The original ones a prone to cracking (if you turbo is not properly supported by the factory bracket or a good imitiation of it).
Mine cracked and it was a good thing - get rid of it and replace it with a flexible item (Ortac hose) 19mm or 3/4" make/solder together a barbed fitting arrangement at each end add some hose clamps and voila - sleep well.
Making a solid type steel pipe replacement is perilous because they do not flex - where as the original is billowed steel to deal with the expansion and contraction of the manifold.
Thu, 19 February 2004 09:34
