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Was thinking today that finding headers for the 1991 - 95 LQ1 is nearly impossible. Buddy of mine in the military is a mechanic, I was thinking of just ripping off my front ex manifold with the cross over pipe still attached and saying to this guy here is what the ports look like, can you get me this manifold with three separate pipe that converge into one? then get him to do the same with the rear manifold, then having a true dual exhaust. Do you guys see this as being costly... If I had a welder at home I'd do it myself.
Can you not just plug the hole in the manifold? Cut three separate holes in it and then weld three 1 or 1.5 inch pipes to the manifold and then converge them? A pipe bender a hammer and a welder aughta work nicely I think. It would look like supreme crap but it would essentially be a header.
Can you not just plug the hole in the manifold? Cut three separate holes in it and then weld three 1 or 1.5 inch pipes to the manifold and then converge them? A pipe bender a hammer and a welder aughta work nicely I think. It would look like supreme crap but it would essentially be a header.
Shane, I have somebody trying to weld up the stock front manifold into a custom rear turbo manifold using the 3/8" flanges from e-bay right now. I'll let you know how it goes. From what I have heard, lots of grinding, milling, and a few different welding techniques have been used so far!
oh well almost, it came off its mounts but was still attached by the hoses so it was still doing its job. You had to have seen us, there were people out there that said our reverse donuts looked like tornados in the sand. Chris hit a planetoid and we ruptured the oil pan, but who needs oil when you've got sand right? (considering I took off the air intake to get me more HP, just for this event) An hour later dragging the ass end of the car on flat tires, I think the only windows still intact were the tiny rear ones. We get moving pretty good, like 110 KM/H I hit this divot in the trail and the passenger side front tire comes off its mounts (rotor and five bolts, just GONE) and f**ks off into the nearby woods, we tried driving that way but it was no luck. So with our mangled mess, I tried my hardest to sieze the motor, we cut the coolant lines with the sharp end of a hammer then we jammed the cooling fan and dumped handfulls of sand where the oil cap was supposed to be... We put a brick on the gas peddle and stood back a fair distance... you could hear the car howling in pain! It almost made me cry. The engine ran for 20 minutes that way gradually getting slower and slower, but it just wouldn't die. I knew what had to be done, I walked up and turned off the key... It never started again. We walk back to his car, go buy a gas jerry fill it up, and return. I said a little prayer to the car gods and POOF!
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