RobDon's Leon evolving.

[RobDon]

WELL ......................... the ATP manifold is OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After ALOT of farting around I finally managed to loosen off the nuts, enough to get a spanner in and get them off. I ground down the small 1/4" drive 12mm socket and hammered it onto the nuts, gave enough grip to crack the seal.

First thing I noticed about the manifold once removed is that it is CRACKED!!!

http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/mani1.jpg
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/mani2.jpg
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/mani3.jpg

What I think of an ATP manifold:

http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/mani4.jpg

I am SO chuffed to get that pile of crap off my car. CR Turbos contacted me today to tell me my turbo is done and ready to ship back to me!

BUT with everything off my car I am SO, SO tempted just to say f**k it and order the Backdraft base kit!!!!!!!!!

 

[m0rk]

What I think of an ATP manifold:

http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/mani4.jpg

LOL, had that been me, I would have done a Basil Fawlty, but with a hammer on that.

BUT with everything off my car I am SO, SO tempted just to say f**k it and order the Backdraft base kit!!!!!!!!!

it'll never be easier..... from a 'how much work' point of view

 

[Damoegan]

Good work mate, I bet you feel so much better now.

 

[ibizacupra]

and those who have said the ATP kit is shite.......... you now appreciate why.

glad you got it off Rob.. now make the right next decision and do it once and right m8.

 

[RobDon]

Yes, I feel great for getting it off, I can relax now.

I've sat down and worked it out, if I bought the Backdraft kit and sold all my old stuff (rebuilt GT2X, tig-art mani, Milltek downpipe, etc.), I'd have about £2k to pay, use a credit card to purchase, transfer the balance to another card which gives me 0% interest on balance transfers for 9 months - so I have 9 months to pay it off with 0% interest.

 

[DPJ]

Was it cracked btw, Rob? (Or can't you stand to look closely at it?)

Glad you got it off.

 

[Damoegan]

You know you want to

 

[RobDon]

Was it cracked btw, Rob? (Or can't you stand to look closely at it?)

Glad you got it off.

Yes, it was cracked:

http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/mani3.jpg

 

[chungster]

Capital One Platinum are doing 0% on purchases until Nov 09!!

So apply for that, whack the £2k on it, and you have what about 15months to pay it off!!!!

Avoid silly 3% balance transfer fees if you can.

 

[RobDon]

That's the sort of thing I'm aiming for yes.

 

[wild willy]

Nice one Rob, I think you know what kit you should be installing on the car. The tigart mani & turbo will make an excellent base kit and surely good for at least £1000 to anyone. You won't need your injectors, tip, DP and cat which must be worth around £500. Plenty of people looking for kits like this, £1500 toward the backdraft kit with minimal stage 3 mapping costs. This is the way forward if it were me.

 

[DPJ]

Yes, it was cracked:

http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/mani3.jpg

Same place as mine was.

 

[wild willy]

Time to start another thread then Rob. "Rob's Backdraft Big Turbo Install".

 

[RobDon]

Nice one Rob, I think you know what kit you should be installing on the car. The tigart mani & turbo will make an excellent base kit and surely good for at least £1000 to anyone. You won't need your injectors, tip, DP and cat which must be worth around £500. Plenty of people looking for kits like this, £1500 toward the backdraft kit with minimal stage 3 mapping costs. This is the way forward if it were me.

In all honesty I think I'd be crazy not to, as you say I'll have basically a fully rebuilt, modified GT2X, Tig-Art manifold, Milltek 3" DP + CAT, 386cc injectors - pretty much a bolt-on turbo kit in itself good for around the 290bhp mark. If ATP replace the manifold due to it cracking, I'll have a new manifold to sell too.

I've had smaller sub-300bhp turbos for along time, around 4 years now, time to kick it up a notch and make my car alot more exciting!?!

 

[RobDon]

Time to start another thread then Rob. "Rob's Backdraft Big Turbo Install".

Haha yes ... coming soon! Looking forward to bolting on new stuff rather than unbolting knackered, rusty old crap now.

 

[PhilW]

 

[jamiebennett81]

Rob is leaving the GT2x fold, its a sad day

 

[David_smith_909]

lovin your "thoughts pic" of the manifold
made me chuckle

you manni cracked in the same place as my old one which was replaced, and same as DPJ's, must be a weak point of the ATP Manni, mine is coming off day after tomorrow and i know for fact - no manni atp make will come near my car again ! touch wood this second one hasnt cracked on mine but we shall soon see

 

[jamiebennett81]

lovin your "thoughts pic" of the manifold
made me chuckle

you manni cracked in the same place as my old one which was replaced, and same as DPJ's, must be a weak point of the ATP Manni, mine is coming off day after tomorrow and i know for fact - no manni atp make will come near my car again ! touch wood this second one hasnt cracked on mine but we shall soon see

do ATP still churn out these manifolds? if so have they been revised or do they still crack

and if they do fail all the time, surely ATP will be in trouble soon with a decrease in manifold orders....

 

[David_smith_909]

my first one cracked, i got it repaired, then it cracked again, played hell with ATP and they swapped it for another one, im yet to take this newer one off, but i am this weekend so all will be revealed then, they did say though when they were on the phone they have "altered" the design of the manifold, although when my new one came through the post it was literally identicle