[downhuman]

Anyone heard of Protec manifolds?

They're £175 for a FRP manifold which does look awesome.....

Rob

[happy-kat]

link?
never heard of them myself
may find you unbalance the FRP tuning unless these are proven?

[downhuman]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...s%3DI%26otn%3D1

Here you go!!

[warrenpenalver]

Looks like any other 4-2-1 manifold already available for puma except its shiney. Bear in mind a FRP already has an uprated manifold so not likely to see much increase in performance.

[downhuman]

Looks like any other 4-2-1 manifold already available for puma except its shiney. Bear in mind a FRP already has an uprated manifold so not likely to see much increase in performance.

Yeah, not looking for a performance gain - my oem manifold is rusted so wanna go stainless.....

[happy-kat]

would you also not risk a possible loss in peformance too though?

get the Janspeed one then or Piper for example

sorry I get it now you mean exhaust and not inlet

[downhuman]

would you also not risk a possible loss in peformance too though?

I wouldn't want to risk it, no.... Just the price that appeals so wondered if anyone had experience?

I'm going to wait until I can get the puma setup on the rolling road @ ABC as I'm not sure if the fueling is right (kangarooing a bit / low mpg)

[deeman]

Check your lamda sensors and maf!

[big g]

lots of people of zsoc.com have fitted these and there are mixed reviews on them

[downhuman]

lots of people of zsoc.com have fitted these and there are mixed reviews on them

Mixed reviews about the results, build quality, fitting?

I guess you get what you pay for in life!

When I had the FRS I bought a Primary designs manifold with white thermal coating which was incredible BUT cost serious money.

Was hoping the FRP would be a cheaper beast to work up

[Pnthrblkzs]

I believe some of the guys on ZSOC have had problems with fitment of the manifold, with it needing some tweaking to fit.

There are rumours of the manifilds being known to crack too, although i've not heard of this in the last 1-2 years at least.

[churtz]

i know someone that fitted one of these to there puma with a racing puma exhaust, and it rubbed on the driveshaft!!!!!! stay away

[Dogsbody]

i know someone that fitted one of these to there puma with a racing puma exhaust, and it rubbed on the driveshaft!!!!!! stay away

I would have thought the drive shafts were further forward than the exhaust, as it comes out the back of the engine.
I will have to have a look tomorrow

That's quite a good price.
My manifold has a few dents in it and could do with replacing.
I already have the Piper FRP system fitted.

[mattymaxx]

i had one on my frp powered fiesta...

sounded awesome mated to a piper... id even go as far as saying the welds were better then piper too :-S having compared it to my mates piper manifold...

end of day a fanimold is a fanimold :-)

[Rally Ax]

I've also seen this manifold ,they also do a 4-1 that looks better made. The guy at BPJ reckons a 4-1 works better on these engines (?) ,,,might nave a look on ZCOC.com for some feedback. I'm looking to buy one of these 2 manifolds for my rallycar.

[yarass]

I fitted one of these to my puma & there is a noticable difference to the throttle response.

It was a pain to fit but if you know what your doing then its easy to figure out.

The only problem i had was when i was fitting it to the standard centre section (before i got my system made), the full length of the 4branch manifold is about 2 inches longer than the standard cat/manifold, so the system needs a 2 inch section cut out to reduce the length of the full system length.

The problem may have been a pain to me as i still had the original 1 piece exhaust system, instead of the 2 piece replacment

[loopecoupe]

I have one of these manifolds mated to a piper system, sounds awesome goes very well.

Not the easiest to fit, had to cut down the pipe to mate up with manifold but same section can be made up with a cat for mot time

Well worth it and no heat problems either