Thanks for the great write-up.

 

I got a question. Is the engine bay any hotter?

 

I know where you're going with that!

 

Sorry to bump this thread, but I have some questions.
1) Is the O2 sensor that I pointed to useable? as in a sensor will fit and wont be hitting the engine or anything like that?


2) For the grinding of the engine mount, are we talking about the part thats attached to the engine or the crossmember? It looks like the engine portion. How did you go about doing this? It doesnt look trimmed at all to me, but I dont remember how it looks very well anymore

 

The crossmember had to be shaved on my 3.0 5th gen. I didn't have to touch the motor mount though.

 

Im pretty sure if you read the instructions CAREFULLY it says to grind the engine mount BRACKET... not the mount itself. I think this should clear that up for you, I hope that is right b/c I plan on installing mine this weekend- they just arrived yesterday.

Let me know if you find out anything about that sensor bung, is that the one he mentions relocating?

Let me know how your install goes. Im just waiting on the gasket and bung/plug I had to order then I should be ready to go.

Good luck!

 

well im planning to go the route unclejoe went (use the second bung in the tube for the primary O2) and just plug the one thats a problem. However, if for some reason that one cant be used ill have to get the relocation done so I have room for all my stock O2's and widebands. I should be installing these thursday or friday so ill post what I find

 

i got my headers installed. but its hitting something at the bottom everytime i go full throttle it makes noise like its shaking the pipe. anybody have this problem. another problem i have with this headers is i hear alot from flex section

 

how did you setup your o2's?? also, did you grind the mount bracket and cross beam thingy? jack up your car and just push on different parts of the header and see if anything moves when you touch it, you might see what is hitting.

 

yea, try knealing and use your hands to press on the gas and see foryourself if the y is hitting the crossmember

 

You could also put a dab of grease on the cross member to see if the two touch while under power.

 

any other OBX installers have a problem with this?

 

Have someone put the car in gear, emergency brake on , blocked wheels and apply some throttle to induce engine movement in fwd and reverse gears!

Yeah it's got three(3) possible areas where it can contact something:
1.The rear portion of the crossmember with the collector/flew joint.
2.The rear engine mount and the rear header assembly.
3. The rear O2 sensor that is fitted @ the rack and pinion assembly.

I thought they revised the engineering on all thier recently built OBX header assemblies!

 

I'm aware of those...i asked if anyone else had complaints about noisy flex section. (hissing)

 

My bad!!!

 

if they redisigned it recently its not any better. I have rear mount, crossmember and possibly even front mount interference, I havent done any grinding yet to find out whats what

 

so, in the end, it was probably worth saving 350+ from buying cattman, but christ thats a ***** to do. Ended up having to grind on both motor mounts and the crossmember. sounds nice though

 

At least there weren't any surprises, right?


Get a sound clip running! Please!: Whats your setup?

 

actually I was surprised that there wasnt an O2 bung where the pictures showed and that I had to grind the front mount, sounds like im the first to do that

I have a megan catback, test pipe, and TS ecu flash with z33 vtc map which im pretty sure is the reason it sounds just like a z, except a little louder and it pops a bit sometimes since I have a test pipe. ill see about a sound clip

 

What do you mean o2 bungs werent in pictured locations? Which ones?

And do you mean the EBay pictures or the ones here on the org.? Cuz the ones here are probably added o2 bungs.

 

appearently there are some kinda Version3 obx headers... anybody tried em... one guy up in new york seemed to have had a set... piping seems a tad smaller though



i could be lunching but according to everybody else they seem different

 

We have no way of knowing from that pic. Those look like v2's.

 

x2

Looks the same.

 

I mean the ebay pics. There was a bung on the middle of the back pipe on the curve, pointing forward, the normal bung that everyone relocates, and there was one more just past where the pipe starts going forward which was not present on my set.

the guy I bought mine from said they were a redesign, but from what I found they arent any better fitment-wise, possibly worse (see above)

 

Whats his name? Ill stay away...


Is it this one?

 

Dam I guess those geniuses over @ OBX still can't get it right after 3 design revisions for the same a$$ car...Maybe they can't afford to redesign thier freakin jig since they charged so little for thier product...Or else they're using you guys as thier field test lab in working thier kinks out! Hopefully with all that cutting and grinding involved in the installation won't compromise any of your safety features designed into our cars during a frontend collision or reselling your car which more then likely will be inspected by most dealers for crap like that!

 

No dealer in the world inspects for ground down mounts...

Shady, it's sensor b

 

No they don't purposely go looking for them , but when 150 point inspections are performed, it's pretty extensive...How do you know there aren't any dealership service managers or technicians on this site? I use to work in an auto repair shop that performed 120 point inspection and we use to write down everything on these car for the potential buyers.....

 

Gemner, so where was it located?

Could you provide the seller name so we can keep track of who's selling what?

Thanks



Cmax, if you have nothing to contribute but to knock off OBX headers for the sake of promoting Cattmans, please leave.

 

Ahh yes I have the exact same problem with the hissing. At first it sounded like I had a little exhaust leak, so I sea foamed and checked for smoke coming out. No go.

I took a closer look at the flex pipe and noticed all of the small holes in it. Not really a problem, just the way it's designed.

The sound actually kind of grew on me. Love the way it sounds after 3500rpm in 3rd gear. Stock catback, btw.

 

It was the sensor located at B in shady's picture. The seller was dailod and he seemed pretty legit, I think this is just the new design

 

lol, ok, so B was missing on yours or it was just relocated?

 

hey thats my pic on the first page


yea the collectors r a tad smaller for some reason.. if its ok id like to post some pics of how the installment went..?

 

my outlet didnt line up too well wit my cat but i managed to twist it around n get it to line up with a pair of vice grips..



hear is where i relocated the o2 bung

 

this is the bracket that you have to grind off. the bracket is strong enough witout it so take that off

 

totally missing. you can see in shawnmax's pics that there isnt one on his either. must just be the new way.

 

nice pics shawn. I too had the cat alignment problem, I have had that problem with every peice of a/m exhaust that ive bought, y-pipe, headers, catback, all have the alignment issue. I guess thats what flex sections are for

 

I may be missing something, but how did you manage to get your car on those ramps like that in the third picture?

 

he jacked it up and slipped them under???

 

haha that makes sense. Just made me think for a minute