Stainless steel VR6 6-2-1 exhaust manifold - whats the best?

[GVK 0]

mine isnt wrapped atm and when i had the cat back on for mot it melted the plastic throttle body elbow pipe so badly a small pipe fell through it lmao

 

Woops! :shock:

[RADO.001 0]

GVK, i put in that offer but he's turn it down and u only get to make one offer-so im paying the full 187notes too!

[martyjmcfly 0]

I've been a cheap tight git and bought a Raceland manifold..........

 

I was ready to part with the cash and was told the only remaining Supersprint manifold left in the country (Superspint main distributor warehouse) was missing the fitting kit!

 

Then of course the Italians all buggered off for 6 weeks on holiday meaning that none would be coming to the UK for a while so i thought what the heck and paid less than a third of the cost of the Supersprint.

 

I also bought it off Tuningleader from ebay. JMR has inspected it prior to fitting it later in October and reckons it spot on with all fittings.

 

It looks damn good and couldn't help but polish it even more!

[martyjmcfly 0]

If you don't wrap the manifold will it definately melt the pipes above etc?

 

I've been told all will be fine it left bare and shiney.

[CorradoVR6-Turbo 0]

Stainless gives off way to much heat for me, under bonnet temperatures will go sky high!

[big_chris1981 0]

has it go any flexy in it??

 

remember hearing horror stories about manifolds cracking...

[CorradoVR6-Turbo 0]

It has a flexi joint at the bottom,ive had no problems with mine.Worn front mounts will crack the manifold in time.

[martyjmcfly 0]

Is it possible to use the stock heat shield because i want to see big blue and yellow bananas, not lots of dodgy looking fabric?

[CorradoVR6-Turbo 0]

yea,sure why not..

[double-6s 0]

I REALLY wanted to leave mine unwrapped so it looked the nuts, but EVERYBODY said I would be mad to do so. Can't really ignore everyone!

[Kevin Bacon 5]

If you leave it unwrapped it starts melting things..... but those with a schimmel needn't worry about that ;-)

[RADO.001 0]

rite guys raceland manifold just arrived, but the box was soaked & damaged!

mani looks ok but think i mit be missing sum bits; in boxs there was

1 mani, 2 springs, 2 bolts, only 3 washers and the peace that bolts/conects the mani to the rest of the exhaust.

am i just missing one washer?

[CorradoVR6-Turbo 0]

I only had three washers as well and my box was undamaged.

[RADO.001 0]

thats ok then, do i need a 4th?

[CorradoVR6-Turbo 0]

Its just to go in between the springs,its no big,its just a washer.

[RADO.001 0]

now all i need is some heat wrap, wheres the best place to get it?

[VRTrickster 0]

If you don't want to wrap it you could always coat it like I'm probably going to do. It is a bit pricey though!

 

http://www.camcoat.u-net.com/Exhausts.htm

http://www.zircotec.com/exhaust.html

[eatthis 0]

mines unwrapped atm and iv had no probs untill i put the cat back on lol

ps im getting it wrapped though so i would if i were you BEFORE you fit it hehe

[RADO.001 0]

i think im going to wrap mine just to be on the safe side, anyone know where i can get my hands on some??

[Kevin Bacon 5]

If you don't want to wrap it you could always coat it like I'm probably going to do. It is a bit pricey though!

 

http://www.camcoat.u-net.com/Exhausts.htm

http://www.zircotec.com/exhaust.html

 

I'm liking the coating results in the second link. I think I might consider that myself!

[RADO.001 0]

think its a good idea and would look alot nicer but just havnt got the cash at the mo! so wraping mine-just need to get some first?!

[martyjmcfly 0]

How's everyone enjoying their new manifold then?

 

Fantastic don't you think. It's such a cool noise. I reckon it sounds kind of like a that clicky Harley noise. You can hear each cylinder fire. When i first heard it i thought an old fiesta was trying to overtake.

 

The weight saving is massive. I picked up the original cat and manifold and reckon their well over double the weight of the stainless stuff - all i can say is well chuffed - excellent mod if anyone is considering.

[eatthis 0]

sounds a bit like the bastard child of a scoob and a vr

[___Dubstar___ 0]

im sold, just put in a best offer of £117 then read that £120 was rejected! hope he needs the cash, it is the end of the month!

 

I have a carbonio cold air induction pipe on my inlet, does this mean its gonna be boy racer loud, the rst of my exaust is the magnex s/s with cat. Should i and how do i go about getting it de-catted?

[Joniboy 0]

Seeing as my down pipe is blowing, I am tempted to buy one of these raceland manifolds.

How much louder/different is the noise compared to stock? I really love the noise mine makes with just a de-cat pipe and really don't want to sound like a local slaxo boy racer.

 

Cheers peeps :)