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> after 3 hours of fighting and headaches, look what finaly went in
post Apr 3, 2006 - 8:32 PM
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I FINALY installed my pacesetter headers today with many headaches, a few burns and a couple of cuts. I brought it over 2 my buddys place to put it on. So first of all, just as im comin up 2 his house, it starts 2 piss rain..like thunderstorm and all. So we worked with half the celica in the garage, the other half out. We brought the car in, spent like a good hour n a half tryin 2 pull the manifold and cat off cuz it was so hot. So we finaly get every thing off, we go 2 put the header in, slips on nicely where it meets the block. Then we go 2 line up the downpipe to the bottom flange...sure enough, the flange on the bottom of the header is about an inch smaller. So, we get on the phone, try and find some exhaust shops near by that are open that might have the flange, then we relize, my cars not driveable, my buddy's dad is takin their van in 2 min, so we gotta find a ride. We call my other friend up, he gives us a ride, i wait like 20 min at this exhaust shop, sure enough they do have a flange thats the exact same as the OEM style. So i pay $20 for it, we go back 2 my buddys place to start workin on modifying the header. We put it in the vice, cut the flange off, then 2 of our friends show up tryin 2 steal his tools. We finaly get back 2 work, and relized we didnt cut the flange off straight, so we sand it all down. Finaly get to welding it together, we weld it, brush it, throw some paint on. We go to slide it on, slides on perfectly on the block, go 2 bolt up the down pipe..and we welded the flange about 5 degrees off from where its suppost to be. So we jurry rigged it up by twisting the flex pipe and the exhaust piping enough to get the header attached to the block, bolted it up to the block, then bolted the downpipe to the header, then as we are ready 2 start it up, turn the key...VROOM!! exhaust leak. The header and down pipe didnt meet perfectly, so we slapped some exhaust system sealer on it, let it sit and dry and now..shez perfect. The car reacts sooo different now. Runs alot smoother, drives better, accelerates sooo much faster. I had 2 friends in the car with me, we booted it down his street and we were goin as fast as i usually did with just me in the car b4. Headers = Big big difference. Now i just gotta hit up the exhaust shop tomorrow or wensday and weld in my new cat and ill be set. biggrin.gif
 
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post Apr 3, 2006 - 10:03 PM
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lol i didnt mean wasp out as in power.. i meant the sound, does it sound like v tech kicked in at high rpms.. i kno the celi doesnt have vtech.. im jus saying thats how all my friends cars sound after they put on a header


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- Valo666   after 3 hours of fighting and headaches, look what finaly went in   Apr 3, 2006 - 8:32 PM
- - j0e_p3t   is that a beams or did you just dress up your engi...   Apr 3, 2006 - 8:39 PM
- - celicarus   congrats - great story - i always love to hear har...   Apr 3, 2006 - 8:43 PM
- - TheStreetzKing   question about headers.. does ur car like wasp out...   Apr 3, 2006 - 8:47 PM
- - Valo666   QUOTE(j0e_p3t @ Apr 3, 2006 - 8:39 P...   Apr 3, 2006 - 9:00 PM
- - Bitter   congrats. exhaust work is ALWAYS a bitch. glad t...   Apr 3, 2006 - 10:00 PM
- - TheStreetzKing   lol i didnt mean wasp out as in power.. i meant t...   Apr 3, 2006 - 10:03 PM
- - celicarus   if i keep the 5sfe then i will be adding this - th...   Apr 3, 2006 - 10:05 PM
- - TheStreetzKing   id say 120hp ^   Apr 3, 2006 - 10:13 PM
- - LewFX   i cant wait to get one for my gt   Apr 3, 2006 - 10:47 PM
- - TheStreetzKing   imma try to fit an mr2 header on mine, ill post a ...   Apr 3, 2006 - 10:53 PM
- - Batman722   great to see this happen post up exactly what hea...   Apr 3, 2006 - 11:05 PM
- - CelicaZR   Good stuff I'm glad it has paid off. Now tim...   Apr 4, 2006 - 3:16 AM
- - bigal004321   You can also use the 1.8 liter corolla headers als...   Apr 4, 2006 - 8:30 AM
|- - Bitter   QUOTE(bigal004321 @ Apr 4, 2006 - 8...   Apr 4, 2006 - 10:52 AM
- - crismillencolin   Good work ! I was considering a new header but...   Apr 4, 2006 - 9:54 AM
- - bdog_v   Hello I went to the pacesetter homepage but could ...   Apr 4, 2006 - 11:46 PM
- - Valo666   I didnt order the headers, i got them off Matt (96...   Apr 5, 2006 - 2:39 PM
- - Valo666   im gonna go install my new/reusded Magnaflow Cat t...   Apr 7, 2006 - 11:43 PM
- - JoKeRkId613   great job man. can we see some vids or perhaps lis...   Apr 8, 2006 - 8:11 AM
- - Bitter   i wonder if this is going to effect the A/F of the...   Apr 8, 2006 - 10:21 AM


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