How To: 2.0 Header Installation

[Bala]

yea mine was too. the stupid EGR was hell tryin to get the pipe back on. what did you do to yours? will the burn marks from the degreaser come off though?

I had mine Jet-Hot coated and they forgot to mask the threads for the EGR fitting. One of the first things I did was cross-thread the EGR fitting due to the extra thickness >.< No local hardware store had a die big enough to chase the threads, so 1.5 hours later with a diamond file and 1/4 can of 3-1 oil I had the sucker threaded perfect (then I torqued the header to the head). Still running strong with no issues 20K miles later ...

 

[amsgator]

is that picture w/ the jet hot on it?

will the steel wool get the burns form the degreaser off the header though? thats what i am worried about :-(

 

[Bala]

is that picture w/ the jet hot on it?

will the steel wool get the burns form the degreaser off the header though? thats what i am worried about :-(

yup.

and ... it should.

 

[amsgator]

wet or dry steel wool?

 

[Bala]

wet or dry steel wool?

Dry - and I'd actually recommend working with the scotchbrite pads over real "steel wool", they're just easier to work with. Any Home Depot / Lowes will have what you need, but here's something for ref: View attachment finish-1.pdf

 

[amsgator]

hey, i have a few scotchbright pads, but the steel wool looks like its less likely to scratch, especially the fine stuff. the 00 is the finer one for anyone else reading this i checked

 

[amsgator]

the only scotchbright pad i have is the scour pads and i dont see a number on them like that link showed. maybe i'll go to lowes or home depot and check it out. thanks for that pdf. will help

 

[mazdaspeed777]

Just got my OBX headers on, made a custome EGR tube, port an polished the intake manifold with VTCS removal and thermal spacer. Feww! That was a lot of work, I had to take the intake manifold out and apart three different times to fix a vaccume leak. Here are some picks of the results:

 

[Prodigy]

I installed my header yesterday.... I think it has a tumor.

 

[nate0123]

show-off...

 

[Prodigy]

show-off...

(dunno)

 

[amsgator]

u think eliminating the first cat will make the second one go bad quicker?

 

[mazdaspeed777]

u think eliminating the first cat will make the second one go bad quicker?

Yep it will. Just like when you gut your cat you shoot soot out your tail pipe everytime you start your car.

 

[whitemp5seattle]

well that's no good.

 

[amsgator]

dang that sux.....

 

[NMMotorsport]

cheers for the guide its good. only problemos, was the egr valve, which after some fetterling, we hooked it up first then pushed the manifold into place. i cleaned it before i started it up but it still went purpley, however now its gone a cool silver colour lol

 

[amsgator]

cheers for the guide its good. only problemos, was the egr valve, which after some fetterling, we hooked it up first then pushed the manifold into place. i cleaned it before i started it up but it still went purpley, however now its gone a cool silver colour lol

it's going to go purplely. it just wont have fingerprints or anything. purplely is what u want

 

[NMMotorsport]

na i wish itd stayed chrome really lol. might wrap it anyway, what kinda extra bhp have people got from wrapping theM?

 

[amsgator]

i wouldnt wrap it if i were you.... it makes the header go bad quicker and most companies wont warranty a header that has been wrapped. if you want it different that much get jethot, at least its safer. but i would advise not wrapping it.

http://www.centuryperformance.com/heatwraps.asp

 

[o.g.sk8er]

I have an AWR header that I have had wrapped for about 4 years, and no problems. Maybe I got lucky. (dunno)