Finally doing headers

[3400-95-Modified]

The ECM seemed pretty happy... However I did NOT try a VE tune and I think thats were its gonna show up more. My trims were still close to 0 only about 0.78 to 1.28 positive and thats not too shabby. I did a quick maf adjustment and it was happy again.

I'm off to lebanon valley this weekend so I'll have some times to post Sunday afternoon, Unless I end up having internet at the Motel.

[IsaacHayes]

Yeah I understand. But they probably would be more willing to make them if someone else did the work for them. However little of a change it is for them to make :P

How fast do you think it will rust out to where it leaks? How thick of pipe is that?

Did you do a scan yet to see if it needs adjusting the ECM now with the added flow?

[3400-95-Modified]

Give me a few weeks on the motor, I'm moving on the 1st, and it will probably be going in the week of the 11th if that is at all possible, I need to talk to Brendan to get his arse over to my house and help me drop it in.

A few people mentioned sending it back to S&S to copy angle, and what not, but if they really cared about our market they would have worked with us well before now. Plus as soon as I finished them I wanted them IN, not going off somewhere else Hell I didn't even get them coated because that would take too long

[IsaacHayes]

Nice!! You should of sent them off to S&S though for copying and told them to refund you the cost!!! And you should of done that a long time ago haha

Now get that fraken motor in!

[Rhedalert]

good to hear!

[3400-95-Modified]

All done, together, running and drove to work today.

SLIGHT leak on the cross over connection but that may be from the way i secured the donut... nothing to really worry about right now though.

Already shedded quite a bit of paint, since I went too heavy on it. But everything clears and it runs nice. Made in car noise much quieter not as raspy up front like the old downpipe was. Pulls really nice on the bottom of first and second.

The trans is shifting better since I drained the 1-2 quarts of extra fluid I had in there..... I was unaware that it was overfull untill I drained alot from removing the dipstick and then only had to add 1/2 quart to get it back to level...

Other than that, no melted wire loom yet... just gonna relocate the O2 tomorrow night into the downpipe.

[3400-95-Modified]

Requested on Bstuff, a Sound clip vid... Figured I would post it here because it shows its done.... well kinda

I still have some work left, such as relocate the O2, and misc brackets bolts and what not before it hits the ground... I hope the swaybar clears enough, thats all I'm worried about right now.

DONT rely on the sound quality of this vid... if you ask me it sounds the same as open manifolds right now, no real difference, but I'm sure something is a little different when the rest is hooked up.

The camera made it sound way more muffled than it was. Oh and for reference this is a stock 3400 it was running on... Not my cammed Hybrid yet.

Slower internet 4.96 meg wmv version

HIGH SPEED internet 36 meg MOV version <---Right click, Save as otherwise it tries to play in your browser.

[3400-95-Modified]

yeah just need to weld the flex on and put on a flange on the back.

Other than that its about done. I'm just praying to god the crossover when bolted together actually seals... it looks kinda rough as far as the angle, but I got it as close as I can without rebuilding it totally, which is impossible not having the car in the garage next to the welder.

[bjornmk1]

that should work.
it still needs to be welded in some places right ?

looks fine to me.

succes modified.

[3400-95-Modified]

Well this is what I got so far for a rear header...

I think its ready to go in... at least I hope it is.

[3400-95-Modified]

Only thing I need to clearance is the heater core hose in the back, its like 1/8" from the crossover down pipe.... Not the best place for that to be.

Also mine are not ceramic coated so temps may get a little higher for me... If so they will be going to jet hot.

[whitelightnin04MC]

I haven't wrapped mine, I don't plan to take them off for any reason, unless I do heads and a cam. Nothing is close to the headers that I could see. I made sure everything was good and out of the way. Also, I haven't noticed a difference in temps or anything like that. The engine bay itself gets warm a little faster, but that's about it.

[torq455]

not bad at all!--the wrap i mean.

[whitelightnin04MC]

Did you cut your front flange to fit the stock gaskets and the oil dipstick??

Mine goes right in the way of the dipstick and wont fit the gaskets because the whole flange is flat... and all ports are connected. See pic....

But yes I already modified the rear and it fits... did about a 1/4" notch and bent the flange and it mates up fine now. Now I just need to hack up the 2-1 collector to angle the flange better....

This will be on both motors, fitted to this one and then installed on the hybrid when its in... I figure I would get these in before that motor because its going to need them.

This is not a job for the faint hearted... Hacking up a $500 investment is tough...

bjornmk1 I got them from SSHeaders.com $514 IIRC

No cutting the flange here. I took tubing benders and bent the diptube outward. Then I just snaked it around the flange. I payed 400 for the ceramic coated headers w/ catted DP. The whole install took me about 10 hours. And i wasn't really rushing through it. That includes some welding and changing the plugs and wires.

[sil]

you guys should really wrap those badboys up :P

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