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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 04:14 PM
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Sheet metal manfiolds. Anyone know who this is making them? Though it was interesteing.
Old Dec 29, 2003 | 04:27 PM
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The shop is actually mostly a detaling place i believe, at least thats what the signs say. But the owner, i think Rob, is into DSMs and has that manifold on his eclipse. Hes got several more cars on his lot that he is working on. I talked to him and his friends/co-workers? for quite awhile. and they were fairly knowledgeable. Had some other cool cars on lot. Targa top Crx, G2 integra that no longer looks like an integra etc.
Old Dec 29, 2003 | 04:54 PM
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Originally posted by ericlws66
The shop is actually mostly a detaling place i believe, at least thats what the signs say. But the owner, i think Rob, is into DSMs and has that manifold on his eclipse. Hes got several more cars on his lot that he is working on. I talked to him and his friends/co-workers? for quite awhile. and they were fairly knowledgeable. Had some other cool cars on lot. Targa top Crx, G2 integra that no longer looks like an integra etc.
pretty sure the owner is Neal (tall skinny guy w/ lots of tats) - very nice guy and has a very modd'd dsm - was saying it should be in the 600rwhp range. They do also do detailing & i've had them do my Hoe & a4 - good work.
Old Dec 29, 2003 | 05:41 PM
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im sorry, but that looks gross.

Ive seen that eclipse 1st hand and it was the sorriest excuse of a 600hp car i have ever seen. The piping was poor, the welds where unproffesional and the car was just ragid.

I'am not saying i can do better, but as a customer i would not purchuse any of their stuff if it looks like that. If their shop car was that dsm, then that reflects poorly on their shop.

Again, this isnt an attack on people who work there. Its just an opinion stated.
Old Dec 29, 2003 | 05:48 PM
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i have heard many bad things....mainly due to Rob taking peoples money...i have worked on a few cars that they have...and believe me. its not pretty. there is a reason that they mainly do detailing....
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Where is the shop at. I'd like to take a look at it and some of his goodies... i'm not picky about how they look, welds can always be cleaned up. I am just curious as to how they perform.
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they are across from Wades on Roanoke street in christiansburg....good luck catching them when open. i have heard that it is almost impossible to reach them on phone.
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Rob is my sisters boyfriend. They do excellent work there. And I've never heard of anyone else doing work for them besides lee, so i don't know what that other guy was talking about. They did a flow test on the manifolds they are producing and they are rated as good if not better than the skunk2 racing stuff. First 5 manifolds sold were $150 which is a steal and I think the rest are going for $250. I'm down there all the time, so you'll probably see my truck out front. Neil is the short guy, Rob is the tall guy. The phone deal is about right, cause when you are in the shop the compressor is going and you really cant hear the phone ring. They don't have someone at the desk all the time cause its just rob and neil there busting their asses to get stuff done. Also, me and rob are fabricating lambo door kits, once the kinks are all worked out ill post on here for prices.
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Curious as to what cfm those manifolds flowed ? And what the stock flowed ? And who around here has a flow bench ?
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Originally posted by marshall
Curious as to what cfm those manifolds flowed ? And what the stock flowed ? And who around here has a flow bench ?
does the school maybe have a flowbench?



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