Installed Ebay header Options

[Smaay]

I got tired waiting for my fabricator to get started on building my pipes for my turbo system, so i spent some pocket change and got the Ebay header. Install was very simple. i did have to loosen the alternator to get the header around that stud, but that was it. took me abot 30 minutes to install.

Before.


During


After






after a quick trip around the block


Now for review....This header was an excellent bang for the buck. Cost was about 110 after shipping. i can feel a huge difference in acceleration. Im on stock exhaust from the header back so the car is still very quiet. In fact, i dont hear much of a change in engine noise. But the Butt dyno says more power is there.

[Spider77]

Well, just got this thing on. Kind of upset though (not at the header), turns out when I got my new "used" down pipe the new hardware that I supplied the shop (gasket, nuts, studs, etc) never got used. Enough about that though. So removing the stock manifold was fun, every nut came off save for one, which took the whole stud with it. But by looking at the stud (totally stripped) I think that was shoddy work done before I got the car.
As far as the header (surewin) it went on with no problems, everything lined up great, but a little off by the downpipe. Throttle response is felt, but as far as any real kind of gain, cant say without some numbers to compare. It does sound better though! I'll take some pics later when its not raining.
And one more thing, I couldnt salvage my downstream O2 sensor, so I left it unplugged, but have yet to throw any CEL's. I thought for sure that I woulda thrown one by now....but I'll romp on it and see what happens.

Ok, the pics......



This post has been edited by Spider77: Jan 1, 2010 - 2:55 PM