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Old 04-17-2014, 09:39 PM   #1
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Another broken cheap knockoff (MEGAN)

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.


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Old 04-17-2014, 09:54 PM   #2
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Wow man they usually make some good quality products
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Old 04-17-2014, 10:13 PM   #3
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Old 04-17-2014, 10:17 PM   #4
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Hahahaha I was being sarcastic.
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Old 04-17-2014, 10:25 PM   #5
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is this supposed to be surprising? i dont get the point of this thread.
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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
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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.
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Old 04-17-2014, 11:04 PM   #8
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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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Old 04-17-2014, 11:06 PM   #9
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Did the car scrape while driving/speed bumps on the exhaust system and did it have a flex pipe on the exhaust system/DP?
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Did the car scrape while driving/speed bumps on the exhaust system and did it have a flex pipe on the exhaust system/DP?
Nope, wasn't slammed or anything. Pretty sure there was a flex pipe too.
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Old 04-17-2014, 11:17 PM   #11
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Hahahaha I was being sarcastic.
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Old 04-17-2014, 11:18 PM   #12
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The brace we are reffering to:

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Old 04-17-2014, 11:26 PM   #13
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Yeah I'd be pretty stoked for two years with it
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The brace we are reffering to:

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.
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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.
My thoughts exactly. Bought it used and it lasted two years, without the bracket. Ain't nothing to complain about.
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I'll buy this tried and true manifold off you for 10 bucks.
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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.
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.
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bracket + flex pipe, I thought this had been figured out years ago and become common knowledge by now.
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My thoughts exactly. Bought it used and it lasted two years, without the bracket. Ain't nothing to complain about.

I agree with the above statement
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bracket + flex pipe, I thought this had been figured out years ago and become common knowledge by now.
No such thing as common knowledge on this forum anymore.
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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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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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Run a stock manifold that's been exstrude honed. Problem solved
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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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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
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the OBX ones are pretty rock solid.
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Run a stock manifold that's been exstrude honed. Problem solved
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.
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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.
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