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Old Mar 6, 2014 | 12:29 PM
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Sorry I didn't update this sooner, but CCA got refunded by Pfadt, and then they refunding me in-turn. I have the headers still in my garage, they never picked them up.
hmm

while i always suggest being honest, you may get lucky, with them out of business you may have been refunded and get a free pair of not quite perfect fitting headers
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Old Mar 6, 2014 | 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by racebum
hmm

while i always suggest being honest, you may get lucky, with them out of business you may have been refunded and get a free pair of not quite perfect fitting headers

No good to me if they don't fit...someone with lots of patience and a tig welder might get them to work, but that's not me. Luckily I live in an area that is full of them though.
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Old Mar 7, 2014 | 11:20 AM
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I have lots of patience and a tig welder. Keep me in mind........when the time comes.
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exactly. you will have no problem selling them if it's only one tube that's off, that could easily be corrected with a saw and tig
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I contacted ColoradoSpeed and I'm fairly screwed as far as a refund goes. They can't get ahold of ANYONE with Pfadt either.
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Old Mar 7, 2014 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by dr_whigham
I contacted ColoradoSpeed and I'm fairly screwed as far as a refund goes. They can't get ahold of ANYONE with Pfadt either.
I don't think there is anyone to get a hold of at Pfadt at this point. Ive seen the Pfadt screen name post in a few threads you could try a pm...doubt it will get you anywhere but who knows.

If you bought them with a credit card you could try talking to your cc company. I read a thread where the headers did not fit and a claim was filed with the cc company and the money was refunded. Good luck...they looked like such a promising product.
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Finally fixed my KS issue. Wasn't anything knock related. Had a damn cut wire at the back of the KS plug, body harness side.

Quick trip to eBay and 10.99 shipped later, got a new pigtail and soldered it in.

No more code (P0332) and no more timing retard. If and when the starter ***** the bed, I'll get a truck starter.

Loving the tone and power though. Can't wait to get a cam with a good dose of overlap though to REALLY take advantage of the Tri-Y design.
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