Hi,
I'm the future owner of a stock JDM S15, and unfortunately, the exhaust manifold cracked just a few days ago... (it's rather cold in France now, and the S15 was not running very often)
The crack is quite large, on the fourth cylinder, and I wonder what is the best replacement...
I've read lot of topics where it is said that Stainless Steel manifolds are very prone to crack...
The Tomei expreme seems interesting, but if it will crack, it's not a very good deal...
In fact, the cast iron stock manifold seems to be rather good, in performance, and in cracking resistance...
But in Europe, where the S15 has not been imported, it's impossible to find a S15 oem exhaust manifold...
So, what is the best choice ? I surely can find a used manifold from japan, but the shipping will be very high...
Are SS this fragile ?
And finally, the S14a and S15 manifolds seems to be different. But will a S14 manifold fit on a S15 SR20 ?
Because, it rather easy to find one here...
Thank you for your answers ! :wave:
I'm the future owner of a stock JDM S15, and unfortunately, the exhaust manifold cracked just a few days ago... (it's rather cold in France now, and the S15 was not running very often)
The crack is quite large, on the fourth cylinder, and I wonder what is the best replacement...
I've read lot of topics where it is said that Stainless Steel manifolds are very prone to crack...
The Tomei expreme seems interesting, but if it will crack, it's not a very good deal...
In fact, the cast iron stock manifold seems to be rather good, in performance, and in cracking resistance...
But in Europe, where the S15 has not been imported, it's impossible to find a S15 oem exhaust manifold...
So, what is the best choice ? I surely can find a used manifold from japan, but the shipping will be very high...
Are SS this fragile ?
And finally, the S14a and S15 manifolds seems to be different. But will a S14 manifold fit on a S15 SR20 ?
Because, it rather easy to find one here...
Thank you for your answers ! :wave: