header arrived today, thanks a lot aaron, i was able to run to the shop and have the bung welded in for the wideband, except it wont be installed tommorow as planned as they wont be in tommorow, so i was told monday we can do my exhaust work here's some pics





ill be wrapping it with fiberglass wrap later today, the warranty card said not too, but i mean wrap doesnt do anything except show defects in the original product, i dont think pacesetter has anything to hide...or do they

 

Could have something to do with the coating. Keeps the heat in the header instead of dissipating outwards.

 

wrapping doesnt do anything but keep the exhaust in the header hotter, which in turn improves scaveging effect, the reason most manufactuers void your warranty after wrapping is bc its suppose to cause them to rust faster since it holds in moisture or what not, well if done right u can coat the header before hand, than wrap it, than coat the wrapping to keep moisture out in the first place; ill be prep'n the header tommorow, hitting it with 1200* primer to keep moisture off the actual steel, than wrapping it, than hitting the wrap with the spray they make for it to help seal moisture out

 

If the cti header looked half that good id almost be happy.

 

oh is a nice header don tget me wrong, but i got the painted version the paint will cook off, and leave it ugly looking :p which is why im wrapping it, im using black wrap aswell so it should look decent...

 

Your header looks great. its the cti header that looks like crap

 

ok so install will take place on sunday; taking it to get all installed, when i say taking i mean ima do all the work, and my mechanic friend is doing all the welding lol

 

ok so install will take place in a few hrs here, i decided not to wrap the header, mainly from being lazy; and it was hto out and i didnt feel like wearing gloves and a long sleeve shirt :p so i went and used some of the flameproof series paint/ceramic paint on the header instead, i hit the piping with brake cleaner to eat off the black coating;

 

i have the same header armor coated..i think its the best header for the buck you should like it

 

and what build is complete w/out a little bit of rice

planning on putting one on each rear seat glass, only the blue stays on the car, there is no backround to the image, and no see thru stickeer crap either :p

 

i like the decals lol

 

thanks, i was going to get this one

but i coudlnt think of were to put it

 

lol thats badass ony gar guys whould know everybody else would say wtf

 

well got the intake ready 'll let the pics tell the story



i removed the logo's and primer'd it, painted it, clear coated it, than put the logo's back on, dont know if i got them 100% perfect or no, but oh well lol...

 

looks pretty, wait till you try to get that **** sucker in there. wont look too pretty any more let me tell you from experiance. I had a bitch of a time getting my Injen in.

 

i know what u mean, wasnt easy getting my buddies injen on either, we just took the ecm and moved it while we put the intake on, than ones it all tight, we put the ECM back :p

 

well my header is on, im not to happy about fitment, but i made it fit, just need to go in there and touch up the paint to prevent it from rusting prematurely...



^^issues #1-4(like th is above each cylinder primary) hammer mod fix'd it

emnd reasult, i guess i missed the bottom of the header around the collector and the paint lifted bc of their paint job they put on it, but around the primaries the paint held fine, the colored look is from my dirty hand touching them, ima go back and repaint it now that it has been made to fit

 

Damn wash your hands .

 

hahahaha fter 3 hours working on my exhaust they got dirty :p

 

Is that your wideband zip tied to your steering rack?

I am going to have to change the location of my wideband mounting point because of my new header. That is an interesting spot to put it.

 

yup it sits flush on a flat spot thats right there, havent had a issue in the past few weeks its been there

 

Looks like you can scratch the Trifecta Tune off of your need list.

I will be there with a tune written up by Vince for you. When you're ready to put it on, I'll do it.

 

yup that will be on the 5/1/09, install begins on 4/29/09 should have everything on by the 30th/1st, and be ready for tuning all day

 

Sounds good to me. Man, what a bday present for me. To ride in a boosted 2.2. Sweet!!!

 

lol as long as you dont have a defective tuner or a tune it should all go as planned, i know dragonfire in SA had a defective one and was screwed for a few days