Exhaust problems.....

[JVictor75]

Hey guys.....

It's been a looooooong while since I visited the board. Not cuz I don't like you guys, but because I've been having money problems and it's just too depressing to read about you all doing what you love with your trucks....

Enough whinin' on my part though, I've got a couple of questions...

I went out and found a good condition right exhaust manifold to replace my cracked one with (we're talking the passenger side of a small block here). I went ahead and installed it then drove to Austin Texas for the holidays.

Thats about a 110 to 120 mile trip for me.

When I got to Austin, my new exhaust manifold was cracked just like my old one was.... do you all have any idea what the deal is? It's cracking right above where the studs screw into the manifold, you know the "neck" of the manifold where all of the tubes meet. The collector if you will.... Yeah it's cracking right at the bottom of that area.

Is this normal and I'll just have to patch it until I can afford to put a set of headers on the truck or what? And if I do have to wait, what should I be looking at for cost to install the headers. The truck already has an aftermarket dual exhaust with flowmaster 40's and 2 1/2" tubing.

(I'd do it myself but my apartment complex has Nazis for caretaking staff and I cant do much more then change my air filter.)