WTF happened to my exhaust?? PICS

[DriftNinjah]

Okay so I bought an s14 with an sr20det a couple weeks ago and then threw a rod. Burn me whatev. . . aanyways, I'm doing a full rebuild on it and I've pulled her out to find some interesting stuff going on. First problem is the exhaust. The exhaust manifold is warped.
Please pardon the fisheye lens it doesn't come off the camera.
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And this is what it was doing to the block. 1 and 4 were letting exhaust through the sides and on 2 was a crack in the manifold
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How does this happen?

Next problem is one of the exhaust studs on the head has broken off. How do I fix this?
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I'm just going to buy new headers, but what really bothers me is I don't know what do I do about the head stud. Any help guys and gals?

[di-devol]

lol, welcome to shitty manifolds, go back to stock. Get some sort of extractor for the stud and drill it out.

[nate1]

dont buy cheap parts, the stud shouldnt be to hard to get out

[STR8E180]

get a decent fabricated manifold and u wont have that problem

[s14>integra]

you can get the stud out with a left spinning drill bit. or you can buy the broken stud removal kits. Or drill the thing out completely and helicoil it. You have plenty of options.

[Walperstyle]

Welcome to the world of modifying a car. We all hate it when stuff like this happens.

[redline racer510]

Go back to stock turbo manifold, equal length turbo manifold offer minimal power gains and when they do it is usually on a much larger turbo on a top mount which have there own inherent problems. Get copper exhaust gasket along with stock manifold and ARP exhaust studs and your golden. For the broken stud any reputable engine or machine shop can remove the stud no problem.

[DriftNinjah]

Awesome! Thank you so much!