Originally Posted by
Epstein
XSPower/SSAC T2 manifolds back in the day used to literally melt and sag under normal-use exhaust heat. It's pretty neat to find your bottom mount has turned into a REALLY-bottom mount.
Some of the newer SSAC manifolds are actually pretty decent (certainly not on par with the high priced ones though). They have bracing and are welded different than their 1st gen design. I had a buddy run one for almost 2 years without any problems. He had a flex pipe though, so that might have helped.