has anyone used a raceland/hottuning manifol on a 2.0 tall block conversion?

[paultownsend]

as above. this is the only cost effective way of getting a 4 branch on  my car as im using an agg tall block.
guys on the cgti forum said the fit is good. as is the product, but just thought id check here.

there listed as mk2 1.8/2.0 on egay. im just wanting my big valve head to breath as wel as it can

[plasticfantastic]

Hi,

I had one of these fitted to my 2ltr 8v and the fit was excellent! aimed straight down the middle of the tunnel, although i have welded up my front engine mount and while i was at it i raised it by 15mm (also have to modify the inside of the bonnet as the top of the throttle body just touched)

one recommendation would be to fit it to the head off the car, i i had to do a little grinding to both manifolds as they touched, but no big deal unless your trying to fit it in the car!

hope this helps

cheers

[paultownsend]

yeah i heard the trusty angle grinder had to come out! so you only had to tilt the engine back a little?
did you notice an improvement after fitting it?

[plasticfantastic]

I cant really say if i noticed a difference, because i only drove the car for 40miles (with dead brakes!) home and into the garage, then fully rebuilt the engine 2ltr, 276 piper cam, head work, and manifold. But all that sure did add up, its a very nice strong motor, loads of torque!

the manifold sounds awsome, louder than at the tailpipe as i was running the 2 standard rear 8v boxes with a custom 65mm centre section!

all out of the car again now! abf hopefully running by the weekend!

cheers

[paultownsend]

have you sold the manifold?

[plasticfantastic]

yes sorry buddy, sold it to my mate who has had my engine, im also doing a full resto on his '87 8v.

but he is looking into trying to get a full milltek system for it so ill let you know is it bocomes available!

[paultownsend]

i just sold an as new 8v milltek system last week for £200! was advertised here too!. if you want to, offer my interest to him  cheers.
i know they fit now