hot dogs tonight...everything is closed

Well it's Christmas Day. Merry Christmas everyone.

I ordered some radiator hoses that did show friday, so I figured I'd dive a little deeper and fix the cracked exhaust manifold. Got it all apart. But, now what should I do? Buy this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33632&item=7942980779&rd=1 and be cheap or spring for a header. More importantly do you think this ebay one is worth a damn? I don't care to have to do this twice!

Thanks
Thomas

If once is what you want to do go with a header. If you are tight on time, weld it. That is really cheap, weren't those just going for like 90 t 100 just a while ago????

So what kind of hot dogs???


hinkley

Mark Hinkley said:

If once is what you want to do go with a header. If you are tight on time, weld it. That is really cheap, weren't those just going for like 90 t 100 just a while ago????

So what kind of hot dogs???


hinkley

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Thankfully it's not my DD so time isn't a issue. However, I don't want to spend a bunch more on it. That money has gone into the gears and suspension. Axles later. HP isn't the goal. I hate to drop 300 beans on a header. I just don't see how a header could help to mush with my stock setup, also. I guess I wonder are the manifolds on Ebay the same. Some of the ads say they're better than the other guys. I guess it's not like they are making the manifolds. My guess is they are all the same! So cheaper the better. I hope!

BTW, the hotdogs are Bryan Beef Franks. Looking for some chilli only have chilli with beans.

take a look at the larger picture - im not sure that i like the pipe fitting on the ends of the headers...

Get whatcha pay for... welding the holes and cracks in the old one might be better than spending the $ on a new one that is crap...


I say go Mopar replacement, or Aftermarket header, avoid cheap crap... Im not sure that weight in metal can be purchased for 50.00 anymore with China taking all the steel...

Hot Dogs?

I just got home from work.

Casinos are open.

I put one of those ebay things on my '90, it cracked a couple of months later. I then welded that crack up about 10 months ago, so far so good. Since the welding it has seen probably 10k miles and 8 or 10 off road trips and it is holding strong. So if money is the priority and your manifold is in good shape except for the crack I would probably try welding it. If longevity is priority then maybe a good header.

desertjeeper said:

I put one of those ebay things on my '90, it cracked a couple of months later. I then welded that crack up about 10 months ago, so far so good. Since the welding it has seen probably 10k miles and 8 or 10 off road trips and it is holding strong. So if money is the priority and your manifold is in good shape except for the crack I would probably try welding it. If longevity is priority then maybe a good header.

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Well when to a few parts houses today. About 200.00 for a Motormite or somthing like that. I will be calling clifford on Monday. They say 300.00 on there web site. However, I might carry it to the local muffler shop and have them make a pass at it. Spoke to them the other day and they said they do a lot of these and would add bracing to it to lesson the chance of it breaking again.