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

 

what kind of manifold is that>?

 

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Rev Hard.

 

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

 

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

Of course you can just get rewelded too.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

mig gun + cast iron = nono

unless you are running nickel wire that is. heh

 

my rev hard cracked too.. damnit

 

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

 

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

 

Lol that $100 went towards the swap

 

&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.

 

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

 

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 ?

 

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...

 

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

 

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

 

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?