Manifold Issue - Possible Fix?

[fauxpas]

With those dodgy manifolds cracking, could this be a solution?

this is a galant with Evo VI engine... Notice the 'motorcycle' style tension springs holding the tubes in place...

http://www.adaptronic.nl/images/stories/webside/resize%20of%20p1020726.jpg

[ELEGNT]

cant see how this will work, so the tubes arent even attached to the flange? wth???

no matter how hard the spring rate is you will still get exhaust leaks

[odysseyesm]

I doubt if they get leaks. F1 cars used to have this sort of set-up, it works better than you'd think.

[fauxpas]

Yeah, all they do is hold the tubes in place, the exhaust goes through it... They would leak like hell if you blocked the exhaust...

[Ayu452]

my car was running a manifold with no weld...kinda like the collector was slotted into the turbo flange, and with the xhaust move it would move up n down...i tied it up with copper wire...sounds was crazy...like running scream pipe...hardest bit is tuning low rpm...it leaks gas hence the 02 sensor tries to calibrate AF...so u end up runnin more rich...i could tell my the fuel smell @ the engine bay...power wasn't to bad either...high rpm went alright...