Thread: SBR Manifold and how to tell you got one!

Ordered an SBR Mani 1st gen because I wanted to go for stealthness and not have to hassel with opening up a 2g mani to mate with my Evo3. Ordered it from Slowboy with their already understood great service on parts like these. Here are some angels of it fitted on the car, to help you determine if you have one, if you picked up your DSM used or something:

Opening differences between stock vs SBR. Tons of pic comparisons online, but here are mine:


The exhaust runners are so big, that the stock flange isn't a big enough opening for the SBR mani. In this pic you can clearly see how much larger the opening is and the casting around it.


Here you can see the left side of the manifold REALLY sticking out past the side of the head. The runners are a good size larger then the stock manifold, so this should be very noticable.


Another angle:


On the top right side of the manifold, you will notice the mani-to-head flange is shaped differently as well.


Here it is fitted on the car:


And then it looking beautifully hidden :)


Now if Jonathan will hand me back my Evo3, I'll let you know how she holds up :) So this is a partial review. Continuation in a few days (hopefully).

Manny

Thats strange, I just test fitted everything and I don't seem to have a clearance problem with any of the nuts or flat washers. It looks to me that the only modification needed is to the heat shield holes for the bolts. On my 2g heat shield, it doesn't quite stretch out far enough so it'll probably have to be drilled a bit. Strangly though my 1g heat shield clears just fine. On either heat shield though, I noticed you have to bend and open up the opening a bit for the thick casting to clear.

As far as pricing goes, yes that a good amount cheaper ($199 vs 169). Granted that they are they same part. From the pictures they definetly 'look' the same and the description matches, but this grinding you speak of for clearance is what has me concerned.

We get free shipping through SBR after a certain amount, maybe we can work something out with DSMParts and get a similar deal.