after 3 hours of fighting and headaches, look what finaly went in Options

[Valo666]

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.