Thanks. It's wrapped per your advise Carolyn 

Many of the early other brand "clone" headers had a tendency to crack from vibration when the lower mounts were not used. We went with one of the cheap headers over 12 years ago that had the heat shield mounts as the OEM shields were required for emission system compliance here in the US. We added the FL cast lower mounts and the manifold is still fine. 

No experience with the Toyosport, but it appears to be a heavier construction.  You will also find many different opinions on wrapping headers or not wrapping.

Has anybody fitted the Gravity twin exit?

I quite like the look of it and it's down to £220 on Ebay at moment

As Iain says, no issue - it's so much lighter than the pre-cat manifold.

I do recommend wrapping them, though, both to keep the heat down in the engine compartment (the original manifold has a big heat shield) and to improve flow of gasses. I use heavy quality 'Gold Titanium'.

I have run a Toyosports for over a decade.  I also run a Cats2U cat, which I also wrapped as a hot cat works best, and, again, the OEM cat has a heat shield.

Perfectly good manifold for the money. No issue not having the support bracket.

Thanks Gaz

I keep an eye on it using OBD but was hoping to be able to get the light back in as that would be more useful. But that is useful to know that it's not a legal requirement.

Cheers

Tom

What's everyone experience with this manifold.
Have had one fitted to mine now. Is there any major issue with it not having the support bracket from the engine to manifold at the bottom.

Not that i am biased, but this is the best looking and sounding exhaust.   

There is a thread in here somewhere exhausts all of them or something.

Perhaps more visual than aural, but might be worth searching for.

The TTE for me is the dogs danglies.
Has it's own issues but sound wise, still top of the tree.

An off beat wuffle. Just resonates with me.

I'd like to change the standard cat back part of the exhaust to something that sounds better than the factory one and would welcome peoples opinions on which make the best sound.
My previous 2 had the TTE backbox which was a lot better than standard but would like to go one better.
Would prefer a 'rasp' note rather than a 'drone' note.
Listened to many YouTube videos and the Cobra seems the best so far.
Like the rasp of the HKS LEGAMAX but db only a few higher than OEM.
The sound is the most important factor with any weight loss and bhp gain being a bonus.
Thank you 😁