Help with Drivers side Header
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Burning Brakes
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I have no cats. Straight x pipe.
So, I am not worried about that. But, if I did have cats that would have been something to look at.
I have had the headers on the car for maybe 3 weeks total? Little less than a month. I had them tuned last week, I went to the track this past friday. After the track, the noise has gotten louder and more frequent. I believe, I might have knocked something lose.. or just got the header to move just a tiny bit and make it so it rattles off the bell housing consistently now.
So, I am not worried about that. But, if I did have cats that would have been something to look at.
I have had the headers on the car for maybe 3 weeks total? Little less than a month. I had them tuned last week, I went to the track this past friday. After the track, the noise has gotten louder and more frequent. I believe, I might have knocked something lose.. or just got the header to move just a tiny bit and make it so it rattles off the bell housing consistently now.
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Burning Brakes
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You can bend them slightly with a prybar, hell I was able to move them slightly with my bare hands under the car. If its only hitting the linkage you will still have to manuver them somehow without denting them and they will bend before any damage would happen to the heads/threads. Good luck.
Id love to know what it was when you get it sorted out since mine are the 1 7/8's and they have plenty of clearance everywhere.
Run a flathead screwdriver along each tube until it gets stuck to check for all the clearance around the block and chassis. You should find it in no time.
Here is the clearance by the steering linkage with 1 7/8's no less.
Id love to know what it was when you get it sorted out since mine are the 1 7/8's and they have plenty of clearance everywhere.
Run a flathead screwdriver along each tube until it gets stuck to check for all the clearance around the block and chassis. You should find it in no time.
Here is the clearance by the steering linkage with 1 7/8's no less.
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Burning Brakes
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So, the part that goes farther down is the part I need to check and make sure its not being touched? Because, it does not appear to be touch at all on the horizontal part.
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Just go from what you know. You said you remember seeing it "touching" the bellhousing on the driver side with the header installed alone? Start there. Just jack the car up and while all the exhaust is still connected, look for contact and if it is touching, take a pic and we will help decide what to do. I dont think the steering shaft is the problem if you can see there is room as in my pic, though thats exaclty what I meant with using the new thick gaskets, it would be much closer to rubbing the steering linkage with the thicker gaskets. Im really curious now.
Melting Slicks
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If you look below the header, the silver aluminum part of the K member/ engine cradle, you see how close that is to the inside of the headers? Check there and make sure its not touching the cradle either. It looks really tight in there in my pic and I never noticed that. 
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I have no cats. Straight x pipe.
So, I am not worried about that. But, if I did have cats that would have been something to look at.
I have had the headers on the car for maybe 3 weeks total? Little less than a month. I had them tuned last week, I went to the track this past friday. After the track, the noise has gotten louder and more frequent. I believe, I might have knocked something lose.. or just got the header to move just a tiny bit and make it so it rattles off the bell housing consistently now.
So, I am not worried about that. But, if I did have cats that would have been something to look at.
I have had the headers on the car for maybe 3 weeks total? Little less than a month. I had them tuned last week, I went to the track this past friday. After the track, the noise has gotten louder and more frequent. I believe, I might have knocked something lose.. or just got the header to move just a tiny bit and make it so it rattles off the bell housing consistently now.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Dallas TX
It made a SLIGHT noise when turning right only... every once in awhile. But, not consistently or anything. After I went to the track and did 2 runs, it has been consistently doing the noise now and has become more frequent and more noticable/louder.
Last edited by Bad06vette; Jul 22, 2008 at 11:59 AM.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Dallas TX
Just go from what you know. You said you remember seeing it "touching" the bellhousing on the driver side with the header installed alone? Start there. Just jack the car up and while all the exhaust is still connected, look for contact and if it is touching, take a pic and we will help decide what to do. I dont think the steering shaft is the problem if you can see there is room as in my pic, though thats exaclty what I meant with using the new thick gaskets, it would be much closer to rubbing the steering linkage with the thicker gaskets. Im really curious now.
The only problem right now is time and as this is my DD I will not be able to get it up in the air probably until Friday at the earliest.
I hope I am not damaging/hurting anything by driving it how it is now.