I was on 18 days leave from Afghanistan and had to pick up the Z and deliver it to the paint shop within that timeframe. It was to stay in the paint shop until I completed my tour of duty. I had a very narrow window while I was on leave and although I wanted to have the AMS manifolds, it got to the point of no return and we had to make a call. AMS suggested to use a set of MSP manifolds and they scrambled to get a set of MSP manifolds from Z1 as their availability was always a question mark. They arrived in barely enough time for me to deliver the Z to the paint shop 2 days before I returned back to Afghanistan.
"Doesn't it seem like they ordered his MSP manifolds just in time to ship them to the next manufacturer to copy them better than the first one?