NastyLGT Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Okayyyy after doing a lot of reading on here and reading multiple opinions and whatnot....i have a question. I'm looking at the M2 EL headers...for $165, can't really go wrong, besides the flex pipes on it. Now, would it be acceptable to cut the flex joints out and weld 2 pieces of straight stainless steel pipes in there? Some people are saying "no, pipes will crack due to engine movement"...but what about all the higher priced manifolds? ie: perrin, gtspec, invidia, tomei, etc....they don't have flex joints in them at all. Will those ones NOT crack due to thicker piping? Also heard of injecting the engine mounts with a polyurethane... So here's my consensus; correct me if i'm wrong, PLEASE! Cheap manifold w/ flex pipes swapped for straight pipes: cracked pipes or polyurathane-injected mounts Expensive manifold w/ no flex pipes: everything will be fine, just bolt it up... I would highly appreciate any advice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robitrice Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 ur going to get what you pay for. flex joints or not at that price every weld on there is probably going to crack at the flange. Get a quality EL one and be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.