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Hello all I have had a leaky manifold when it was cold for a while and because i never got it sorted and till it got worse it has warped the manifold from the heat slightly leaving a very annoying ticking hot or cold now. I was weighing up my options and i plan on going for my power in the near future so im thinking of upgrading to a manifold that would be able to fit a bigger turbo. My std turbo is in perfect condish and it pumps out over 200KW at the wheels on a rb25 but i do have the power bug :/ But the thing that stops all these things is money. So really im looking at opinions on what to do

-Pull manifold off and get machined, just to probably remove in near future and swear, cut knuckles etc

-Buy top mount or whatever manifold and upgrade. Will make changing turbos a sinch as well which is a bonus. But will need other exhaust related items.

Help appreciated

The dump pipe plus cooler piping and all lines has to be changed once switched to a high mount manifold as every thing attached to the turbocharger will be sitting upside down. Probably want to get that turbo high flowed or get aftermarket power upgrade options if you are going that direction.

Just replace the stock manifold unless you are ready to sink 10k into a setup thats actually worth your time.

It adds up quick in the long run, and nothing you could do wont need an ecu, injectors and tuning at minimum (3k). proper manifold and turbo setup will cost close to 5k, by the time your supporting mods are also sorted your way over 10.

High mounting the stock turbo will need all new pipes and lines, even if you did it using cheap chinese manifolds and bits, and kept the stock ecu etc, i still see it costing up to the 3k mark again.

Very long story short: if all of the above is not your plan and you just were thinking about upgrading coz the manifold shat itself.. replace the stock manifold and use the money for other things.

Cheers for the offer but unfortunately live in SA. Is it worth a cheap aftermarket manifold (low mount)

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TOG-LOW-MOUNT-EXHAUST-T3-MANIFOLD-SKYLINE-STAGEA-CEFIRO-RB20-RB25-R32-R33-R34-/181092256564?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2a29f08b34&_uhb=1#ht_659wt_1037

Something like that ? is there any gains to be had ?

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