[honks]

just found that my exhaust manifold is cracked on my sierra between cyl 3&4 i want to get this fixed asap will it hurt the engine driving with the manifold like this also should i put the heat shroud back on (will it cause the engine to run hot if i dont)?

[zooker]

Go and buy a set of extractors or get another stock manifold. I doubt driving it like that will cause any damage to the engine.

The heat shroud was one of the first things I took off my first sierra (along with the swaybar ). It wont affect the engine at all by removing it.

[honks]

yeh was planning on getting extractors just gotta ring around tommorrow to see how long till some one can fot them and how long to get a set

[MacDaddy]

honks wrote:

yeh was planning on getting extractors just gotta ring around tommorrow to see how long till some one can fot them and how long to get a set

Not sure what engine you have under the hood of your Sierra, but there are a few options on ebay for Extractors -
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Suzuki-Sierra-Dr ... 3cb1c773f1
I bought Vit ones of this seller, and they were good and well made, and they have free delivery... they do have 1L & 1.3L, but only 1.3L listed at the moment, maybe contact them, and see if they have any, if its 1L

[honks]

thanks mac bear gunna have a good look around today mine is a 1.3 so shouldn't be to hard to find a set

[losfer]

ahh , so it was you that called me today i guess.

[honks]

yeh that would be me ended up getting a new set and 2" system fitted tommorrow i would n't of had time to get there to pick those ones up or fit them myself for a couple of weeks and my manifold is nearly cracked the whole way around between ports 3&4 had to drive it around a bit today and it was slowly getting louder and louder i have got a bit of stuff from you guys (steering box, radiator,waterpump etc.) now the first place i call for spares

[Buddies72]

Nice link to get extractors from MacBear, i had a look at their website (link from the ebay site to www.maxheaders.com.au) and found they are $20 cheaper if you buy from them direct - not on the ebay store. Probably the paypal costs.

[MacDaddy]

Buddies72 wrote:

Nice link to get extractors from MacBear, i had a look at their website (link from the ebay site to www.maxheaders.com.au) and found they are $20 cheaper if you buy from them direct - not on the ebay store. Probably the paypal costs.

Cool, even better !

( That link you put up, has a " ) " on the end, which makes it a dead link )

[honks]

extractors and 2" system all fitted pretty happy with it give a little extra poke which is always good

[MacDaddy]

honks wrote:

extractors and 2" system all fitted pretty happy with it give a little extra poke which is always good

Bet your happy
That little bit of poke will increase over time, its like its clearing out all the crap, or adjusting to it, but yeah it will feel even better over time... so how does it sound, did you get some noise, or keep it fairly quiet ?

[honks]

yeh sounds pretty good a fair bit loude on acceleration and at around 60km/h but surprisingly quiet and not droning on the highway which is good