KW Engineering (KWE) Turbo Manifold?

[Wizard-of-OD]

Searched the forums for "KWE" and "KW Engineering" and nothing populated.
Link to product:

http://www.kwe-racing.de/cast-iron-products-for-reseller/cast-iron-turbo-manifold/cast-iron-stainless-steel-turbo-exhaust-manifold-s2-2-2-20V-5z::25.html

1,099.00 EUR = 1,394.16 USD VAT INCL.
923.52 EUR = 1171.60 USD w/out VAT (for International)
Images of said product:





Anyone have any experience with these manifolds? Thoughts vs LS Cartec SQ Replica unit?

[PRY4SNO]

For that price I'd buy an IMS or FRP equal length tubular manifold.

[yodasfro]

Similar to the one in this thread http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthr...t=22020&page=6 (need to use google image search to see the pics) always wondered where that one came from? But yeah for that price I'll just wait until the Chinese start knocking them off.

[Wizard-of-OD]

I'll just wait until the Chinese start knocking them off.

The chinese can only knock off when the molds are made in the far east. Hence the reason you don't see "SQ Replica knock offs" or APR exhaust manifolds for the 1.8T

For that price I'd buy an IMS or FRP equal length tubular manifold.

We can build tubular units in house allready. Want to stay cast for the S2. Surprised no one here is running one.

[Billman]

These are chinese and where very cheap in ebay the past. I had one but never used it.

Also Ultra heavy!

I also had a contact in germany and made a metal composition analysis of ti. Plain cast steel no D5S or something fancy.

[Wizard-of-OD]

These are chinese and where very cheap in ebay the past. I had one but never used it.

Also Ultra heavy!

I also had a contact in germany and made a metal composition analysis of ti. Plain cast steel no D5S or something fancy.

KWE states it is casted in Germany.
That is a little bit misleading. Whatever the case , I emailed KWE and still no response. Emailed Alex@LS and had a response within 3 hours.
Looks like KWE is a no go.