Yea thats why ive seen a couple off ppl here have their JIC manifold crack within a few weeks

Megan manifold is garbage.. Mine cracked 2 times. I got a buschur ported one thats going on my IX tomorrow

 

I have a JIC header for the stock turbo.. There's a significant quality difference between this header and the less expensive ones, the thickness of the metal, quality of welds, thickness of flanges are all better on the JIC compared to most of the others I've seen.

Also there is differences in the design of the header, larger diameter pipes lower exhaust velocity, smaller raises it.. Both have a different affect on spool and high RPM power.


You do get what you pay for. FWIW I never did use the JIC header, DNP O2 housing, or upgraded turbo, I bought the parts and ultimately never used them and swapped in a GT35r instead.

Your much better off sticking with the stock manifold, or a ported/coated stock manifold, there really aren't going to be huge gains with a tubular manifold (header) that make it a worthwhile tradeoff for durability. Yes, a header may gain you a small amount, but at what cost?

 

Please don't post false statements, that is far from the truth. If your statement held any water, I'd be out of business since every header that leaves here has a warranty.

It's about 75% done.

 

+1 on going w/ a ported and coated mani for the stock turbo...especially if you dont wanna pay for a high quality mani's like full race

 

It is not false, as it holds true for some header systems. Ill rephrase - the cheaper or knock off tubular headers that can be poorly crafted have and have been known to fail over time.

 

if the tubular header does not resemble something like this

then it will crack, fall apart, otherwise become scrap sooner or later. If you can't afford something like the above (which is full race btw) then pick up a stocker mani and have it ported/coated. Otherwise, you're just wasting time and money

 

i've had dinamic turbo t3 manifold, cracked, fixed it myself twice then it started cracking in every weld, then i bought sfp had it for two years then again cracks so the third's the charm, full race last week, let me say its worth every penny if you have the money you will not regret it.

 

that full race exhaust mani looks sick. too bad it costs more than my entire exhaust including a ported o2 and ported exhaust mani from buschur that i plan on buying

 

Forced Performance just released their new exhaust manifold and its probably the strongest one out there, made of D5S, if you dont know what that is, well its really badarse metal. there just under 330.00
Link
http://store.forcedperformance.net/m...de=DSM-Exhaust

 

i been running rons (shearer)for over a year with no problems,my only mistake was not getting it coated.

 

too bad Shearer doesnt have a manifold for us stock turbo guys =/

 

Honestly the ported and coated BR manifold is the better deal and is dyno proven to be within one or two horsepower of the best tubular manifolds. Do you have any dyno numbers on the JIC piece?

 

port and coat the stocker PPI has nice stuff, dont waste your money

 

MORON!!!

 

Full-Race is the best.....for a manifold