Exhaust manifold problems

[Azman]

Hi guys,

**** Ar*e, c**t, W**k, Bo****s, toss, pish all the swear words under the sun I can think of!!!!!

Been stripping the engine before it comes out of the bay today and if you want the truth I am a bit narked!!

When at the rolling road last year I was told the maifold is blowing slightly by cyl 2 and poss 5 too (from the fron of the engine),

Have taken it off today and balllllllllllssssssss, Four cracks in the damn thing....

Two leading from the upright to the wastegate down to the hotside exit on the manifold, one by cyl 2 and a small one under neath by cylinder five.............

Total write off I am persuming....

So any way, are the cast RS2 ones on the bay of theives any good or not..... Can't afford to do the tubular thing as that involves a new down pipe too.....

Help needed with this one as I have only 6weeks till I need to get the engine in (due to having a week off)

Unless anyone has one lying around
Cheers

Aaron

[Azman]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/S2-S4-S6-RS2-A...QQcmdZViewItem


Them's the ones I am on about

[Ross]

is the knackered one an RS2 item?? Coz I'm sure you'll get an S2 one lying about somewhere if that'll suffice...

I have an old RS2 EM that I won't be using, has a few cracks and I suspect a slight leak as well I'm trying to wait it out for the Wagner one, looks to be a good bet.

Can't speak for the ebay one TBH.

[Azman]

Any thoughts on the ebay manifold folks?

[Azman]

Ross, the knackered one is 3B

[denniselbows]

i have one of the bay em not tested it out yet as it is still to be put on but from first thoughts it is ok but time will see if it lasts. delivery was good as they are in the states and not uk as stated there was no carrage or customs to pay so the winning bid is all that is paid.had the item within a week the only thing there are a couple rought casting bits to cleen off but that may be me being picky

[CHEN]

I will have a good one for a standard S2 kicking about at work give me a PM if you want it.

[Jon441cc]

Aaron, i will bring my tubular manifold down for you to have a look at on friday :mischeif:

[Jamo]

The ebay manifold does look the part still i'm sure there are other options for the money if you search hard enough

[Azman]

Cheers Jon.
Cheers for the though Jamo, Just getting it quick enough for me to sort everything out, Also while I am at it I am going to do all the studs and bolts in that area just to clean things up a touch....
Any ideas on where to get a manifold from Jamo??
How much does a genuine RS2 manifold go for?

[denniselbows]

vag parts quoted me £498.43+vat for a genuin rs2 em.

[Azman]

anymore thoughts on this

[Jamo]

They aint cheap you looking over £500 new from Vagparts or maybe Parts daddy can get you one.

Consider also the 034 manifold and the Wagner manifold.

If you get an RS2 manifold you need shorter studs or need to cut them down.

I posted part number and pics in Ross's Project 400 thread IIRC...........

[Jamo]

Just a thought whats your BHP limit? You can do around 320 on the standard S2 manifold and Bry / Sal probably have one of the standard ones.

[Azman]

Looking for 400 in the future, so may as well sort a decent manifold out now....