fe-dohc header question <-- New

[NeptunE]

ive been looking and it seems the kia fe-dohc had a cast iron exhaust mani like most stock cars, but i got a nice looking header with mine and i cant seem to find another sportage with the same one, or even any after market parts for a sportage at all.. is this stock or aftermarket, it definitely looks stock to me but like i said ive only been able to find pics of cast iron manis... did i get lucky and find that 1 in a million aftermarket header? lol

photobucket is down pics will be up asap


just found a vid on youtube with the same mani... why cant i find a pic of it ARGHHH

[NeptunE]

looks like it will flow better than the cast ones...


mine



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also note that my o2 is on the flange pipe, and the cast one has o2 right on it cuz it has a cat right after like the stock b2000/b2200...

pic of one i found on craigslist..

[paparoach1983]

you def do not have a stock manifold the cast irons is oem for the sportages i know i looked at all the catalogs on kia parts at work you may have one that someone made for the motor.

[NeptunE]

SWEEEEEET!! thanks for that man im kinda surprised it totally looks stock with the spots for a heat shield welded in and all... hmm owell its a nice manifold either way lol

[NeptunE]

here are two more pics with the flange pipe on it.. are you sure its not stock? maybe for a higher trim level? well i dont know but thanks for lettin me know just too get a better idea of what it looks like

[paparoach1983]

WELL I CANT SEE THOSE AT WORK BUT I WILL DOUBLE CHECK

[NeptunE]

someone told me the 98-2003 hyundai sante fe had a 2.4l dohc 16v maybe a fe variant with this manifold?? not sure as i cant find anything about it either lol owell ill just take it as it is, grind the tabs off and wrap it in header heat wrap and say its custom LMAO

[paparoach1983]

thats what i would do. al the descriptions from the catalog say it looks like the stock cast iron had a 02 just before the warm up cat . if yours is down lower then its def aftermarket of somekind

[mazdamandan]

looks like a header set I fabbed up once, fer a 305, its not a big deal to accomodate any heatsheilds etc.
Just pride in quality of fit and finish and done with the right tooling, nice find, when somebody already did it for ya, and did a good job too.
when I do a turbo fe3 I gotta build my own I'll do a special write up on it highly detailed so others can copy it.
If anyone is interested anyway.

[NeptunE]

yeah man ill want them blue prints im plannin on doing that in the future.. but thats after the valves and springs and better pistons, for now im gunna run all stock after a rebuild

[mazdamandan]

have ya read the build on solomiata.com?

[NeptunE]

some of it but there is like way too much stuff to read and i have a.d.d lol

[mazdamandan]

haha
I have selective add esp when the wife is talkin, lol
I have to rely on pure research at this point, I have never seen one in person , and you have a wealth of parts there. I wanna do it once and do it right, I am wantin a turbo monster!!
Waaay beter than a v8 swap, esp tryin to fit 20,'s and narrow the frame, I can use my engine to mock up at least for now.
Jaqy Bs dyno'd at like 500 plus HP at 26 pounds, his header was glowing!!!

Oh I will prolly build a custom intake too.