Keep Manifolds or get shorties?

[BlackMold]

I have a 93 k1500 with a 350, I believe my right exhaust manifold has rusted off the y pipe (unless there's a gasket between the y pipe and manifold that's completely gone) So I need to fix or replace my manifolds. if I fix my OG manifold, what would i need to fix/replace? And if i get aftermarket headers I would like some that bolt right to the y pipe and the plugs are still accessible. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and have a good day!

 

[caw_86]

i spent the money to get a good quality set of shorties, i hate the rust bucket look of factory manifolds. I consider it a cosmetic upgrade only. i dont know if they are specific for vortec or not, but im sure they make one that fits a tbi

https://www.autozone.com/exhaust/exhaust-header/p/jba-exhaust-header-1832sjs/414439_0_0?cmpid=OSA:US&srsltid=AfmBOorMKQf1Xeg7fM2D-C-rJbstI6fP_F79CKt_rvEjXyLA3eUFPa3z940

 

[Sean Buick 76]

Long tubes actually give you a measurable gain. You might as well if your spending the $. Or just get junkyard manifolds.

 

[evilunclegrimace]

I have a 93 k1500 with a 350, I believe my right exhaust manifold has rusted off the y pipe (unless there's a gasket between the y pipe and manifold that's completely gone) So I need to fix or replace my manifolds. if I fix my OG manifold, what would i need to fix/replace? And if i get aftermarket headers I would like some that bolt right to the y pipe and the plugs are still accessible. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and have a good day!

There is a seal between the Y pipe and the manifold, see about getting that repaired first. It should be a fairly straight forward fix.

 

[BlackMold]

i spent the money to get a good quality set of shorties, i hate the rust bucket look of factory manifolds. I consider it a cosmetic upgrade only. i dont know if they are specific for vortec or not, but im sure they make one that fits a tbi

https://www.autozone.com/exhaust/exhaust-header/p/jba-exhaust-header-1832sjs/414439_0_0?cmpid=OSA:US&srsltid=AfmBOorMKQf1Xeg7fM2D-C-rJbstI6fP_F79CKt_rvEjXyLA3eUFPa3z940

Thanks for the suggestion, I looked and those are for vortec only. I'm reluctant to spend a lot of money on headers but I probably need to bite the bullet and spend the money.

 

[BlackMold]

Long tubes actually give you a measurable gain. You might as well if your spending the $. Or just get junkyard manifolds.

I have thought about long tubes, the main issue is my truck is 4wd and they are a pain to install on 4wd models. But thank you for the suggestion!

 

[BlackMold]

There is a seal between the Y pipe and the manifold, see about getting that repaired first. It should be a fairly straight forward fix.

I will look into that, Thank you!

 

[BlackMold]

I have a 93 k1500 with a 350, I believe my right exhaust manifold has rusted off the y pipe (unless there's a gasket between the y pipe and manifold that's completely gone) So I need to fix or replace my manifolds. if I fix my OG manifold, what would i need to fix/replace? And if i get aftermarket headers I would like some that bolt right to the y pipe and the plugs are still accessible. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and have a good day!

I forgot to add this, I'm Planning to run a 3" exhaust all the way through in the future. One of the main reason I would get aftermarket headers would be sound. Any suggestions for that would also be apprenticed.

 

[Erik the Awful]

I'm not a fan of shorties. Either long-tubes or manifolds. If you're wanting a 3" exhaust in the future, I'd go with long tubes.

 

[Das Hatt]

Long tubes will require a little bit of custom work, whereas shorties should bolt right into the place of the factory manifolds with no other modification required.

If you are going to be upgrading the rest of the exhaust, might as well do the headers while you're in there.