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Old 09-14-13, 05:33 AM
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Great price for both sides, much better quality than OEM. Will remember pacesetter for future repair. Thanks for the write up and pics
Old 09-19-13, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Crispy3M
Gentlemen,

Happy to report that the Pacesetter Exhaust Manifolds did not disappoint!

They were priced right, built right and came complete with gaskets and hardware for installation.

The only negative, if you could call it that, was that the left side Cat did not line up exactly with the "Y" pipe. If you have worked with headers before, you know that this is normal. We decided to leave the Exhaust Manifold where it was and make a slight mod to the "Y" pipe so that there was no stress on the Exhaust Manifold. It was only out by about a 1/2"

I've attached two pictures below. One is the new Exhaust Manifold from Pacesetter and the other is the Mickey Mouse setup from Lexus. It's not hard to see the difference in quality!

Cheers!

Chris

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I'm assuming the new manifolds cured the ticking sound. I couldn't tell by the pics where the failures were on the old manifold. Your thoughts?
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It's very hard to see, but they crack right where the arrows are pointing...
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Just a quick update to this thread as well. I ran into serious quality issues with the Pacesetter exhaust manifolds.

You can read up on it in the "Exhaust Upgrade" thread but the long and short of it is that I would not recommend Pacesetter.

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Thanks for the update Crispy, it seems like this is commonly known now. Stay away from Pacesetter
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