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i took off the heat shield on the exhaust manifold and saw this. I painted it because I thought it would look cool, but didn't use high heat paint now it's flaking off. Is this the factory exhaust manifold? It looks like a 4 to 1 header.

 
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If you bought the car from Honda new then it is from the factory.

 
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That doesn't look like the factory exhaust manifold. That's definitely not the exhaust manifold on an LX. Not sure about the EX, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't look like that. That appears to be an aftermarket header.

 
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that looks the same as mine off my Ex and it's factory

 
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Mines EX and they look the same to me.

 
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I knew they were different on the EX and LX, but didn't realize by that much.

 
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that looks like a factory header to me, the thing that gives me that impression most of all is the fact that the welds between the pipes and the main plate are not visible, meaning they are inside the joint of the pipes and the main manifold peice, which is a method used on our stock headers, however most (perhaps all) aftermarket ones do not use that AFAIK.

 
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yeah thats factory, the factory ex headers are 4 to 1. thats why i wasted money on my dcsport cause, it's essentially the same [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG]

 
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Is also why the dc sports civic only gets 5 ponies out of a header, cat back, and intake. I have been trying to tell people this forever. The DC sports header is not worth the money unless you are just going for show!

 

yes it is the stock ex exhuast manifold

 
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yep thats stock

Nick

 
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lol what paint is that on the valve cover?+

 

on my car??