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no...zpi did that to prevent the manifold from cracking...it releases alot of stress like that. we did it to a buddy of mines dezod manifold and it hasn't cracked yet.
I beleive thats to allow the mani to flex without cracking but not to sure, i know the zpi have a tendency to crack, i have had one and thats supposedly the only way to fix it.