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Best place to get a Zetec exhaust manifold?
norfolkluego - 12/1/10 at 11:45 AM

I was going to get one from er.... a supplier but was told at the last phone call 'there are a few issues at the moment, best look elsewhere' (no money had changed hands), where's the best place for my money to go, I've seen Westfield do them, anyone else and a bit cheaper wouldn't go amiss

cd.thomson - 12/1/10 at 11:51 AM

GBS/Robin hood do a cheap one but it isnt fantastic quality. does the job though!

scutter - 12/1/10 at 11:54 AM

If you can weld, I think Great British Sportscars do the cheapest. LINKY Bugger beaten to it.




ATB Dan.

[Edited on 12/1/10 by scutter]

rusty nuts - 12/1/10 at 12:15 PM

Save your self some money and grief, get a decent one made for your car . I had loads of problems with my manifold from Lolocost/GBS and ended up getting one made from decent stainless. Not cheap but well happy with it. You get what you pay for?

fatbaldbloke - 12/1/10 at 12:26 PM

Top end, both price and quality - Simpson Race Exhausts.

scutter - 12/1/10 at 12:27 PM

Just remembered that 907 is over the border in suffolk, why not drop him a line.

Dan.

mad4x4 - 12/1/10 at 12:31 PM

Custom Chrome in Nuneaton do the Plate

sorry don;t have link but call

02476387808

rusty nuts - 12/1/10 at 12:34 PM

You have u2u. Mel

DavidW - 12/1/10 at 12:44 PM

I have the GBS one but expect I'll proabably end up getting a better one - should have saved myself money by buying a propoer one first time....

Danozeman - 12/1/10 at 12:48 PM

Mines a fisher fury one. Not bad quality and not bad price.

whitestu - 12/1/10 at 12:56 PM

Westy ones are nice.

smac - 12/1/10 at 03:26 PM

Anyone fitted a westy one in a book chassis?

Danozeman - 12/1/10 at 04:28 PM

IIRC you need to move the diagonal crossmember to fit a westy one.

heres the fisher one

Heres mine with a one fo 907's silencers. Depends how much eaxhaust you want to see.

car side
car side

[Edited on 12/1/10 by Danozeman]

eddie99 - 12/1/10 at 05:07 PM

I bought a GBS one, it will do the trick but in the end, it will be replaced. If you can, get a good one to start with and save yourself some grief

Steve G - 12/1/10 at 05:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eddie99
I bought a GBS one, it will do the trick but in the end, it will be replaced. If you can, get a good one to start with and save yourself some grief


And probably gain yourself some power!! A decent tuned exhaust should be one of the cheapest ways to gain some power imho. As above from various people, spend a little extra and best to do it right first time around.

smac - 12/1/10 at 07:39 PM

I ve read before that of the cheaper ones ( although how £300 can be called cheap) the westfield one is good for power - something to do with the collector I believe. Im building up to parting with the cash.

[Edited on 12/1/10 by smac]

mr T - 12/1/10 at 09:39 PM

Look Here

scutter - 12/1/10 at 10:18 PM

The Tiger downpipes are ok, but they still need a £120 collector!

Dan.

norfolkluego - 12/1/10 at 11:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman
IIRC you need to move the diagonal crossmember to fit a westy

[Edited on 12/1/10 by Danozeman]


That's why I don't really want to go with the Westfield one, don't want to start chopping bits out of the chassis, the GBS one goes over the top rail which is why I liked the look of that one but that's now off the shopping list

MikeR - 13/1/10 at 09:16 AM

What is so bad with the GBS one?

DavidW - 13/1/10 at 10:00 AM

Mine seems to rely on slightly oval holes in order to line up on the head.

I think it needs some tweaking to line up properly.

David

norfolkluego - 20/1/10 at 06:51 PM

Anyone have any experience of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOCOST-VINDICATOR-SEVEN-ZETEC-4-1-EXHAUST-MANIFOLD-KIT_W0QQitemZ320445629605QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM ?hash=item4a9c0c44a5

I'm getting quoted some horrendous prices for making a stainless one up (over £500)

scutter - 20/1/10 at 07:33 PM

I'd say that's worse than the GBS one, at least there's is bent pipes not straight sections for you to weld together.

£500 seems about right for a custom one, i was quoted that for mine about 5-6 years ago.

ATB Dan.

rusty nuts - 20/1/10 at 08:38 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
What is so bad with the GBS one?


Don't know about the Zetec manifold but if it's anything like their Xflow item then flanges so badly distorted the only way I could get it to seal against the head was to cut the flange plate into 3 separate pieces . Even then the manifold had to be bolted to a spare head with a couple of blocks of wood inserted so that the pipes could bend enough to get a seal . Flange not fully welded so that after managing to seal the flange I had to remove the manifold and reweld parts of it. Poor quality stainless that rusted almost as bad as mild steel . In it's defence it was cheap but you get what you pay for. Many thanks to Paul (907) for his excellant work making the new manifold.

Andybarbet - 20/1/10 at 09:10 PM

If they are still around, try 'Tube engineering' - they were in Peterborough area and i got mine direct from them (about 3 or 4 years back) as they used to make them for old luego.
I payed very little for mine & the silencer, considering what old luego were charging with their mark up. The guy also polished it for me for a tenner extra
Very good to deal with too.

cliftyhanger - 20/1/10 at 09:33 PM

Does anybody have the figures for the diameter and length of primaries? I am going to use a ST170 manifold, but have a strong suspicion it is likely to be as good as, if not better, than any of the sftermarket ones. Why?? the cost of developing a manifold must be huge, I did try to read/understand the theory, but got lost rather quickly!
On that note, why is 4>1 preferred? is it just because it fits and there just not enough length available for 4>2>1?? This really does interest me(sad but true )

norfolkluego - 22/1/10 at 09:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman
Mines a fisher fury one. Not bad quality and not bad price.


Took your advice and bought one from Fisher £291 including VAT