will an ebay manifold break down on me? d16y8..

 

i personally will never buy anything from ebay.....especially car parts...

end of story

 

do a search. you'll find many many many negative posts about those mani's.

-zol

 

ah..ic..i bought it off some dude..but its a no name so im guessin its ebay..gay..

 

does it have any markings on it that could help us identify it or maybe post a pic.

we could tell you real quick if it is a crack prone ebay special.

 

Post a pic, I've seen people sell nice manifolds and crappy ones on ebay.

 

What the hell is an ebay manifold? Did they open thier own fab shop in the back of the paypal building? lol.

I'm sure there's at least 20 different people selling manifolds on ebay, so "ebay manifold" isn't saying much.

 

heres the picture of the manifold. thanks, and some pictures of some other cheap stuff that i hope works that i have..ack..

 

cant really recommend egay parts

 

That manifold is going to break. However I run one too, just gotta keep rewelding it.

 

i run the same manifold, and i can tell that it wont last. whats a good manifold i can buy for $200-$350 in its place??????

 

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https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1404253


https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1336590
^^^^^^ this is the log that i have on my d build
not done yet but it looks good

 

I've bought 3 cars, done a project car for eBay (editorscharitychallenge.com) and bought a ton of parts that I would never have been able to fins anywhere else -- and all I can say is that eBay can have good stuff and bad. It's just like a swap meet. There are some great deals, but don't be upset or surprised when you get burned. It comes with the territory.

As far as the manifold question, hey, the truth is that even OEM manifolds can fail. Ford found that out when they had so many warranty returns on the od E3 casting that came on the 2.3 turbo Mustang. They had to switch to an E6 casting.

I've even seen those problems on the tubular steel headers that we used to make and sell for those cars years and years ago. A lot of that had to do with properly bracing the turbo as the effect of too much weight on certain areas coupled with harmonics can cause stress cracks -- and you can't always predict what's gonna work and what won't. Unfortunately, you can't just keep rewelding the cracks all the time, either.

So, what I'm saying is that there isn't always an answer -- even with a well made manifold, but the tendency has been that the cheap stuff will fail quicker than a well made unit will.