You can do itttttt! Why did the belt shred?
Hooker Super Comps Vs. TPiS Headers
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You have to get a little creative. If all else fails, take it to a welding shop and have them fab up something for you.
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Bad news guys. Got everything installed and bolted together minus the passenger's side AIR fitting, started the car up, let it idle for 2 mins, blipped the throttle body twice for some noise, shut it off, came back 5 mins later, looked in the engine bay, and saw that the belt was somewhat shredded and off the pulleys. WTF?
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Ok, everything is fixed, EXCEPT I can't get the passenger's side AIR tube into the header. Here's what it looks like:
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The straight line is the AIR tube and the slant is the header port. I want it to fit like this:
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I backed the bolts off to allow the header to swing, but I can only move it about an inch before the bottom of the primaries hit against the frame. What should I do?
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The straight line is the AIR tube and the slant is the header port. I want it to fit like this:
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I backed the bolts off to allow the header to swing, but I can only move it about an inch before the bottom of the primaries hit against the frame. What should I do?
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Stick something about the same ID size as the air pipe inside it. (Like a screwdriver handle, socket extension, etc...) Then, PERSUADE da beeoch to angle itself the right way!
You know...bend it a bit. Just don't use pliers or you'll collapse the tube.
You know...bend it a bit. Just don't use pliers or you'll collapse the tube.
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Doesn't look like you have to go that far.
Are you saying you can't pull the bolts on the header, lift it up a bit (and tilt) to get the air tube started? Or, can you loosen the other end of the pipe to provide more wiggle?
What about sticking hand (or pry bar) behind pipe, pulling outward/down, until you can start the thread with your other hand?
There has to be a way. Try harder!
Are you saying you can't pull the bolts on the header, lift it up a bit (and tilt) to get the air tube started? Or, can you loosen the other end of the pipe to provide more wiggle?
What about sticking hand (or pry bar) behind pipe, pulling outward/down, until you can start the thread with your other hand?
There has to be a way. Try harder!
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Burning Brakes
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Doesn't look like you have to go that far.
Are you saying you can't pull the bolts on the header, lift it up a bit (and tilt) to get the air tube started? Or, can you loosen the other end of the pipe to provide more wiggle?
What about sticking hand (or pry bar) behind pipe, pulling outward/down, until you can start the thread with your other hand?
There has to be a way. Try harder!
Are you saying you can't pull the bolts on the header, lift it up a bit (and tilt) to get the air tube started? Or, can you loosen the other end of the pipe to provide more wiggle?
What about sticking hand (or pry bar) behind pipe, pulling outward/down, until you can start the thread with your other hand?
There has to be a way. Try harder!
I think I made a super novice mistake and started the car with the belt halfway back on the compressor pulley :P
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Here's a little phone video I took yesterday (I was trying to scare my dad when I told him to look at the o2 lol). I'll post a better quality vid tomorrow. The car is louder than anything you could ever imagine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp9fiW4kYUc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp9fiW4kYUc
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Hell yea man, good progress. Get that muffler on though. That sound is all fun & games till the cops show up.
You know they never think it's as funny as we do.
You know they never think it's as funny as we do.
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The video was just headers, but my exhaust is so straight thru that I doubt it'll sound much different, maybe a little quieter and deeper, especially when I get the hi flow cats put on