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How to tell if an RS2 EM is the real McCoy??

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Old 09-03-2009, 05:56 PM
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Default How to tell if an RS2 EM is the real McCoy??

How can you tell a knock of RS2 EM from the genuine article??
Old 09-03-2009, 08:16 PM
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Attention to detail. Colour. Casting quality. Soya sauce stains.
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the copys probably do not have the part number stamped on it.....
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Default Er, ah, neither does the original.

Real tough to "stamp" PN's into cast alloy, or in the case of the copies, cast iron. If anything, the PNs are cast into the manifold, even the copies have the PNs.
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yes, cast in... mine is OEM and cast in.... but it takes ***** to cast a blatent rip off manifold and leave the numbers on....
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The Chinese have massive ***** then.
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