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Subject:Re: Exhaust manifold material?
From:Mark McCulley
Date:Wed, 12 Aug 1998 22:28:54 -0700

The "manifolds" are just steel exhaust pipe right? The pipes bolt right on
to the heads. While technically they are manifolds because they combine two
exhaust ports into a single pipe, they aren't like the old Detroit-made
manifolds that your welder is envisioning.

MM

At 03:47 PM 8/12/98 -0600, Leif Paulsen wrote:
>I need to know if the exhaust manifold on an '86 2.1 engine is steel,
>aluminium, or cast Iron.  the Welder needs to know which before I get an
>estimate.  Should there be a cost diff. depending on material?  thanks
>Leif Paulsen
>
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