Post header install question
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Safety Car
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From: Melbourne FL
Post header install question
Looking for some input here.
I was told by a reputable shop that we're supposed to remove the two bolts that attach the headers to the bellhousing after the first heat cycle post installing the headers.
In the few years I've owned the car this is the first time I've heard or read this information.
Can anyone confirm or refute this ?
Thanks
I was told by a reputable shop that we're supposed to remove the two bolts that attach the headers to the bellhousing after the first heat cycle post installing the headers.
In the few years I've owned the car this is the first time I've heard or read this information.
Can anyone confirm or refute this ?
Thanks
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St. Jude Donor '08
Looking for some input here.
I was told by a reputable shop that we're supposed to remove the two bolts that attach the headers to the bellhousing after the first heat cycle post installing the headers.
In the few years I've owned the car this is the first time I've heard or read this information.
Can anyone confirm or refute this ?
Thanks
I was told by a reputable shop that we're supposed to remove the two bolts that attach the headers to the bellhousing after the first heat cycle post installing the headers.
In the few years I've owned the car this is the first time I've heard or read this information.
Can anyone confirm or refute this ?
Thanks
I never heard of that.
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First I've heard of this too. About 2 years on my Kooks and still bolted to bellhousing brace. No problems at all.
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Ok, that's what I thought too. I think this tuner is feeding me a line of 
because they don't want to replace mine.
I've had multiple cracks in the brackets that hold the header to the bellhousing and I've had them welded up to this point. Now they've cracked again and I just can't see rewelding these things every 6 months to keep them together. I've contacted the vendor and they state I can remove them and send them back to be "FIXED". But, the shipping makes that cost prohibitive since I can get them "Fixed"locally for relatively cheap and without having to remove them from the car.
I guess I need to call the vendor back and explore some other options. Say, sending me a new set since these are obviously defective since they keep cracking.
because they don't want to replace mine. I've had multiple cracks in the brackets that hold the header to the bellhousing and I've had them welded up to this point. Now they've cracked again and I just can't see rewelding these things every 6 months to keep them together. I've contacted the vendor and they state I can remove them and send them back to be "FIXED". But, the shipping makes that cost prohibitive since I can get them "Fixed"locally for relatively cheap and without having to remove them from the car.
I guess I need to call the vendor back and explore some other options. Say, sending me a new set since these are obviously defective since they keep cracking.
Last edited by Z06ufgrad2002; Nov 1, 2007 at 07:20 AM.
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St. Jude Donor '08
Ok, that's what I thought too. I think this tuner is feeding me a line of because they don't want to replace mine.
I've had multiple cracks in the brackets that hold the header to the bellhousing and I've had them welded up to this point. Now they've cracked again and I just can't see rewelding these things every 6 months to keep them together. I've contacted the vendor and they state I can remove them and send them back to be "FIXED". But, the shipping makes that cost prohibitive since I can get them "ixed"locally for relatively cheap and without having to remove them from the car.
I guess I need to call the vendor back and explore some other options. Say, sending me a new set since these are obviously defective since they keep cracking.
because they don't want to replace mine. I've had multiple cracks in the brackets that hold the header to the bellhousing and I've had them welded up to this point. Now they've cracked again and I just can't see rewelding these things every 6 months to keep them together. I've contacted the vendor and they state I can remove them and send them back to be "FIXED". But, the shipping makes that cost prohibitive since I can get them "ixed"locally for relatively cheap and without having to remove them from the car.
I guess I need to call the vendor back and explore some other options. Say, sending me a new set since these are obviously defective since they keep cracking.
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I will bet they aint AR's
Just finished my install and even the dip stick tube snakes its way down between the tubes then slips in the pan and the little bolt on the bracket screws right in!!!!!!! How do Ya engineer a thing like that?
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St. Jude Donor '03
I cut those tabs off my headers, after the first one pulled out of the tube, and left a nice, noisy 1" wide hole in it.
I welded it back in, and then cut both mounting tabs off.
Its a redundant attachment point, and does see some torque load, when the rear section of the exhaust flexes, and the front part is rigidly bolted to the heads...this is the point in between that takes the abuse. Since the header tubing is so thin, it usually gives way right around the weld bead. It's not uncommon. The AIR tube flanges are known to also do the same over time.
I welded it back in, and then cut both mounting tabs off.
Its a redundant attachment point, and does see some torque load, when the rear section of the exhaust flexes, and the front part is rigidly bolted to the heads...this is the point in between that takes the abuse. Since the header tubing is so thin, it usually gives way right around the weld bead. It's not uncommon. The AIR tube flanges are known to also do the same over time.
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Mine broke on the drivers side. No big deal except for the hole it left !!
Maybe your installer found that it had not lined up perfect and it had to be pulled in to be bolted through.
Maybe your installer found that it had not lined up perfect and it had to be pulled in to be bolted through.
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