Techno Duck
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- LI, NY
Gas mileage in my '00 Sport has gotten noticeably worse over the year ive owned it and i am guessing its not a bad idea to replace the 4x O2 sensors before the cat (no idea when they were changed, if ever). While im at it i figure ill throw in a new manifold to fix my likely leaking 113k mile one.
Ive been doing a bunch of reading and see all the recommendations for the '99 and earlier manifolds but not much for the '00+ with the two California pre-cats. It appears the only options would be going with OEM ($$$), cast iron from iNeedParts.Com (about $130 for the set..they look similar to the Dorhman set that is about 4x the price from SummitRacing) and from Gale Banks ($472).
Does anyone have experience with the cast iron manifolds from iNeedParts? I am wondering how they hold up as everyones praise about the headers from them is regarding the 321ss set for the pre '99s. At the price of the OEM headers which will likely crack again ill just spend the extra and go with the stainless Gale Banks. While i dont mind spending the extra money for a quality part i just wondering if the $120 set of cast irons were any better than stock. $472 is alot to lay out upfront on that Gale Banks set but isnt a huge deal really as id probably save that much in gas over a 2 year period .
Performance does not really make much a difference too me, i have another car for that .
Ive been doing a bunch of reading and see all the recommendations for the '99 and earlier manifolds but not much for the '00+ with the two California pre-cats. It appears the only options would be going with OEM ($$$), cast iron from iNeedParts.Com (about $130 for the set..they look similar to the Dorhman set that is about 4x the price from SummitRacing) and from Gale Banks ($472).
Does anyone have experience with the cast iron manifolds from iNeedParts? I am wondering how they hold up as everyones praise about the headers from them is regarding the 321ss set for the pre '99s. At the price of the OEM headers which will likely crack again ill just spend the extra and go with the stainless Gale Banks. While i dont mind spending the extra money for a quality part i just wondering if the $120 set of cast irons were any better than stock. $472 is alot to lay out upfront on that Gale Banks set but isnt a huge deal really as id probably save that much in gas over a 2 year period .
Performance does not really make much a difference too me, i have another car for that .