dual intakes and manifolds on MN craigslist

[Young Ed]

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/pts/1561050107.html

check it out if you are on the hunt for these.

[Uncle-Pekka]

I might be talking a hole to my head, but I wonder why to pay $850 for these Phillips double exhaust manifolds, when Langdon's are selling similar repro casts at $340... Are the Phillips' superior in some respect, or are we supposed to pay for the logo?

http://www.stoveboltengineco.com/acartpro/category.asp?catcode=44

sincerely,

Pekka

[Young Ed]

I just said they were available I didn't say they were a good deal

Perhaps the coatings were expensive to get done?

[Uncle-Pekka]

Ok,

No offense - I was sincerely wondering the price.

You are also right, that Langdon's are plain, the coating costs more.

/Pekka

[Young Ed]

None taken. Obviously if there were a good enough deal I would have just snapped them up myself I already have a dual intake and a 2bbl intake so that doesnt help me much. The dual exhaust would be nice but its too expensive and he wont seperate the other one from the intake.

[dezeldoc]

Way over priced, ceramic coating cost about 175 to have done, offy intake new 225 from summit.

[blueskies]

...why to pay $850 for these Phillips double exhaust manifolds, when Langdon's are selling similar repro casts at $340...

sincerely,

Pekka

It's my understanding that the Langdon cast headers are better in that they have improved gasketing. And, the coating shouldn't be much more than about $200, coated inside and out. You'd be ahead about $300 by buying the Langdon manifolds.

I tried to buy Phillips stuff back in 2001 when I was looking for parts for my engine, and after half a dozen emails and as many unanswered phone calls, I gave up on Phillips. Apparently everyone else did too, as they don't seem to be around anymore.

Pete

[Captain Neon]

I am one of the few people to actually crack a head on a MoPar L6, and was looking to replace with one of Phillips' heads in 2001. No response to e-mail or phone calls, and the URL that I had for them was dead. I located an other stock head, and have been running with that ever since.

[martybose]

I purchased a bunch of stuff from Phillips way back when, and was surprised when he contacted me about his head. But by then I had found my Edmunds head, so wasn't interested.

I did hear from him a few years later, but nothing for the last three years or so.

Marty