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single port intake leak and related questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Happystamps" data-source="post: 599316" data-attributes="member: 14679"><p>I'd save modifications for when you really need them. You've got an issue with your existing part, sure, but I'd simply replace any broken parts with good quality standard originals since they're cheap, effective, and not detrimental to vehicle value. Modifications should be for functional improvements.</p><p>I would suggest that if you wanted to make a good job of it, your best bet would be to adjust the exhaust to fit properly so that it doesn't pull the inlet manifold out of position. Might require cutting and welding it but shouldn't be an insurmountable problem, and it'll reduce stress on the exhaust too, so hopefully it'll last a bit longer.</p><p>Flexible exhaust tubing isn't capable of withstanding the temperatures that the area in question is subjected to, and if it leaks it leaks into the cabin heater air, so I'd stay away from that. And the split single port manifold might make lining up the ports a little simpler, but it introduces two new (4 if you include the brazed pre-heat pipes) potential leaks, it will effect torque (probably not by much, but still) and it's likely to be as well made as most new parts, which is to say stay away if at all possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Happystamps, post: 599316, member: 14679"] I'd save modifications for when you really need them. You've got an issue with your existing part, sure, but I'd simply replace any broken parts with good quality standard originals since they're cheap, effective, and not detrimental to vehicle value. Modifications should be for functional improvements. I would suggest that if you wanted to make a good job of it, your best bet would be to adjust the exhaust to fit properly so that it doesn't pull the inlet manifold out of position. Might require cutting and welding it but shouldn't be an insurmountable problem, and it'll reduce stress on the exhaust too, so hopefully it'll last a bit longer. Flexible exhaust tubing isn't capable of withstanding the temperatures that the area in question is subjected to, and if it leaks it leaks into the cabin heater air, so I'd stay away from that. And the split single port manifold might make lining up the ports a little simpler, but it introduces two new (4 if you include the brazed pre-heat pipes) potential leaks, it will effect torque (probably not by much, but still) and it's likely to be as well made as most new parts, which is to say stay away if at all possible. [/QUOTE]
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