shadowdawn

You can barely see it in this pic, but theres a nice crack in between the 4th and 3rd runner (closer to the compressor side)......

Should I invest in an inlinepro manifold? Since full race is out of the question since I love A/C and P/S

turbod16y8

what kind of manifold is that>?

RyanAutry

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turbod16y8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what kind of manifold is that&gt;?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Rev Hard.

shadowdawn

yea its a rev hard with somewhere over 20k miles on it.

Rain_man

i'd suggest inlinepro if you want the simplest and most durable fix.

Of course you can just get rewelded too.

Smashback

I'd invest in $20 worth of welding to fix one of the best cast manifolds ever produced

shadowdawn

You think a muffler shop could weld that? Or would I have to go elswhere.....

My muffler shop was able to cut the cast iron elbow and reweld the flange on me... just want opinions...

I dont really wanna spend hundreds on a new manifold if I can avoid it for now.

TurboSedan

Have the muffler shop weld it up. Save yourself the $$$$$

Full-Race Geoff

being that you are in NJ, i just came back to town, i may be able to hook u up with someone who can fix that. email me at geoff@full-race.com...

BTW definately DO NOT have just any muffler shop weld that. It is cast and needs a proper prep, weld, and post treatment otherwise it will get worse. Ive seen it happen many, many times.

lazerus

mig gun + cast iron = nono

unless you are running nickel wire that is. heh

BoostedH23a1

my rev hard cracked too.. damnit

CivicSoul

Get A lovefab manifold from Tinker219! I will be posting pics and great praise soon! Nothing Better for the money Anywhere!

93LSivic

Take that $100 you won from the h-t meet and put it towards a new one

shadowdawn

Lol that $100 went towards the swap

fsp31

&gt;&gt;You think a muffler shop could weld that? Or would I have to go elswhere..... &lt;&lt;

I'd just look up a local welding shop. They would probably charge less than $20 and take about 3 minutes. They'll also know a lot more about what they're doing than a muffler shop. With the right rod (can't remember which one right now), they can arc weld that crack just fine even though it is a cast manifold. A muffler shop would never get it right.

Anubyss

Damn I have a Revhard as well. I guess I shouldn't sell the Maxrev manifold just yet.

igotyofire

is the revhard manifold thats lets u keep AC really not all that strong? is this a common problem? what other manifolds lets u keep your AC ?

shadowdawn

Drag, maxrev, rev hard and inline pro let you keep A/C I dunno what others..... Rev hards dont usually crack, but **** happens. As far as performance goes Inline pro is probably the best just because of the WG positioning, but rev hards isent bad at all, I think drag's is the worst out of the bunch, but let me know if I'm wrong on that...

evoeone

i MIG weld, but on my cast manifold (i have a VW, my aftermarket turbo mani) my neighbor who works at a machine shop had to TIG to add an external wastegate hole, he used steel rod that had nickel in it, so i know for a fact he told me that, also on vwvortex.com, they say cast and steel has to be welded with a nickel rod, dunno if full nickel, but i guess steel/nickel

mos

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by evoeone &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i MIG weld, but on my cast manifold (i have a VW, my aftermarket turbo mani) my neighbor who works at a machine shop had to TIG to add an external wastegate hole, he used steel rod that had nickel in it, so i know for a fact he told me that, also on vwvortex.com, they say cast and steel has to be welded with a nickel rod, dunno if full nickel, but i guess steel/nickel</TD></TR></TABLE>

Steel should be welded with a steel rod. For cast iron, you should be using 99% nickel rod as somebody has already said above.

XDEep

does the revhard come with any bracing? when the popular ones do crack, do they usually crack towards the 3rd/4rth runners, since the turbo is offset towards them? also, do these things crack only under higher boost or egt's than intended?