Manzo headers?

[jcmGT]

Anyone have experience with these? Yea, I know China. Looks like a knock off Tri-wye, claims 1 1/78 primary, 304 SS. But for $219, interesting.

I suspect same as OBX/Maximizer but curious if one has personal experience with Manzo?

[walsfan]

Yeah I was looking at these the other day but I have bad luck with ebay headers lol

[SRG963]

Damn, that's cheap!

[walsfan]

They look identical to the pypes headers so prob are from the same manufacturer in china

[Chewy]

These were posted on FB as well... The differences will be collector design, weld and metal quality, thickness of the metal, and how many pieces the headers are made of. Not to even mention the lack of support towards a US worker and his family.

What we see in my business with Chinese mfg. is inconstancies. You might get a batch of an item that are amazing for the price and then a batch that are total shit and are more of a headache than it's worth. Where this is less true is when it's an American company that owns the plant in China manufacturing the item. If that's the case, quality is higher, but still not to the level of most USA made products.

[-Ray-]

Like they say, you get what you pay for.

[walsfan]

Yeah I made the mistake of buying ebay headers that looked just like pacesetters...let's just say they never fit and I ended up buying pacesetters anyways...of course this is in my Silverado with 4wd so it's a tight fit...had China headers on my gtp for couple years...they worked ok but I fought leaks at the slip fits the whole time

[tchr49]

Like they say, you get what you pay for.

True...
Might be just rationalizing, but when I buy something, the first thing I look at is what the cost of entry level crap is.
I deduct that cost from good, reliable quality products, and figure the difference is what it the "real cost" is.
If good stuff is $500, for example, and $250 gets you the shit equivalent, I just figure it's $250 and leave it at that.

[Chewy]

True...
Might be just rationalizing, but when I buy something, the first thing I look at is what the cost of entry level crap is.
I deduct that cost from good, reliable quality products, and figure the difference is what it the "real cost" is.
If good stuff is $500, for example, and $250 gets you the shit equivalent, I just figure it's $250 and leave it at that.

I figure in my time F'ing around making it right when a more expensive product would fit first shot, last longer, or not leak. It's not worth my fat ass climbing under or around my car because I was cheap. Kooks and ARH have the reputation they have for a reason.

[jcmGT]

Fwiw, I have Kooks Mids already, been running them for years with no complaints. I recently had to get back into the motor and observed the ceramic coating on the headers had failed. Not sure of root cause but suspect it was during my dyno session. Wish I had seen this a few weeks back as I had fabbed a set of cat delete pipes such that I would have been able to install the original manifolds with the test pipes while the headers are out getting recoated (I sold the cat deletes). Now, the car is dormant, but life experience suggests that the day I drop off the headers at fedex, two of my other cars will have some catastrophic fail with folks wanting to awake the G8. Hence, the attractive pricing of the Manzo headers makes them a viable option and buys me some time cushion. I suspect I can flip them when done as long as they are not a disaster. FWIW, I did call Manzo and asked about the primary id, the gent, who spoke clear english, stated they were 1 7/8 id primaries, 3" collector and 304 stainless. But that still does not mean they are a quality assembly.