well I'm testing ssa's complete kit out on my car now(sr20det)....I had the bottom mount manifold with zero issues(about 4 months of abuse)....I now have the top-mount manifold, xs-power turbo, and wastegate....been on the car for about 4 months now. The only problem I've had was the wastegate flange cracking at the manifold....I can't even blame that on ssa...because the way we routed my wastegate dump, it would hit my motor mount when the engine would rock. I had a boost creep isssue too....when we were welding the flange back on, I ever so slightly cleaned the inside of the flange area......no more boost creep, nothing else has cracked....thus far.
Oh yeah, the lock washers they provide are complete garbage....they flatten out and break when you torque them...go buy some good washers from NAPA or somewhere and save yourself some headaches.
Can't say that ssa's stuff is garbage....for a while, the highest HP sr20det in the US was using an ssa top mount manifold...he was making 688rwhp.
As far as the xs-power turbos falling apart...well....mine smokes occasionally, but still hasn't junked itself at 18psi daily. Actually, for ~$290 I think it would be a decent turbo for someone doing a low budget build, or for someone like myself, who used it for mock-up to see how I liked a top-mount setup.
Needless to say, I'm not really dissappointed in the setup as a whole (for the price)
stock turbo, supporting mods @ 15psi
Gti-r T28 turbo, ssa bottom mount manifold, supporting mods @ 15psi
ssa top mount mani, t3/t4, wg, supporting mods @ 13-18psi (was boost creeping at the time....wastegate opened at 13psi)
video of two runs at silver dollar a few months ago
http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...=runs12s13.flv
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