Comment by drzaiusx11

I recently worked on a 2008 ej25 and it was definitely a cast manifold. Possible we're mixing up terms? Maybe you meant the ejs are cast steel instead of cast iron? When I read "welded steel manifold" I think of perfectly cylindrical tubes welded to steel plate for the mounts. Likely we're saying the same thing and manifolds are just cast parts that are welded together

Note that the one I worked on was in a US Forester so definitely not stock parts (j is for Japan)

EDIT: link to example 2005 manifold listing on eBay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/157306917967