Exhaust bang for buck....

Disclaimer: Links on this page pointing to Amazon, eBay and other sites may include affiliate code. If you click them and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission.

R/T_Fire

R/T_Fire

Senior Member
Joined
Feb 3, 2015
Posts
3,432
Reaction score
1,205
Location
Pleasant Grove
Ram Year
2011
Engine
Hemi 5.7
I need some thoughts and opinions since I need another set of them damn worthless exhaust manifolds... They run about $100 each at the dealer. I also need to extract 2 more broken bolts. (I should have replaced them all when I did the last manifolds)

But with already needing to spend $200 on manifolds that I expect to fail again, and a set of cheap BBK bottom barrel shorty heads are only $329 at summit I'm thinking of just buying those even though they are not smog legal but keep the crap manifolds for smog... Oh and get some stage 8 locking nuts.... Think its worth the extra $129 to solve the reoccuring issue or should I just stick with OEM crap? I'm on the fence, and afraid of the loss of power on the bottom being a thing.
 
Trapinator

Trapinator

Senior Member
Joined
Feb 28, 2017
Posts
125
Reaction score
84
Location
Houston
Ram Year
2016
Engine
5.7
I would pay more just to keep from continuous repairs myself lol when was the last manifold change?

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
 
Burla

Burla

Senior Member
Military
Joined
Apr 28, 2012
Posts
23,272
Reaction score
44,985
Ram Year
2010 Hemi Reg Cab 4x4
Engine
Hemi
You don't want to move over to CARB headers?
 
jotin

jotin

Senior Member
Joined
Jun 7, 2016
Posts
428
Reaction score
190
Location
your mom
Ram Year
2003
Engine
5.7
[emoji19][emoji17]another exhaust thread.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
OP
OP
R/T_Fire

R/T_Fire

Senior Member
Joined
Feb 3, 2015
Posts
3,432
Reaction score
1,205
Location
Pleasant Grove
Ram Year
2011
Engine
Hemi 5.7
jotin said:
[emoji19][emoji17]another exhaust thread.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Click to expand...

No an opinion on what I should do in my situation not what is the best exhaust part out there.
 
OP
OP
R/T_Fire

R/T_Fire

Senior Member
Joined
Feb 3, 2015
Posts
3,432
Reaction score
1,205
Location
Pleasant Grove
Ram Year
2011
Engine
Hemi 5.7
Trapinator said:
I would pay more just to keep from continuous repairs myself lol when was the last manifold change?

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
Click to expand...

I think it was about 8 months ago or more


Burla said:
You don't want to move over to CARB headers?
Click to expand...

No, I don't really want to put out that expense. the CARB legal shorties are 2x or more the cost and I still plan on putting on long tubes but wont be doing that till I rework the suspension and fuel tank on the frame and whole exhaust system from there. I still plan to keep the carb legal system to swap on when needed and for it to work with the changes
I could go that route and not hassle with them on smog next year and just eat the difference in cost.. just trying to stretch that dollar a bit and spend it wisely. If I didn't need to replace them again I wouldn't be thinking of buying the shorties at all
 
B

BackCountryAK

Senior Member
Joined
Jan 23, 2016
Posts
114
Reaction score
51
Ram Year
2017 Crew Cab & 6.4' bed
Engine
5.7
I would stick with the stock logs if you plan on going back and forth for emission testing only. Getting to the exhaust manifold bolts on the stock setup and long tubes is fairly easy. Shorties would be a pain to swap on and off.
Guess this also depends though on how long you're going to wait for long tubes too.
 
OP
OP
R/T_Fire

R/T_Fire

Senior Member
Joined
Feb 3, 2015
Posts
3,432
Reaction score
1,205
Location
Pleasant Grove
Ram Year
2011
Engine
Hemi 5.7
BackCountryAK said:
I would stick with the stock logs if you plan on going back and forth for emission testing only. Getting to the exhaust manifold bolts on the stock setup and long tubes is fairly easy. Shorties would be a pain to swap on and off.
Guess this also depends though on how long you're going to wait for long tubes too.
Click to expand...

Prob wont get to long tubes for a year or so with the rate I'm going. Sucky thing about cali is I will need two systems...once performance and one for smog....

I just need to buy some property where smog isn't required and register m stuff there...... thats the more expensive route though :roflsquared:
 
14hemiexpress

14hemiexpress

Senior Member
Joined
Mar 30, 2014
Posts
3,654
Reaction score
1,197
Location
Texas
Ram Year
2019
Engine
6.4l
I had 2 broken bolts just like you and had the same thought. From my understanding the bbk isn't worth it. You may as well step up to jba Shorty's or get factory manifolds. My manifold was either $75 or 85.
 
big13

big13

Senior Member
Joined
Mar 22, 2014
Posts
151
Reaction score
55
Location
Canada !!!
Ram Year
2013
Engine
HEMI 5.7
I have the same problem. I ended up ordering JBA shortys, nice looking quality, might get 10-15 hp out of them.
 
OP
OP
R/T_Fire

R/T_Fire

Senior Member
Joined
Feb 3, 2015
Posts
3,432
Reaction score
1,205
Location
Pleasant Grove
Ram Year
2011
Engine
Hemi 5.7
Hmmmm, maybe I will just get the CARB compliant ones. Cause with my time to work on things, they will prob be on there for a month or two after I get it smogged every year....
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Dobaramguy84
A REPLACEMENT FOR LOG MANIFOLDS
Replies
0
Views
410
Dobaramguy84
Dobaramguy84
16WhiteQC
ARH 1 3/4" LT's w/cats installed - What a royal PITA!
Replies
17
Views
3K
16WhiteQC
16WhiteQC
S
New 1st Time Ram Owner Here Searching For Wisdom.....
Replies
1
Views
1K
HEMIMANN
HEMIMANN
healthyrx
Oil Change interval for high idle time? Hemi Tick prevention ideas?
Replies
14
Views
4K
farout75
F
craigsez
Manifolds/headers
Replies
4
Views
1K
Bigskyroadglide
Bigskyroadglide

Latest posts

Members online

Total: 331 (members: 11, guests: 320)
Robots: 1,252

Forum statistics

Threads
195,597
Posts
2,872,368
Members
156,406
Latest member
1Popeye

Share this page

Top