thinking about buying a CHEAP manifold

[Fenvy]

and need some comments - 100% 304 Stainless steel- 2.8mm wall thickness- 0.5" flange thickness- Includes bolts and gaskets

someone is going to say that it might crack, but all manifold, even hks, invidia, greddy will crack. For a fraction of the cost (130$ shipped) you can't really complain.

[Juujai]

try it out. its so cheap if anything happens just keep the oem sr one lying around in the garage somewhere. check the welds of the manifold and if it doesnt look strong enough do some of your own or bring it to a bike shop

[Fenvy]

how come all the brand name exhaust manifold looks like the following color?jic

hks

and all the knock off ones are chrome color?

anyways, I am expecting to finish this in about 1 afternoon of work (on my own) with only hand tools, think that's possible?

I am guessing the procesure is probabaly something like1) disconnect downpipe/hotpipe2) heat shield3) losen the bolts between turbo and manifold3) remove bolts between manifold and block4) detach turbo from manifold (assuming that I can do this without removing the oil/water lines)5) swap manifold and reverse installation process

[Juujai]

the 130$ one does look a lot like the jic i guess people that buy knockoffs tend to like chrome or shiney things. that hks manifold has some nice looking bends.

you should be able to do it by yourself in an afternoon fine as long as part bolts on. especially parts made cheaply sometimes fitment might be a problem. you would need a torque wrench to torque it down to specifications or things can happen.

[themadscientist]

because that is a used manifold for one. You can still see the pattern on the runners where it was wrapped with heat wrap. A new one doesn't look like that.