP flange, like myself and many others, if we opt for the CP-e manifold then we have to relocate the primary O2 Bung on any DP besides the CS. Buy hey, you have connections there, have them fabricate a V-band DP and they can become the one stop shop for DP clearance or flange problems.

Or just stay bitter and piss and moan and add another line to your signature meant to dig at a user or company. Myself and a vast majority of MSF don't give a fuck. We'll just sit around and wait to see who you get into a fight with next.

Also, we are way off subject. I still vote gold.

[ButtholeRedMS3]

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[InkedInspector]

Originally Posted by ButtholeRedMS3 Subbed

Obvious troll is obvious Brennon.

[ButtholeRedMS3]

uploadfromtaptalk1443207029443.gifI believe this sums up Travis' opinion of what Brock thinks of other vendors/people.

[Tokay444]

Why would they sell the vband manifold separate, and not the vband downpipe separate?
The kit wasn't a kit when they released the manifold.

[WetzMS3]

I, for example, currently have the ATP hotside on my 3076. If I had the option to purchase the V-Band downpipe, I would also purchase the Tial hotside for the turbo from CP-e.

Perhaps they could offer an exclusive hotside/dp combo at least.

Now, still curious about the performance of this intake manifold, since there are other threads about the dp. Maybe I'll bump those.

[InkedInspector]

Originally Posted by Tokay444 The kit wasn't a kit when they released the manifold.

Which goes back to my question, why did you buy a v band manifold if you didn't have a downpipe that was compatible? Why didn't you wait until there was an option for both, or just opt for another flange/manufacturer?

Brennon I hate no one, I'm just tired of drama on msf a bit. Things are clearly dying around here as the platform gets older and I don't foresee selling mine so I'd like to keep this place and the few vendors we have hanging around.

[ButtholeRedMS3]

Originally Posted by InkedInspector Blah blah blah Brennon I hate no one blah blah blah

Misworded my post. I fixed it.

[865ms3]

Originally Posted by Tokay444 Why would they sell the vband manifold separate, and not the vband downpipe separate? The kit wasn't a kit when they released the manifold.

Off topic but.....what turbo do you have? Tl;dr

Have you contacted Matt @ fj? I'm sure they could weld a different flange on their downpipe and solve your problem. Or the kozmic downpipe is sold separate as well.

Edit to contribute something to this nonsense in here....

Black for the manifold. I want to see data though before I ditch my jmf

[InkedInspector]

Why did I ever push for Kevin to grant Oklahoma a chapter? And why did I fill it with such trolls. At least vote for a color while you're here asshat....I mean Brennon.

[ButtholeRedMS3]

Oh is that what this thread is about?...

Dark gray I suppose.

[Tokay444]

Originally Posted by 865ms3 Off topic but.....what turbo do you have? Tl;dr Have you contacted Matt @ fj? I'm sure they could weld a different flange on their downpipe and solve your problem. Or the kozmic downpipe is sold separate as well. Edit to contribute something to this nonsense in here.... Black for the manifold. I want to see data though before I ditch my jmf

The Kozmic downpipe is not TiAL flanged, nor is it routed for the dimensions of a Garrett turbo, just like the FJ pipe.
We honestly wouldn't even be having this discussion if it were that easy.

[865ms3]

Originally Posted by Tokay444 The Kozmic downpipe is not TiAL flanged, nor is it routed for the dimensions of a Garrett turbo, just like the FJ pipe. We honestly wouldn't even be having this discussion if it were that easy.

Pretty confident that if you weld a tial flange on the fj downpipe it would fit. Or be VERY close. obviously cpe won't be selling that downpipe for whatever reason. Get a local shop to fab one and sell it. Corner the market.

[Tokay444]

I'm working on that. But with the less than 10 people intersted in my other thread, it's hardly worth the investment.

[Yatta]

Originally Posted by NCspecV81 Not to nitpick but Aluminum Oxynitride is not transparent. That's translucent.

http://www.surmet.com/pdfs/news-and-...al-Ceramic.pdf

The test examples I looked at certainly seemed more on the transparent side, you can clearly see through it, not just diffuse light passing.. It takes a lot of processing to get that way but it goes from opaque to translucent to transparent... albeit at an incredibly high price.

[Chef_A2]

Colors? Gold, gloss black, or raw. Please and thank you.

[NCspecV81]

Originally Posted by Yatta http://www.surmet.com/pdfs/news-and-...al-Ceramic.pdf The test examples I looked at certainly seemed more on the transparent side, you can clearly see through it, not just diffuse light passing.. It takes a lot of processing to get that way but it goes from opaque to translucent to transparent... albeit at an incredibly high price.

Well I'm speaking in a more absolute sense. If it reflects any light it's translucent. Transparent is used really loosely. Only 2 things I know that are absolutely transparent is air and this cpe intake manifold.

[neganox]

[Yatta]

Originally Posted by neganox

and pigs are flying, you used a non-gato-meme

[neganox]

Anything related to 80's culture is acceptable in place of cats.

[Nevershallifall]

Originally Posted by www.cp-e.com We should have word on the first shipment any day now. Once we have something set in stone we will do an official post with a date, pricing and option.

Anything set in stone yet?

[Easter Bunny]

Originally Posted by www.cp-e.com We should have word on the first shipment any day now. Once we have something set in stone we will do an official post with a date, pricing and option.

So its been two weeks...........

[www.cp-e.com]

Some news coming tomorrow....

[Tokay444]

Originally Posted by www.cp-e.com Some news coming tomorrow....

You're only gonna sell it to the ten people who bought full atmosphere kits to increase their, "exclusivity" status?

[NCspecV81]

today is tomorrow. I need some news.

[Yatta]

Originally Posted by NCspecV81 today is tomorrow. I need some news.

Tomorrows news today? please?

[MS3Shadow]

we might have to wait another fortnight for news.

[Nevershallifall]

Very interested in yesterday's promise of news today since it is now yesterday's tomorrow!

[www.cp-e.com]

Production pieces are starting to show up!