How To: 2.0 Header Installation
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Cellerator
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- 2012 Mazda 3i Skyactiv Hatchback
Well, I went underneath today and looked around. It looks like maybe my header is hitting the oil pan. Now comes my next question, will kartboy exhaust hangers get rid of that sound?
Laser03pro
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- 1995 Miata
Not if the header is hitting the oil pan.
Cellerator
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- 2012 Mazda 3i Skyactiv Hatchback
basically it was where the stock exhaust and obx header connect.
hangers might help actually since they're way stiffer than the stockers. It'll keep the exhaust in line better.
If you put grease on the insides or wd40 to help get'em on, use paper towels and get as much of it off as you can. Then use zip ties or hose clamps to keep the exhaust in place. Or else you have a possibility of rubbing the bumper...
If you put grease on the insides or wd40 to help get'em on, use paper towels and get as much of it off as you can. Then use zip ties or hose clamps to keep the exhaust in place. Or else you have a possibility of rubbing the bumper...
slkt said:
As you put load on the engine, the engine's shifting. DO you have stock motor mounts?
Do you have karboy exhaust hangers? The stock hangers have a lot of play to them, which'll allow the exhaust to move a lot. Combine this with the fact that you are down a mount to the frame (the stock piping has a spot where it connects to the frame), you've got much more vibration in the area...
Installed the header this last weekend.
One thing to keep in mind-
I had to use an impact wrench to get the spring bolts off- without that I probably would have been up s*** creek.
Took 5 hours or so total with all the expected safus (spring bolts, egr not lining up, exhaust gasket not coming off the stock header)
One thing to keep in mind-
I had to use an impact wrench to get the spring bolts off- without that I probably would have been up s*** creek.
Took 5 hours or so total with all the expected safus (spring bolts, egr not lining up, exhaust gasket not coming off the stock header)
Laser03pro
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- 1995 Miata
Does this give a noticable power gain.
nealric said:
I had the same problem with the spring bolts and the exhaust gasket, but instead of using an impact wrench I spent a lot of time, busted a lot of knuckles, and destroyed two mazda exhaust spring bolts trying to get them out. It was a miserable event. It's definitely not a hard install if you have the right tools for the job. Any protege that has been through a couple winters would be better off with an impact wrench.
khaosman said:Crap, they don't even want to come off with a breaker bar? Grrreeat, all I need is another endlink like saga
I didn't have a socket deep enough to use with the breaker bar, and plus I didn't have room to fit the breaker bar in there under the car. If only my breaker bar was ratcheting. I broke the weld on one of the spring bolts, broke the rusted bolt on the other one.. couldn't get any of the lower head shield bolts off, a couple of the upper ones were stuck too.. needless to say my stock manifold can never be back on the car in it's original state. I haven't even gotten the second o2 sensor out of the old manifold yet because it's blocked by the stuck heat shield. I hate you great lakes winter!
TeamPlayers
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Will it hurt my car to run without the MIL eliminator? Will it run funny? Its going to be about a week untill I get mine and I was just wondering.
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
no adverse effects are had from running your car with the second o2 messed up
