Exhaust manifold

[Chady]

Hi
I am looking for some advice on what is the best way to sort a leaking exhaust manifold on my clio 197. Should I try to replace the flexi or go for an after market replacement
Cheers
Chady

 

[R3k1355]

How bad is the flexi?

 

[MarcB]

There is a few choices.

Alot of people do the following on there car -

1, Repair there exhaust flexi
2, buy a second unit, swap the Flexi and then swap the manifold.
3, Buy a ToyoSport manifold from ebay at around £170
4, Buy a K-Tec manifold at £500+

I personally have a Toyo Sport and I just replaced the Flexi on mine -

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The pedals had to be changed as they had worn away.

clio197.net

 

[Chady]

How bad is the flexi?

Not sure as have not removed it from the car yet

 

[Chady]

There is a few choices.

Alot of people do the following on there car -

1, Repair there exhaust flexi
2, buy a second unit, swap the Flexi and then swap the manifold.
3, Buy a ToyoSport manifold from ebay at around £170
4, Buy a K-Tec manifold at £500+

I personally have a Toyo Sport and I just replaced the Flexi on mine -

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The pedals had to be changed as they had worn away.

clio197.net

Does the toyo sport fit well I was looking at one of those as an option
Thanks

 

[MarcB]

Does the toyo sport fit well I was looking at one of those as an option
Thanks

The Toyosport bangs off the subframe of the car so people fit power flex upper engine and lower gearbox mounts.
As you can see from my pictures I also went that little extra and neatly took some of the subframe out as the previous owner thought it would be a good idea to try and melt it with a blow torch.

I would rather spend £50 every 6 years on a cheap manifold to change the Flexi than spend it on an expensive manifold. No matter how you look at it its a Flexi and it will go.

 

[Chady]

Thanks do you need to drop the rear of the subframe to get the Toyo sport manifold in

 

[GrahamS]

Alex at AW Motorworks does a very nice job of sorting these. @AlexW