Do I have a header?

[aaron7]

Here's a pic of my motor. The manifold doesn't look like any of the other ones I've seen... do I have a header?

[Rust_bucket]

no...

[Jake25]

Exhaust manifold.

yours only 'look' like headers beucase it does not have a cover over it

(most corolllas do) or you can take it off and see the pipes.

[micro214_kp61]

no

[Flashmn]

Looks to me like someone fabricated that, doesnt look like the stock manifold--- what the heck happened to your enginebay, I mean everything is rusty as heck!

[Ukrainian102]

Maybe Prizms didn't come with heatshields???

[aaron7]

Ok, I was wondering because all the other ones at the junk yards didn't look like this! They all had a fat stock looking one under the cover. I've never seen one like this!

[djwolford]

The welds don't look clean enough to be stock, maybe someone afro engineered one for it. Did you soak your car in a good oxidizer lately or something?

[karugs]

Aaron, why don't you go back to the junkyard and get those nice, factory exhaust manifolds? That definitely is too thin and not factory. If those are too thin they'd restrict airflow and rob you of power...

Well, come to think of it, they're headers alright. Just bad ones

[aaron7]

lol that's what I figured... some half assed attempt at saving a little money!

BTW, the car sat for 2 years under a tree in a backyard before I got it. I already replaced both doors, fenders, and the trunk!

[90celica]

what is the main difference between a manifold and header. Is it just larger piping

[MR2Jedi]

Originally Posted by 90celica

what is the main difference between a manifold and header. Is it just larger piping

larger, smooth on the inside piping hopefully all tubes of equal length designed to expell spent gases faster..and they look like really shitty headers. kinda hard to tell with all that rust.. good luck removing those bolts.. use lots of WD40..soak the shit out of them and be carefull removing them. you'll be real lucky not to twist them all off

[Tercel GTS]

I hate to inform all of you, but that is a factory steel tube header 'manifold'. 4-2-1 version is far better than cast iron. A very similar version was on the 98 Camry I had to do extensive work on. The heat shield is missing but looking at the picture you can see the bolt holes for it.

[MR2Jedi]

^^^ yeah, I can see them now that u mention it.. oh well, I was half right...it's gonna be a chore to work on with all that rust...but not impossible...

[REN69]

We still haven't seen pics of the actual car yet... come on man.. PICS!!