Rover owners: Stainless steel manifold and downpipe fitted

Bought myself a stainless steel manifold and downpipe for my TF to compliment my stainless steel cybox exhaust and decided to fit yesterday with the help of my step father.

Took some pictures of both old and new, wasn't too hard apart from one or two bolts causing an issue 😊.

I must admit I don't think the manifold has made a major difference, albeit it does seem to pick up a little bit quicker from 2k all the way to the redline and feels slightly freer revving than before since installing, main difference I instantly found was the exhaust system now sounds a little bit louder when accelerating but still moderately quiet when cruising.

I'm sure I will see more benefits soon as my next stage is to fit a stainless steel sports cat then get a zandf remap as that will be the last thing to do.

Is it worth fitting a 52mm throttle body?

Mine is a 135 before anyone asks.