weiyan8

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I went to check out an Evo IX the other day. It has 11K miles on the odo and it lived in NY for most of it's life. There was a ton of rust on the exhaust manifold. Is that normal for cars from the NE? Will the rust be a problem later? What about the rest of the car? Will the rest of it become a rust bucket eventually?

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iTrader: (6)

While annoying, it's not anything to worry about. New Evos had rusty ex. manifolds on the showroom floor. It is what it is.

macevo8

iTrader: (1)

I bought my car in San Diego but it came from Maine originally. It did have quite a bit of corrosion in the engine bay and under the car but I was able to remove it all easily with a wire brush. The manifold is pretty common - I believe- to look like that. Mine did, and still does, resemble the manifold in your picture. Most of the evos ive seen with stock mani's look the same way.

Redline-Z

iTrader: (1)

They all do, just get it coated

philevo

iTrader: (4)

all stock manifolds rust...

AKgambler47

iTrader: (2)

Yea, when I got mine, it had 3 miles on it and the manifold was rusty.

PPI

iTrader: (103)

Its just bare cast iron...so yes, it will rust and not look pretty. It won't affect its performance.

Now PPI could always turn that into this

OR THIS!

ekizenbe

iTrader: (14)

those coated manifold are great

weiyan8

iTrader: (13)

Thanks for the feedback guys. I guess a rusty manifold is pretty common. Might have to get one of those coated manifolds.

Are there any other areas of the car which is prone to rust on a car that sees alot of snow?

urslo4n8

iTrader: (5)

Thats normal especially if they took off the heat shield off the hood.

Arkitek

iTrader: (17)

yea common...and nice supra..it for sale'?

prj.evo

iTrader: (23)

yea thats pretty common with cast manifolds (unless coated)

weiyan8

iTrader: (13)

Yeah, the Supra is for sale. '98 94K miles 6sp $35K. Let me know if you are interested.

binarysleep

That's not rust - It's the latest technology from Mitsubishi's earth friendly weight reduction program.