Here it is What do you guys think, all I need is a stock replacement b/c I dont plan on upgrading my turbo just yet and my stock manifold is rusted pretty badly, does this look good? This should be a bolt on replacement, right?
Also here's another one I know you get what you pay for, but what could be the disadvantage to getting this just for a stock replacement?
Ebay turbo manifold
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Well I have had the same one for about 6 months now and just took it off for a turbo upgrade, was in perfect shape no cracks, and for the price I got mine off ebay it was worth it. But as always like others said its a chance, I have seen a real nice set of headers crack also, its just the name of the game...
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No left it bare, the manifolds actually look good, so for show purposes I left mine how it came, I havea pic on my cardomain site if anyone is interested...http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/271195
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GraySilvia wrote:Yep, the cheap one i bought off ebay came with a 5 year warranty against cracking. Plus, it's been crack free ever since I put it on, which can't be said about the JIC manifold I had before this one. Give it a shot!
How long have you had it on? Is it the same one in the link?
dofbft, your truck looks good *thumbs up*
Those of you who actually bought them and used them, can you tell us which ones you got so we know which ones to buy. I want one because I think i'll get a performance gain from it, plus it looks slightly cooler. I plan on painting it black though because I don't like the bling will the effect the cracking at all?
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GraySilvia wrote:I bought the one from SS auto-chrome. It's been on for about 5 months without issue.
I bought mine from them and had a slight problem with the clearance at the top of the 4th runner and the head. Right at the top of the runner it hit against one of the lift points on the head. Luckily I was able to saw it off for the runner to clear, but even then the runner still sat flush with the head.
nissanrcer240 wrote:I dont think theres any part you can by thats not, unreliable and might break.....where do you get your parts from??Hook me up:)
I buy popular name brand parts, or parts that have proven to be reliable and probibly won't break. Granted an HKS manifold can crack as well, but I'd trust it over some joe schmo manifold. Wouldn't you?
240SXer wrote:Ehh... I think the point is although the HKS is less likely to crack. They both have a decent chance they will. The HKS manifold costs 2-3x more, and it does not have any type of warany if it does crack.
The HKS (or any race proven counterpart) has a significantlly less likely of a chance to fail then some other $200 product, end of story. If your good with a welder and don't mind having a fairly high chance of being stranded at the track/highway/country road/ect... By all means buy the ebay manifold, if you want piece-of-mind with a race proven manifold such as hks or full-race, spend the extra cash. But who knows, the cheap manifold might be the best thing since titties and beer, however I know of a few folks over here that have it and it's cracked more then a few times.
solaris22 wrote:The HKS (or any race proven counterpart) has a significantlly less likely of a chance to fail then some other $200 product, end of story. If your good with a welder and don't mind having a fairly high chance of being stranded at the track/highway/country road/ect... By all means buy the ebay manifold, if you want piece-of-mind with a race proven manifold such as hks or full-race, spend the extra cash. But who knows, the cheap manifold might be the best thing since titties and beer, however I know of a few folks over here that have it and it's cracked more then a few times.
I do not believe it has a "significantly" less chance of failing. The construction is VERY similar. It would come down to specific welds and that type of thing. It's not a complex device, it's a Header. It would be completely possible for the makers of the "ebay manifold" could completely mimic the construction of the more expensive brands, therefore give it basically the same reliability. I personally would not have any excess peace of mind with the HKS than a cheap one. Except with the cheap one I can get it replaced with the warranty, with the HKS if it breaks I’m screwed. I'm sure there are many people with both manifolds who have had them crack on them. It's not scientific by any stretch. People here have the expensive brands and they've cracked, and people have the cheap ones and they've cracked. The cheap ones are less expensive, and have a warranty. It's obviously the better deal.
I do believe it has a "significantlly less chance of failing". You get what you pay for, $200 or $1200 (full-race), I know the full-race is on my shopping list when I get back to the states. I know over here if a name brand part (HKS, Tomei, Jun, Greddy, ect..) breaks due to malfunction you can send it back for a replacement. Not sure if you can do that in the states. But do whatever floats your boat. I'll stick with the proven good stuff.
Stick to the proven good stuff, and i'll use my 1,000 savings to buy more go-fast parts for my car.
Before this turns into a shoving match. My only point is the name brand manifolds aren't 3x better, but they cost 3x more. They obviously won't be AS good, but they'll be close. Even if you feel that's not true, some people here have gotten then and have not had problems. this proves they do not have a 100% failure rate. Which means they are at least sometimes worth it.
Before this turns into a shoving match. My only point is the name brand manifolds aren't 3x better, but they cost 3x more. They obviously won't be AS good, but they'll be close. Even if you feel that's not true, some people here have gotten then and have not had problems. this proves they do not have a 100% failure rate. Which means they are at least sometimes worth it.
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