FEELER: Mosselman Turbo Manifold Group Buy

[Vanilla Sky]

Would any of you be interested in a turbo manifold from a major manufacturer? I am currently in contact with Mosselman out of Europe. They make a turbo manifold for our engines. It's a cast iron log with a T3 flange. It appears to clear the power steering pump and AC compressor, but some fluid lines may need relocation, possibly the clutch cable as well. That's still not too much work, considering this is a ready to install part. You will, however, need to have a down pipe fabricated. Any exhaust shop should be able to build a down pipe. I expect that most of you guys would want to build most of the system yourselves. I am checking to see what else Mosselman has has available, as I do expect some of you to want as many parts as are available.

This is what the manifold looks like:



Here is a .pdf of the seemingly old brochure page.

Pricing will be under $300 to your door. The more that are ordered, the less each one will cost. If we order 20, I expect them to be under $225 to your door. I'll get a more accurate price once we nail down how many we're ordering.

DISCLAIMER: If this group buy does catch on, it will be handled as a private sale, even though I'm a moderator.



This is a preliminary list of the members in this group buy. Members with the "*" symbol have confirmed that they are ready to proceed with the order on March 18th.

1. Vanilla Sky*
2. obd0driver
3. 2oodoor*
4. rushell
5. gfrg88
6. hatch88lxi
7. vtechkiller
8. knifemind*
9. hondalude86*
10. rustlude87
11. Tdurr*

Add your name to the list and post it into your post if you want to add your name. If you're on the list, please confirm either via a post in this thread or a PM to me here on the board.

*confirmed

[elpuma]

I'll post this on the facebook group to try to get more interest for the group buy.

[2oodoor]

I'll post this on the facebook group to try to get more interest for the group buy.

what, is there some sort of 3geez.com boycott going on over at said facebook group?

[obd0driver]

what, is there some sort of 3geez.com boycott going on over at said facebook group?

Yes and no. Some don't like the new layout. But there also seems to be more active members over there. It's almost to different 3geez groups

But I'm down for a group buy I'm far from being ready to boost my ride but if the price is right I would go ahead and buy one

[Vanilla Sky]

Yes, unfortunately, we have some that are always resistant to change. I think the board will be much better off now that we're on the new software and a few tweaks are made. Until things get settled down, I don't expect the Facebook group to come back. That's why I am on both.

Like I said about pricing, if we can order a bunch of them, we can get them way down in price. I'm not sure of how many they have in stock currently, but we might be able to score an even better deal if we clean them out. I don't think they want to sit on 20 year old parts anymore.

[89T]

what's FB?

[2oodoor]

what's FB?

For real right...

Ive looked at this FB thing and didn't see anything, even after thumbing down a couple of yards. Should be called Thumbbook ;o)which one is it I saw 4 and the one linked here is pretty much dormant looking.

Anyhew... I want at least one of these mosselmans.
And yes, I have 2 A20 engines.

[89T]

Removed.
I am for real! I hate that place. Everyone knows you're business..

[Vanilla Sky]

Please don't advertise your goods for sale in this thread.

[stat1K]

the new layout blows dick. 300 for a log manifold feels like a ton.

[Vanilla Sky]

For a Chinese knockoff, yes. For a quality part, no. Also, remember that they'll be on the lower end of my scale rather than the upper end. The high price I posted was for a single manifold. There's a discount at 5 manifolds, 10 manifolds, and 20 manifolds. I'm sure if we ordered more, we would get a better deal, at least on shipping for the order.

[rushell]

i want to order a mosselman turbo manifold but i cant do nonthing until tax time i will up load photos of my 1989 honda accord lxi when i get a chance i have owned this car since 2001

[gfrg88]

what, is there some sort of 3geez.com boycott going on over at said facebook group?

Why does it look like all your post have a cocky feel to them since you became a mod?? smh..

[gfrg88]

Internal gate only? I'd be intersted in one.. maybe two

Edit: do they still have the whole "kit"?

[Vanilla Sky]

They only have the manifolds left. They can also supply us with T3 turbos, but I imagine that most of us would rather supply their own turbo.

I imagine that most people will be looking to buy during tax season. That's the time I'm aiming for. Nothing is set now because I'm still trying to gauge interest. I can see that there is enough interest to set up a GB, but I don't know how big it needs to be yet.

[mushroom_toy]

Hmm maybe depending on the price.

[bscanlan]

Also potentially interested. I am looking at the armor-coated pacesetter anyways, and it is similar price. I am however wondering what else (other than turbo) I would need and if I want to go that route for cost and complication reasons. Now is the time to do it though since I have the engine out and mostly disassembled. Yes those are tie wraps, but they worked damnit!

[hatch88lxi]

Count Joe in!

I'm definitely in for under 200.
also I Would like to see what it would look like installed in the car to see how much we need to modify.
Love my A/C ans PS. and downpipe possibilities?

anyone have a step by step safc guide? As a suppose we will need to to go turbo right?

P.S. what is the inside of the Mani look like? is it relatively smooth?

[Vanilla Sky]

$200 will be pushing it. I could do it if I didn't have to ship it from me to you, but I'm getting the big discount because they are all being shipped to one address.

So, we have 7 that want them, depending on the price? With the little amount of time this has been up, this sounds like we have enough momentum to take it out to 20 manifolds, possibly beyond.

In general, everyone has moved away from the SAFC, considering how easy and inexpensive an OBD1 swap can be these days.

As soon as I get numbers in, I can start nailing down the price closer. I feel that $225 to your door if we hit 20 will be dead on. That's still a discount of $60. They have aggressive pricing on the manifolds as it is, so there's not a whole lot of room to work with.

[stat1K]

lol @ 20, so because 7 have initially said they might pay 20 is now a possibility?

[2geeSEi]

what, is there some sort of 3geez.com boycott going on over at said facebook group?

It was more like one person.

[hatch88lxi]

$200 will be pushing it. I could do it if I didn't have to ship it from me to you, but I'm getting the big discount because they are all being shipped to one address.

So, we have 7 that want them, depending on the price? With the little amount of time this has been up, this sounds like we have enough momentum to take it out to 20 manifolds, possibly beyond.

In general, everyone has moved away from the SAFC, considering how easy and inexpensive an OBD1 swap can be these days.

As soon as I get numbers in, I can start nailing down the price closer. I feel that $225 to your door if we hit 20 will be dead on. That's still a discount of $60. They have aggressive pricing on the manifolds as it is, so there's not a whole lot of room to work with.

How inexpensive? generally that is.

[Vanilla Sky]

They go for $285 shipped directly from Mosselman.

Stat1k, it's called a projection. I really do feel that we'll easily hit 10 by tax time, possibly being able to eek out that extra 10, possibly by buying a few of my own. I am prepared to buy additional manifolds to help the group buy if need be. Did someone piss in your Cheerios this morning?

[obdriver6]

Why is it that when I get pumped on doing a B swap on my car, something else pulls me back to the A series!

[Vanilla Sky]

Well, do you like rare parts, or do you like Civic level parts?