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CRZbrussian
10-18-2004, 08:46 PM
quick question..is it a good idea to buy brand new exaust manifold for like $40, and a short ram for $25, for a 1996 protege.. and to gut everything out??

thanx
mp3josh
10-18-2004, 09:01 PM
why is this in the News Section?
CRZbrussian
10-18-2004, 09:08 PM
i'm new to this thing..so...i don't really know...i just posted it
mp3josh
10-18-2004, 09:17 PM
hahahaha freaking N00B lol but just post this in the right section and you will get a better response ;)
Antoine
10-18-2004, 09:35 PM
hahahaha freaking N00B lol but just post this in the right section and you will get a better response ;)

Any response is better than the one you gave above...I hope I don't ever see a response like that again...
mp3josh
10-18-2004, 09:38 PM
it is so hard to be sarcastic over the intraweb.
Liquid_Ag
10-18-2004, 09:51 PM
dude go for it. and dont mind those guys, the dont understand us first and second gen guys ;) worse case scenario you have new replacement parts for aging stocking parts
loganss
10-19-2004, 04:34 PM
What do you mean by gut everything out?

I hope you are not looking at the short rams on ebay cause I heard those suck real bad for the 2nd Gens (96-98).

The exhaust manifold from ebay is good though I replaced my stock with one. They claim to reinforce the area that is prone to cracking (piping from 2,3 cyl). I had a crack developing in my stock manifold.
Jhova1012
10-19-2004, 05:45 PM
damn russians...
CRZbrussian
10-20-2004, 01:45 PM
haha..silly carless fool....haha..i kid justy wusty

gigidi gigidi gigidi (hump)
bruce95fmla
10-21-2004, 01:18 PM
umm what engine do you have..
You know the protege came with 2 motors right?
CRZbrussian
10-21-2004, 01:29 PM
it's a 1.5l lx...inline 4...dohc...does it really matter that much?... mean it's only a manifold and a short ram
loganss
10-21-2004, 05:00 PM
In the US (someone can correct me if I'm wrong)

DX, LX = 1.5L Z5 Engine
ES = 1.8L BP Engine

As for gutting out the engine. Are you making the protege a racing only car? It'll be error codes galore. Make sure to post pics and stuff if you do though.

Check out clubprotege.com and do a search. I thought I read about someone's bad experience with ebay intakes for our car. Might be totally off though.

Either way I'd be really be cautious about getting one of those cheap ebay intakes. Do some research before buying it?