Re: Exhaust manifold questions...

[Greg & Britt <image_one@earthlink.net>]

Jeffrey J. Goggin wrote:
(snip) 
> Here's another matter I'd like some input on ... I assume that when I
> (finally) get the exhaust manifold off, I'm going to find it cracked and, if
> not, with 86k on the car, I figure it will crack sometime soon.
> 
> I have the Extrude-Honed exhaust manifold from Ben Howell's pre-V8 Ur-Q and
> the cracks in it have been welded up (nice job, too) ... what are the odds
> of it cracking again soon if I use it? 
(snip)
> wouldn't be that big of a job to replace.  This is clearly *not* the case on
> a street car!)
After five exhaust maifolds, the one that lasted the longest (and still
going!) is a welded one. I’ve tried new&used. The shortest lived was a
new manifold air freighted from the Fatherland. You pay your money n’
takes your chances!


GT

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