Or maybe when you come by my place this afternoon too....

 

well we have 1 witness...puppetmaster saw them wit his own eyes....

 

well i took the pics...i just gotta upload them now

 

Org has albums now Upload them to there, it automatically resizes them.

 

And let us know when that happens (link preferably)...people tend to look past such features, annoyingly enough.

 

Teasin' us I see. I'm really lookin' forward to the pics.

 

Maximizing all mods (including SSIM) is very important

What about:

Spacers
Portwork
Intake

 

 

i just got the spacers ...and the car feels good....i will be going to the dyno again...as far as portwork and a diffrent intake goes......ummmmmmmmm gimme a month or so...i aint tryna keep adding a bunch of stuff til i get the car right the way it is now

 

i think this is part of the motor mount that had 2 be cut


here a pic of part of the subframe that had 2 be cut so that it wouldnt bang against the flex pipe


here where i had the rear o2 sensor relocated...right behind the cat

 

and here's the front header

 

So you're running with only one rear crossmember bolt?

 

3 total

 

His car is definatly faster after the headers. Just not at the track. lol

 

Are you missing the bolt or woul dit not fit after you cut the crossmember?

Also which mount had to be cut rear was it the insert part or the actual mount bracket (metal) I can't tell by the pic.

 

if we wouldve ran on sunday..u wouldve killed me man

i was so mad ....the day after i went a got a new exhaust

and after i looked at my old exhaust it was banged shut,,,i guess from hitting to many bumps...it basically went from a 2.5 inch exhaust ti like 1.5 inch....once i got my exhaust fixed it feels waaaaaay diffrent

 

my bad for the crappy pics but its the rear mount bracket and i have been missing a bolt 4 a while...lol

 

Oohh ok. I didnt see your runs but I heard they werent to good. Your car is definatly a high-mid 13 second car.

 

fitament doesnt look that bad, and will save you guys lots of $$ vs cattman

 

yea...im thinking mid tho...i prolly hit the dyno this weekend and see where im at wit my new mods

 

Wow your had to cut quite alot of this and that to fit right...huh? One my friends is getting help from me to install his OBX headers on the 18th of this month...want all had to be trimmed the X-member, the rear eng mt. brkt and what else? It also looks like I see some corrosion starting on your headers????

 

not alot of cutting at all

and corrosion???????? no jus salt and dirt from the roads...we had snow not to long ago

 

Do you or your friend plan to do a write up afterward?

 

Its not much cutting, a grinder can take car of that x-member really fast. Its only the outside lip of it really, can't really see to much of the motor mount

 

lol..i couldnt do one cuz i aint put them on...lol...my mechanic did

 

I quoted CMax03 prior to my question to indicate the question was for him.

 

yea i know that....i was jus sayin.....

 

Actually I'm the friend of CMax03.

These are the headers that we will be installing for my birthday except now they are ceramic coated.







As for a write I don't know we'll have to see if we'll have time.

 

Hope you had those secondary O2 bungs plugged as well.

 

They look generic IMO.

 

yeah i got another dud sensor to plug that.

 

lol...thats how mine use to look.....lol

 

I might add my two cents, but I'm sure maximo018 will have more pics and follow up literature cause it's his car! I'm just trying to see what obstacles are gonna be present during this install! My Cattman headers had a few obstacles regarding the primary O2 sensors and the y-pipe collector length pushing the rest of the exhaust system rearward into the heat shields aft of the fuel tank! I was able to extend both O2 sensors, install the O2 simulators and shorten the Cattman resonator assembly length by .50"-1.0" and rewelding the flange back on! It's gonna be pretty tight trying the tighten that one piece rear manifold/y-pipe, I had little room installing my Cattman rear manifold by itself! So I'm sure it's gonna be a bear, I'll bring the die grinder along just in case! I'm glad the Cattman headers fitted like a glove the only fitment issue was the length and I was able to manipulate the heat shields not to rob except in hard turns with bumps, so I just cut the tubing at the fwd location of the resonator assembly. No problems at all now! Anyhow you guys that purchased these headers need to write OBX of these fitment issue cause I don't think grinding structural components is right trying to make these fit witout rubbing on important items like the Xmember.

 

And to Maximo018,


I think we're all interested in the install and fit issues. Such as the following:

• O2 sensor lengthening.
• Frame\crossmember modification.
• Any issues not mentioned in descriptions given by previous installers.
• Issues encountered during installation of the rear manifold\Y pipe combination.
• Pics of the installed rear manifold\Y pipe 180 degree section would be fantastic! Some of your audience is still trying to determine if the OBX headers will work with the Blehmco lower tie bars (I & II). Pics would help greatly.

Anything you guys can contribute along those lines would be great. Other pictures of the install and finished job too, if you can manage it.

If not, we'll understand. Anyone who has spent most of a day under a car knows you sometimes reach a point where you just want it done and have no time for pics.

Thanks.

 

Can I ask about the ceramic coating? Did the coaters coat the flex section? I wonder how that will work out. Must work fine since I've seen others write that they've had their headers\Y pipes ceramic coated. Just seems counter-intuitive to use a non-flexible coating on a section designed to flex.

May I ask what the ceramic coating cost? That way those speaking to local coaters will have some idea if their local quote is in the same ball park.

Thanks.

 

I got my headers in on thursday and dropped my car off at the shop friday after work. They just called and told me they were finished putting them on. I'll be sure to ask what modifications were done to make them fit. On a side note.... The guy said the headers looked great and that they were of good quality. I have picture of the headers before they were installed as well but I think we all get the idea of what they look like. Maybe I'll shoot a couple vids today.

 

I want to know if the y-pipe is gonna bang against the xmember, it looked pretty close in the photo. if so that could get annoying real quick.

 

the engine doesn't move from side to side, so it's very unlikely.

 

so basically if i were to buy these all I would have to do is. Grind the crossmember a little bit, cut a little of the motor mount (im guessing the rear?) and relocate the rear o2.

 

There will be something that I will contribute to this.