Zzz89

This MEGAN exhaust manifold was on my cousins SR20det. He bought the car from the previous owner with it already installed so he decided to stick with it. Has a S15 T28 boosting 10lbs. Daily drove the car for almost two years and this happened. Turbo literally almost fell off the manifold.

coupesallday!

Wow man they usually make some good quality products

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tricky_ab

coupesallday!

Hahahaha I was being sarcastic.

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hartig

is this supposed to be surprising? i dont get the point of this thread.

sr23det

did you run the flange bracket?

jc cuz I have a dc one that I ran without it and the moment I installed it a few k's later it had that same outcome as your megan

Zzz89

Not sure what kind of flange bracket you're talking about but there was two supporting pieces of metal welded on the manifold and flange that broke off.

TheRealSy90

Honestly, he got 2 years out of it. I'd be happy as fuck for a cheap ass manifold to last that long.

There's two holes on each flange that are supposed to have a bracket bolting them together for added support. Looks like it wasn't being used with one.

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Renelovesnike

Did the car scrape while driving/speed bumps on the exhaust system and did it have a flex pipe on the exhaust system/DP?

Zzz89

Nope, wasn't slammed or anything. Pretty sure there was a flex pipe too.

delado

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TheRealSy90

The brace we are reffering to:

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Shift_Kouki

Yeah I'd be pretty stoked for two years with it

Zzz89

I'm actually not sure if that bracket was on there or not, if it wasn't then the previous owner probably didn't install it.

xBtony

My thoughts exactly. Bought it used and it lasted two years, without the bracket. Ain't nothing to complain about.

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TheRealSy90

I'll buy this tried and true manifold off you for 10 bucks.

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jamg

it doesn't have one from the looks of your pics.

that's actually the older versions of their mani's.

they added that bracket for support. the new ones all have them, and they prevent this from happening.

just an engineering flaw, that they fixed.

ManoNegra

bracket + flex pipe, I thought this had been figured out years ago and become common knowledge by now.

fullthrottle

I agree with the above statement

eek

No such thing as common knowledge on this forum anymore.

Veryflush

Bet he didn't have the brace bolted up. I've had mine 4 years and make much more power and it hasn't leaked or cracked.

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OBEEWON

LOL Megan
Mugan
Megan Goode

Cot dang she fine

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zombiewolf513

On a side note, that American Missile Crisis shirt is the shit.

cbh148

I too bought an SR that came with a Megan manifold already on it. It cracked after about 5 months. The bracket was bolted on the entire time, but actually it cracked as well (on the boxed end of the bracket that bolts to the head flange, not pictured). I had it patched by a friend with a welder just because there was a drift event coming up that weekend in January, but here it is April and it's cracked again. I'm surprised it lasted that long.

I just got an engine torque damper in the mail, and I recently window welded my motor and trans mount. I'm also about to have a flex pipe put in the vertical section of my down pipe. After that, I'm either going to buy the $390 Isis SCH40 manifold (has anybody tried this one yet?), or have a custom one made.

Strangely enough, my $100 CxRacing turbo manifold that I bought for my CA18 never cracked, and it didn't even have a support bracket on it. Go figure.

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Gar9854

Run a stock manifold that's been exstrude honed. Problem solved

cbh148

I don't have a stock manifold, but even if I did, I wouldn't use it because I just flat out can't stand the deep near-KA exhaust note they give. Not that it sounds bad, but just the high pitch tubular manifold sound is awesome. Especially with cams + tune.

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zombiewolf513

Extrude honed sr manifold are proven to work just as well if not better than most aftermarket bottom mounts. I have a 14/15 manifold for sale by the way

bataangpinoy

the OBX ones are pretty rock solid.

Matej

You can buy at least four (eight years worth) of those knockoff manifolds for the price of extrude honing the OEM one. Not to mention the knockoffs weigh much less, thus reducing weight up front along with the likelihood of snapping the exhaust studs.

zombiewolf513

True. But some might rather have the piece of mind that their turbo isn't one day going to be holding onto the engine by the water lines.