Question about camry manifold - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Edicius · 10-11-2005, 02:55 AM

I'm from celicatech.com and a memeber over there has used a 1998 Camry exhaust manifold (5sfe) in place of his stock one. I am looking to do something similar. So I came here looking for more information and found this: http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t34405.html . My question is, what year and car did this manifold come from? And my other question would be, would I see better gains with this, or one from 3sge if I could find one?

Thanks in advance for your help.

RedPhoenix · 10-11-2005, 04:55 AM

i think you are referring to ripp mods headers

terrastrife · 10-11-2005, 07:06 AM

rip headers are 4-2-1 that pic looks almost looks like a turbo manifold re flanged for no turbo...

who the hell would run a short 4-1 system if they had a choice...

pacemanker make 4-2-1 headers

you can ebay them sometimes if you dont wanna buy em new..

dont get SS autochrome headers unlessyou like to weld them every 2 weeks

Edicius · 10-11-2005, 12:33 PM

It says right in there: so thats why I wanted to use a New Stock Toyota Manifold.

This is what I did:

1. New Toyota Exhaust Manifiold, $117.00, Online Price

and then later

STOCK TOYOTA MANIFOLD with JET-HOT COATING- They look like a set of Headers.

no where in there does he say its from ripp mods. and i know you can't get them for $117. that's a manifold price.

http://celicatech.com/forums/showthr...camry+manifold

That's the topic where someone used a 1998 Camry manifold in their Celica that I was referring to. They look the same, just one is coated and the other isn't.

Edicius · 10-12-2005, 12:56 AM

All I want to know is the car and year(s) this manifold came from. It says its a stock Toyota manifold, so someone here has to know. Please? Anyone?

5Sfte · 10-12-2005, 02:15 AM

You are correct about the manifold being a stock one and Jet Coated. It is from a 1998 Camry. I don't know if it will flow better than what you have now or a 3SGE one though.

Edicius · 10-12-2005, 01:47 PM

Well right now I still have my stock 5sfe manifold (1990 Celica). So both the 1998 Camry 5sfe manifold and 3sge manifold will flow better than what I currently have. I'm just not sure which flows better than the other 3sge or 98 Camry 5sfe.

CrawlingEye · 10-12-2005, 01:58 PM

Why would you want to use an OEM manifold in the first place?

The 3sge exhaust was designed for the 3sge, not the 5S. Both will fit, but you'll need a custom downpipe and it'll also have bigger exhaust ports so you'll never see the true benefit unless you have the head port-matched. Even then, it's not going to give much of a benefit. Getting exhaust out means nothing when you don't have enough coming in. You're really at the wrong end of things.

I wouldn't try this though with a 3sge header. The 3sge header is made for the 3sge, thus all the bends and so forth may be better suited for the 3sge which is a MUCH different engine than a 5sfe.

terrastrife · 10-12-2005, 02:27 PM

i guess if you broke ya old one and had another stock one spare youd put it back on.. just at least port match/grind the ports.

CrawlingEye · 10-12-2005, 02:44 PM

One more thing. Too big of exhaust ports = not hot enough of an exhaust.
Yes, you want a hot exhaust, this makes the gases thinner, thus flowing better.

I don't think it's a very good idea (unless you couldn't tell?), go get a ripp header and dp and call it a day.

Edicius · 10-13-2005, 12:30 AM

A 1998 Camry 5sfe manifold would flow much better than the stock 5sfe manifold on my 1990 Celica. And the cost is a lot more to my liking. I love my car, but I personally won't allow myself to spend $460+ on a header for an economy engine, especially when its an automatic. I mean the hp/$ ratio is not justifiable for a Ripp Mods header.

This is similar to what my current manifold looks like (probably have to copy&paste):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CELIC...spagenameZWD1V