exhaust manifold crack, question Options

[cel97ica]

i popped my hood the other day to put oil in my car and i looked at the exhaust manifold and noticed a crack, i dont really know if its a serious problem besides losing power and smelling fumes? But my question is should i just buy a replacement exhaust manifold or get a header. ID rather go with header but i heard all the ebay ones need custom fab, on the parts database theres a AROSPEED CHROME HEADER does anyone know if thats direct bolt on?

[cel97ica]

does anyone know what i should do?

[LewFX]

get a used one from someone, you dont want an exhaust leak

[Bitter]

you can grab a used exhaust manifold from a junkyard off a corolla for cheap, you can try to braze your cracked stock manifold, buy a new cast one off ebay, or get a corolla header off ebay and have that fitted.

[cel97ica]

have either of you heard of the Arospeed header from the parts list do you know if thatd be a direct fit?

[Bitter]

never seen that header, ever. its probably not made anymore. just as well, the arospeed stuff was cheap chinese **** for the most part.

[94GT]

Where is it cracked? I've got a crack on my heat shield, but that's not a problem

[cel97ica]

its cracked on the actual manifold, ill double check tommrow, but im almost positive, if it was just the heat shield i wouldnt care but ill check