Stainless Manifolds

[Ben Lessani]

everything vibrates in my car with a solid mount...i have a nice smooth idle but it makes the car shake to buggery. i compensated for this by increasing the idle speed and its marginally better - but when driving you can hear different parts of the car resonate with different rpm's.

...not that im saying i'd change it - its tightened up my gear changes a good bit, and stopped any excessive movement - but it does make the car a little rougher.

[Horney]

I hate my solid front mount and when I have the funds I'll be replacing all the engine/box mounts with OE ones. But I'm not going to be running a stainless manifold so it's all good.

Nick

[dabill]

i'll have the solid mount off you then haha

[clipperjay]

Just fitted a Raceland Manifold on my 8v daily. Fit was ok (just) It sounds great, and saved me about £200 over a Miltek manifold. Bit less torque real low down, but better throttle response over 3k. did solid front engine mount at the same time too.
 

Raceland do a quality manifold, but really depends what you want in terms of compression holding or quick exit.
I prefer quality stainless as well over any chromed or sh!te eBay ones. I think from my old days of testing the resonance from the manifold is at such a frequency that it can vibrate into pieces, whilst standard steel ones can cope better with the frequency and vibrations, and not damage the gaskets funny that one performance or lifetime.

J