What are my exhaust manifolds from?

[jm8881]

I've looked high and low on google but can't seem to find the exhaust manifolds that are on my car. Everything I've checked shows them as cast iron and mine are tubular.

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I'm guessing they are probably stock but were they an option? Are the replacement aftermarket manifolds cast iron since that's easier to make? Do these flow as well as stock mustang shorties or even comparable to bbk's?

The reason I ask is I have some anoying exhaust leaks that I want to fix and if I'm going through the trouble of removing the pass side manifold I may as well upgrade and put in something new.

[Lincolnmania]

1990 town car only.........mn12 turds and cougars have different headers, i already checked

[jm8881]

Thanks. I can't seem to find new ones anywhere and since they are so hard to find I'm guessing the price will be just as hard to deal with. I'll be looking for some nice bbk's then.

Thanks again.

[Lincolnmania]

theres a set floating around here somewhere.......i see alot of 90 towncars at the yards

[grandpaslincoln]

I've never seen those type of headers before. Can't really call them headers, kinda like stock logs only more tubular.

[gadget73]

yeah, 90 towncar tubular manifolds. You can replace them with iron logs, or just use Mustang shorty headers and mod the exhaust flange a bit. No big deal. Those 90 manifolds are a direct swap for the iron logs on the older models, no idea why they were used one year only on the Towncar, and not on the Vic or Grand Marq.