I have been sick for a couple of weeks now - coughing and weezing in my lungs. I even had to stop at the Emergency room and they gave me a breathing treatment.

I did not know why I was sick - thought it was a cold or allergy.

Tonight, I was sitting at a long light and I started to feel dizzy and nautious. I looked at my hand and it was starting to turn bluish. I pulled over to the side of the road and turned off my car. I nearly passed out. I came to the conclusion that somehow my car was gassing me.

After some inspection - I found that my HKS exhuast manifold had split neatly down the seams and also cracked across the pipe - casuing a serious exhuast leak in the front of the car which was entering the car through the ventalation system

I am posting this as a warning - be careful - if you have this type of HKS manifold - check it carefully - it is deadly and nearly gassed me

Its 4 hours later and I still have a massive head ache

Here are some pics

 

Another - I know I am not a great photographer - but hopefully you can see where the cracks are - they are hard to show up with the camera - it dosnt focus well up close

 

I wonder what IF ANY warranty this manifold from the $5,900 turbo kit has???

 

Anyone want to buy a slightly used HKS turbo kit ?

You can see the split right down the seam - its a clean break

 

Good to here your Ok man. Make sure you report this to them when you can.

 

Bad Bad stuff Im glad yor OK AL though prolly nuked a billion brain cells

 

Glad you're okay, Al. Guess, power comes at a price - will have to watch out for the "side effects". Get better.

 

jesus christ man, you're really lucky you're not dead. Good luck and get better!

 

sniff sniff i smell a possible law suit glad to hear u ok al

 

God damn! I'm glad you caught it before something even more serious happened! I'm happy to hear you're ok. Tubular header designs are never as strong as cast manifolds- especially when you're running as much power as you are.

 

Cast is the only rational choice for a manifold that is going to be on the car for more than a few races... Stainless always cracks- just a matter of time.

 

I think I will be signing up for the Buschur cast manilfold set up - I thought HKS was the tops and would never fail like this - I guess no matter how much you spend its the same story

 

I am not interested in any law suits - I just hope my lungs clear out and my head ache goes away - - ALSO - i am really interetsed to see if those HKS USA guys are going to stand behind their product - OR if they are going to make excuses and try and blame me ?

 

i am glad you are ok Al!!!

i guess David was right, cast is the only way to go!!!!!

 

Imagine - IF I went 11.505 with a giant crack like that in the manifold - I wonder how fast its going to go when we get that all welded up ???????