WTB: 7AFE OEM "special" Manifold Options

[6gcSTVT]

I'm buying stock exhaust pieces to replace my whole exhaust system since I have 4 leaks and all are not fixable anymore with muffler paste and inspection is next month. I've been looking at manifolds and autozone said that they don't have a manifold for my 7afe if it was made before feb 1996, but they do if it was made after march 1996. Make any sense?

I was looking at the manifolds and the difference is in the bolt holes on the block I believe. Can anyone verify this? So what I'm looking for is a 7afe manifold made before feb 1996 that someone could sell me?

Darin

[hurley97]

I'm buying stock exhaust pieces to replace my whole exhaust system since I have 4 leaks and all are not fixable anymore with muffler paste and inspection is next month. I've been looking at manifolds and autozone said that they don't have a manifold for my 7afe if it was made before feb 1996, but they do if it was made after march 1996. Make any sense?

I was looking at the manifolds and the difference is in the bolt holes on the block I believe. Can anyone verify this? So what I'm looking for is a 7afe manifold made before feb 1996 that someone could sell me?

Darin

I'm going to say the holes for the studs are the same. Reason being that I had rebuilt Jeff's old engine ('97) and put it in my car (also a '97). Obviously my stock manifold bolted up just fine. I put the turbo and the manifold I got on that motor, I then had to replace the head with one I got from a junkyard (it was out of a '95) and my turbo manifold fit back on just fine. I know the earlier models have the hole for the o2 sensor in the cat which may be part of the manifold, but I'm not sure on that. I believe the runners are slightly different as well as the way it bolts to the front pipe since the later models don't have the big cat right in the front pipe.