VK45 and VK56 exhaust manifold comparison

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I posted this on Fresh Alloy forum as a member asked if I knew the difference between the VK45 and the VK56 exhaust manifolds. I had wondered the same and so I bought a set to find out. Original post was about running nitrous.






















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interesting...so its not just a bore and stroke on the vk45 but the heads are different as well...

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The VK56 manifolds look like the VH45 manifolds.


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sijoko wrote:The VK56 manifolds look like the VH45 manifolds.
Not surprising as the VK56DE is essentially a stroked VK45DE.

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sijoko wrote:The VK56 manifolds look like the VH45 manifolds.
those are stock G50 manifolds?

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elwesso wrote:
those are stock G50 manifolds?
Look like it to me. Minus the cats and + some pipe and flanges.

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maxnix wrote:Not surprising as the VK56DE is essentially a stroked VK45DE.
Somewhat, the block is different as the deck height is taller. Seems more like they used VH45 heads on the VK56 block.

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elwesso wrote:
those are stock G50 manifolds?
Pretty much. The only thing changed is the removal of the cats and the extra length with flanges.

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Can someone find those pics again? ppppp please?


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