BD Diesel 1045947 Exhaust Manifold

I installed a BD-Power Exhaust Pulse Manifold on my 2002 RAM 2500 HO 6spd. I have a stock HX35 turbo. I am so far satisfied with the manifold and have seen a quicker mid-range turbo spool up (after 5psi, it increases rapidly to max). I have also noted about 60 - 100 degree F less EGT. I was a little disappointed in that you only receive two of the stainless cap head bolts (and washers) for the manifold instead of the 12 that are depicted in the photo (you will reuse the stock bolts). You also get two stainless cap head bolts (and washers) for the turbo housing which replaces two nuts. I was unable to install the manifold exactly per the directions since I could not remove the lower aft nut from the turbo housing/manifold flange with the turbo still in the engine compartment as described in the installation directions. The nut is located in a recess on the turbo housing under the wastegate stem and was too tight to remove with an open end wrench (the only thing I could get on the nut). I instead had to remove the turbo and the manifold as an assembly and dismantle on the workbench. This was not a huge undertaking; however, it was not exactly per the procedure. Overall, this is a pretty good product for the money.

You get what you pay for. It looks almost identical to the ATS manifold, and I think its better because of the EGT probe location. The BD has a better one, as compared to the ats. The installation was a bit tricky (took 6 hours), but I got held up putting the #5 cylinder bottom side bolt in. Removing the turbo is a must, I thought that you could just keep it on, but there is no way to do it without taking the turbo off. Anyways, I could definitely feel a performance difference. And my stock turbo spooled much faster. It even lowered the tone of the exhaust, and made it where you can more distinctly hear each cylinder fire. All and all, its a great manifold, and I would recommend it to anyone.

Bought this for my 96 because of an exhaust leak on the front two ports. The stock mani was seperating itself from the head and forcing the gasket to block part of the exhaust ports, so decided it was time to go for it and fix it correctly. It has lowered egts and the sound of my exhaust along with added a little more power it feels like. I did have to retap for the egt port as it did not catch as many threads as I hoped but would still buy again.

Ordered it and only took less then a week to get it ! The install is pretty easy and straight forward , it performs good with no issues , the one thing I didn't like was it looks like someone took a grinder to the side of it and painted over it but other then that I am very impressed with it and I like the placement of the egt ports ! Definitely a must i u have a cracked manifold