Altima eBay Headers installed (Hotshot knockoff?)
03-14-2011 | 06:24 PM
#45
Reduced ground clearance. I'm not slammed so I don't mind too much.:
Quick video
Cruising at 45-50 mph. Silence is golden
Partial throttle acceleration - typical daily driving
WOT
WOT from a dig
Within the next few days I will log some pulls with my EU and compare them to some logs I recorded at the track a few weeks ago. I also plan to go back to the track within a month to get some times with headers to compare to my most recent trip with the y pipe.
After installing these headers, my car is a lot quieter in normal driving than it used to be with the old y pipe and 3" exhaust. The drone zone I had at about 2100-2500 rpm is nearly gone, I can still hear a slight change if I listen for it, but otherwise I'd say its gone
One of my favorite parts, to an extent, is the cost.
Altima headers - $135
y pipe parts and labor - $114
Total spent: $249
Quick video
Cruising at 45-50 mph. Silence is golden
Partial throttle acceleration - typical daily driving
WOT
WOT from a dig
Within the next few days I will log some pulls with my EU and compare them to some logs I recorded at the track a few weeks ago. I also plan to go back to the track within a month to get some times with headers to compare to my most recent trip with the y pipe.
After installing these headers, my car is a lot quieter in normal driving than it used to be with the old y pipe and 3" exhaust. The drone zone I had at about 2100-2500 rpm is nearly gone, I can still hear a slight change if I listen for it, but otherwise I'd say its gone
One of my favorite parts, to an extent, is the cost.
Altima headers - $135
y pipe parts and labor - $114
Total spent: $249
03-14-2011 | 08:10 PM
#46
Thanks!
I am nearly finished with these headers, last thing I need is a 3" gasket. I had a 3" test pipe made and a flex section installed today.
So far it doesn't seem much louder compared to my resonated test pipe, but I will reserve judgement until I drive around with it some more.
I am nearly finished with these headers, last thing I need is a 3" gasket. I had a 3" test pipe made and a flex section installed today.
So far it doesn't seem much louder compared to my resonated test pipe, but I will reserve judgement until I drive around with it some more.
03-16-2011 | 03:55 PM
#49
I didn't take it to a shop, a friend of a friend did the welding. I bought the flanges and mandrel bends from a local muffler dealer warehouse. I used the collector gaskets that came with the headers, and reused the oem manifold gaskets. I will be ordering the 3" test pipe gasket.
10-19-2011 | 07:01 PM
#53
Time for round two on these headers.
I got my hands on some coilovers and rode around the the y pipe 1"-1.5" off the ground. I went to a ghetto tire shop to have some tires installed. Drove the car on a lift similar to the one below and the y pipe hit the hydraulic arm. Then I drove around with the reduced volume y pipe for a month or so until I finally got around to having a new one made a few days ago.
The damage:
I decided to do away with the flanges for this y pipe since they were such a pain to get to. This time around I used the flowmaster y merge posted earlier in this thread (part #Y214300). And two band clamps on the inlets of the y merge.
My cost for this y pipe was $106. I signed up for Amazon's credit card and they gave me a $40 credit which I used to get the Flowmaster y merge for free.
I got my hands on some coilovers and rode around the the y pipe 1"-1.5" off the ground. I went to a ghetto tire shop to have some tires installed. Drove the car on a lift similar to the one below and the y pipe hit the hydraulic arm. Then I drove around with the reduced volume y pipe for a month or so until I finally got around to having a new one made a few days ago.
The damage:
I decided to do away with the flanges for this y pipe since they were such a pain to get to. This time around I used the flowmaster y merge posted earlier in this thread (part #Y214300). And two band clamps on the inlets of the y merge.
My cost for this y pipe was $106. I signed up for Amazon's credit card and they gave me a $40 credit which I used to get the Flowmaster y merge for free.
10-24-2011 | 09:56 AM
#58
11-12-2011 | 07:49 PM
#62
I got my hands on some coilovers and rode around the the y pipe 1"-1.5" off the ground. I went to a ghetto tire shop to have some tires installed. Drove the car on a lift similar to the one below and the y pipe hit the hydraulic arm.
11-17-2011 | 02:46 PM
#64
in for sound clips. Ive had this same idea mapped out in my head for months. What size pipe did you use for the "collector"?
edit: nvm found it. Is the header touching your A/C line on the front?
edit: nvm found it. Is the header touching your A/C line on the front?
Last edited by skweaky; 11-17-2011 at 02:59 PM.
11-17-2011 | 09:40 PM
#65
I need to buy a welder before I can do that
Which part? The two 2.25" primaries merge into 3"
I'll take some clips after I fix a minor exhaust leak. 3" collector.
No but its close, about 1/8" of clearance.
Which part? The two 2.25" primaries merge into 3"
No but its close, about 1/8" of clearance.
Nah I had to see what rpm fuel cut was at so I could extend the rev limiter with my emanage.
12-03-2011 | 08:04 AM
#69
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,410
From: Frederick, MD
But cool work with the y-pipe welding. Even though the last one broke, I'm sure all in all this is still cheaper than other alternatives for header/ypipe
12-03-2011 | 04:25 PM
#70
Right now I'm between a set of OBX V2s and Cattman at ~$500
02-07-2012 | 10:44 PM
#74
Finally fixed my exhaust leak. I moved the clamps off of the merge and closer to the headers, soo much quieter now. Vids coming soon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmellyfart/6839850301/http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmellyfart/6839851681/http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmellyfart/6839848967/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmellyfart/6839850301/http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmellyfart/6839851681/http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmellyfart/6839848967/
03-10-2012 | 09:20 PM
#76
I think you need too do another one and use flexible tubing as a model and copy it to the T! Your transitions suck.....You've got big nuts but no juice....There gotta be a way to squeeze the U shaped tubing in there better than that!
here's some tubing specialist:
http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog...04ss-1511.html
http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog/mandrel-bends-34/
http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog...st-flanges-52/
here's some tubing specialist:
http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog...04ss-1511.html
http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog/mandrel-bends-34/
http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog...st-flanges-52/
03-11-2012 | 03:06 AM
#77
The car isn't running right now. I'll try and get some by the end of next week.
I could probably run it forward and wrap an uncut 180* bend around the front of the oil pan. Yea its not perfect, but this one is WAY better than the first one I had. I do want to switch back to flanges on the y pipe since these clamps like to loosen up over time.
But until this y pipe gets completely destroyed and I learn to weld, I have no desire to change it. My major driving factor with these headers was cause they were cheaper than OBX, but after changing the y pipe a few times I'm $500 into these headers and do not want to spend any more on them.
I think you need too do another one and use flexible tubing as a model and copy it to the T! Your transitions suck.....You've got big nuts but no juice....There gotta be a way to squeeze the U shaped tubing in there better than that!
here's some tubing specialist:
http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog...04ss-1511.html
http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog/mandrel-bends-34/
http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog...st-flanges-52/
here's some tubing specialist:
http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog...04ss-1511.html
http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog/mandrel-bends-34/
http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog...st-flanges-52/
But until this y pipe gets completely destroyed and I learn to weld, I have no desire to change it. My major driving factor with these headers was cause they were cheaper than OBX, but after changing the y pipe a few times I'm $500 into these headers and do not want to spend any more on them.
04-09-2012 | 01:21 PM
#78
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Posts: 1,222
From: Mississauga, ON, CANADA
i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb136/deviance105/h11389.jpg So these wouldn't fit? Cause these are with an equal y pipe already... are these v2s? Cause there's a version of 3.5 headers for the altima that don't have the equal y from obx.
01-27-2013 | 09:34 PM
#80
3rd time's a charm right?
The loop on y pipe II was much to close to my lca and the heat killed the bushing. I'm in the middle of a bunch of other maintenance right now so I figured I'd fix the y pipe. I'm doing all stainless this time.
All I have done so far is a mockup with the 2" piping that came on the altima y pipe to see if I could feasibly get the pipe away from the lca. So far so good.
The loop on y pipe II was much to close to my lca and the heat killed the bushing. I'm in the middle of a bunch of other maintenance right now so I figured I'd fix the y pipe. I'm doing all stainless this time.
All I have done so far is a mockup with the 2" piping that came on the altima y pipe to see if I could feasibly get the pipe away from the lca. So far so good.