manifold

[bubbaboo]

right im getting rid of the standed mani ive only ever fitted manifolds to fords how easy is it to do and whats the best mani to go for on a 8v the golf already has a magnex system on it, thanks

[georgeandpeppa]

same boat mate, brought a hot tuning one off ebay but not fitted it yet,think you have to move the inlet manifold and loosen the engine mounts to get enough clearance

[marky-gee]

Interesting, I was also about to hit the "buy now" button, one on eBay ATM for £150 would be interested to see the quality of it.

The only thing that puts me off a 4-2-1 is the fact there is no flexi joint, and I can just see the hassle of tKi g the whole thing back off in 6months to have it rewelded....

Keep us posted on what you get up to with this

[Wayne]

Standard manifold is not that restrictive to be honest.

A lot of the ebay ones are designed for lhd so will not fit rhd.

And no flexy joint means they tend to crack.

You need the car up on a ramp to chang it really.

[Dmonday]

Standard manifold is not that restrictive to be honest.

A lot of the ebay ones are designed for lhd so will not fit rhd.

And no flexy joint means they tend to crack.

You need the car up on a ramp to chang it really.

As said the standard ones are OK, my aftermarket VR one had alot of metal sticking out on some of the welds on the inside i had to file down

Dan

[kr1s77]

I have a spare one unused I from hot tuning, pm if u are interested

[marky-gee]

The reason I'm considering it is that after 2x STD manifolds cracking I was looking to try out a 4-2-1, I do understand the original is not restrictive but it is common knowledge that they are prone to cracking.

There must be people on the forum who are running 4 branch's and haven't encountered problems, or am I living on cloud 9 ??

[robz]

think the problem is not many people bother on the 8v, unfortunatly £150 is alot towards a vr, so they dont often get replaced with uprated ones!!
i have looked at them as i beleive mine is slightly blowing, but never really bothered about it

[Wayne]

The reason I'm considering it is that after 2x STD manifolds cracking I was looking to try out a 4-2-1, I do understand the original is not restrictive but it is common knowledge that they are prone to cracking.

There must be people on the forum who are running 4 branch's and haven't encountered problems, or am I living on cloud 9 ??

With no flexy joint you will have cracking issues on aftermarket manifolds, plain and simple.

[marky-gee]

The reason I'm considering it is that after 2x STD manifolds cracking I was looking to try out a 4-2-1, I do understand the original is not restrictive but it is common knowledge that they are prone to cracking.

There must be people on the forum who are running 4 branch's and haven't encountered problems, or am I living on cloud 9 ??

With no flexy joint you will have cracking issues on aftermarket manifolds, plain and simple.

Yep, it's what my sensible side is telling me, but, what if I got a 4-2-1 and had a flexi added ?? Then you would have a flexible 4 branch !