Manifolds on a buggy, sale $ detractor?

[blacksheep10]

On the fusion, the Trailblazer 5.3 manifolds fit like they were made for it. There is room for 2.5" exhaust down both sides, and on the tight side, a 4" muffler fits easily (room for wrap). For the most part, when someone is shopping for a $25-32K buggy with excellent finish and paint, nice parts throughout, do you think manifolds will look like a shortcut or cheap out was taken enough to matter, or will they be looked right over? I'm about at that point, and need to know whether to buy headers (which I'll have to run a cross tube on and 1 muffler/downpipe

 

[benfowler87]

On the fusion, the Trailblazer 5.3 manifolds fit like they were made for it. There is room for 2.5" exhaust down both sides, and on the tight side, a 4" muffler fits easily (room for wrap). For the most part, when someone is shopping for a $25-32K buggy with excellent finish and paint, nice parts throughout, do you think manifolds will look like a shortcut or cheap out was taken enough to matter, or will they be looked right over? I'm about at that point, and need to know whether to buy headers (which I'll have to run a cross tube on and 1 muffler/downpipe

IMO accessibility to work around and simplicity mean more. But I do hate headers.

 

[blacksheep10]

I agree on the headers. I was wondering if it looks cheap. I'm going to lower all the way down again and make sure I can get a crossover tube in there with wrap before I say for sure headers will work. That is where I'd like to run the engine skid plate tube, so I'm kind of hoping I do manifolds....but then I have to buy mufflers with 4"OD- and decent muffling ability. Round only on the right

 

[kid rok]

Go with the manifolds if time is of an essence, but headers are more desirable in my book. You can always install the headers later.

 

[wngrog]

On the fusion, the Trailblazer 5.3 manifolds fit like they were made for it. There is room for 2.5" exhaust down both sides, and on the tight side, a 4" muffler fits easily (room for wrap). For the most part, when someone is shopping for a $25-32K buggy with excellent finish and paint, nice parts throughout, do you think manifolds will look like a shortcut or cheap out was taken enough to matter, or will they be looked right over? I'm about at that point, and need to know whether to buy headers (which I'll have to run a cross tube on and 1 muffler/downpipe

MattO had manifolds when he bought his truck and we all jumped him for being a fag.

That said, as long as you don't sell it to any of the assholes on this site, you should be fine

 

[blacksheep10]

MattO had manifolds when he bought his truck and we all jumped him for being a fag.

That said, as long as you don't sell it to any of the assholes on this site, you should be fine

Yeah, he had mainifolds that were ram horn style from a 69-72 chevy, same as the sheep lol
These are at least new and flow well.
With the manifolds I have to run duals and buy 2 mufflers. With headers I can crossover (have room) and run 1 muffler, and already have a 40 series flowmaster.
Guess headers it is, just need to find the right set, and quickly. its skid plate time

 

[hinton]

I would say run whatever fits the best I had to run hooker block hugger headers but if the manifolds would have fit I would have just ran them. For a buggy I don't think there is any noticeable power difference between the two, just the look of the two

 

[BamaTJ]

MattO had manifolds when he bought his truck and we all jumped him for being a fag.

That said, as long as you don't sell it to any of the assholes on this site, you should be fine

Thats funny. Custom headers Kelly, do it big ;D

 

[kid rok]

Heres some pics of hooker headers on mine.

Jimmy ran them beneath the oil pan and dumped um out at the T case

 

[Welderd]

there's a thread on pirate about this too

stock manifolds are as good as shorty headers, unless you can fit long tube headers leave the manifolds.

I was looking at a $30k rig and headers/manifolds never crossed my mind. It ran and well, there's plenty of other stuff to make the value on a rig. If someone is concerned about headers vs manifolds they probably are gonna want to know that TC drove your rig too.

 

[draggbody]

why not get the manifolds coated... manifolds are CHEAP to coat, so i think it would give it the fit and finish of a high end rig, but the simplicity of not ****ing w/ headers... we use performance coatings in atlanta, they did bens headers and long y-pipe for like $230 or something rediculous... they said that headers are hard to do because of shape, the y pipe only cost $40 or something of the whole bill...

 

[InDaShop]

kelly you remember my buggy had a manifold on one side and header on the other.

Passenger side had a driverside manifold to run around the front of the motor to join into the header on the driverside. It was all about packaging.

 

[blacksheep10]

Guess I'm going to run it around the pan and down the drivers side with headers.
Jimmy, hadn't thought about coating my manifolds. wonder if there's a coating service here in town.
The main thing that made up my decision was space for mufflers. I want a good sounding muffler and on the pass side 4" OD is all I am going to get. buying a pair of bullets that are high quality is maybe more than the headers.

 

[draggbody]

use magnaflow bullets... could you use a passenger manifold on the drivers side to get it to loop around, or vise versa...

 

[COPPERHEAD42]

Kelly I had my headers ceramic coated in a place up in KC right next to my work. I dont remember there name but I know where there at. I think he charged 180 for my headers. Could get the manifolds done there

 

[COPPERHEAD42]

Here is a halfway decent picture