Should I Run The Run Stock Turbo Mani or My XS Power Mani?

[SpdElemts]

Hey guys, I am in a little dilemma. At the moment im moving all my parts over to a shell from my track car and i have a XS Power equal length manifold laying in my garage. Its been used on my engine for about a year before the engine was sold to me and has no cracks. I ran the stock manifold last season with more then a dozen track events and the motor ran great with it (just wish i had more torque and less turbo lag). Well My question is what do you guys recommend me doing? Swap out the stock manifold for the XS power one before i drop the motor into the new shell? Or keep the stock one in there. The problem is im a little scared that i might not like the feel of motor after the manifold swap. Or who knows i might like it. I am also going to a two day event at bottonwillow on the 21th and the 22nd. SO i am also worried about the manifold cracking on me out there if i do switch to the XS power. Do you guys think its worth the extra benefits of a equal length manifold? By the way who actually felt a big difference with a equal length manifold?

ps....here is what the motor has if it helps any. Full 3inch turbo back, sr t25, FMIC, and other small stuff.

[themadscientist]

parts do no good on the shelf. if you have something better why not use it? if you are that scared of the manifold cracking then it is a POS and useless to you, get rid of it.

[Masterdebater]

ill take the equal length if u dont want it and it fits a LHD 240sx. i heard with an equal length it lags a lil more but boost comes on a lil stronger and sounds different that was on his sr20 but sure same results. plus i got a welder to weld cracked pos manifolds but i dont want an ebay one and u live a couple hours away from me

[float_6969]

If you don't like the lag that you have on the stock manifold, you certainly won't like how the turbo behaves with an equal length.

I can't think of a situation that would make an equal length spool faster than a log style.

Equal length is generally for top end power.