I finally took the heat shields off to take a look at where the leak was coming from and my manifold is cracked around two of the runners! All the way around and it's spewing exhaust like mad. I would like some opinions on what you would do.
I am on a tight budget. I was planning on getting some springs and shocks before i did anything to the motor, however, this exhaust leak needs immediate attention. Now I must decide: should I try and find a cheap oem manifold to replace it and still get the suspension upgrades or put the suspension on the back burner and just get the header now. I don't have an intake or exhaust..I would just have the header. It would more than likely stay this way for awhile until I could get put some more scratch together. I can locally get the comptech ss for about $450. The shop also said that comptech makes a coated one for about $60 cheaper. Anyone have this?
Anyways, what would you all do in this position.