RS2 exhaust manifold

[trevithick]

Well I thought I was getting somewhere but the old moneypit has come up with another problem.
Sounding very much like a cracked exhaust manifold (lots of ticking/ blowing at various heats) only one way to find out and that involves getting oily again.
The question is what is the best "standard" manifold and where is the best place to get one?
Cheers
T

[Jamo]

The best manifold is the Wagner Tuning RS2 Evo manifold, PM lupu911 for details or check here http://translate.google.co.uk/transl...ial%26hs%3DkX9

[s2_bo]

Yeah lupos manifolds are very very good. I can also highly recomend them.
He can also ship them world wide.

[epic]

They're great as long as you want to spend over £600 and are going to upgrade the existing turbo on the car to make the expense worthwhile.

[Jamo]

No they will benefit the stock turbo and they are the same price as a new RS2 manifold which is inferior in design and NLA in that Audi are not making any new ones.

[goodall]

how about one those cheap ebay ones...

[epic]

or a good quality s/h one. I remember you sold one recently Jamo.

[S2central.net]

how about one those cheap ebay ones...

Would avoid like the plague personally - cheap chinese shyte usually

[Jamo]

or a good quality s/h one. I remember you sold one recently Jamo.

Yes but that manifold was only 3 years old, it had zero cracks and was ceramic coated.

I've only seen one other RS2 manifold go from Monster Eddie that even close to the quality of it. Every other one has cracks that I have seen.

Fitzy is a happy man that other members passed up on it for a little bit extra.

[epic]

Clearly buying a S/H 14 year manifold is not a good idea and a recent one would be best.

[Jamo]

Clearly buying a S/H 14 year manifold is not a good idea and a recent one would be best.

Yeah and how many of them are there then?

[GazzaG60]

im with jamo why risk it on old ****.

there are better designs too. unless your going bigger than the standard turbo stick with the standard manifold.

go wagner. the products offer good value. boost is a more, more thing and im sure most will want more than RS2 turbo once its been sampled for a bit.

[terrybullwon]

They're great as long as you want to spend over £600 and are going to upgrade the existing turbo on the car to make the expense worthwhile.

I am with Jamo, Wagner manifolds are very good. £600 is not to much for a manifold in the market. Considering it will bolt straight up and no aditional work. And as its cast it will last another 15 years easy

[BRY]

Has anyone had any issues with the Ebay copies?
All I have heard is that they are crap without any reported failings, to my knowledge.

[Jamo]

Yes Mark_RS2 I think had a court case over a copy and few people have had to grind / drill and retap them to get them to fit.

They'll have a quarter the life span of the OEM manifolds as they have no nickel content, they are good for a quick fix however.