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Post by Superdave on Jun 23, 2006 23:07:10 GMT -6
 Finally starting to build my headers, picked up all the U bends for $140 from www.magnumforceracing.com . These will be 1.5" primary, equal length and over the tranny (it's a FWD car). After these are done i should have no problems breaking into the 13's.. that was my goal with the Z24. I know i could go faster but the car still gets 20 MPG and it's my daily driver... lol |
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Post by grandnational on Jun 23, 2006 23:21:33 GMT -6
sweet!
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Post by grandnational on Jun 23, 2006 23:22:03 GMT -6
my buddy is doing a 3400 motor build for his alero!
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Post by Superdave on Jun 24, 2006 9:48:23 GMT -6
my buddy is doing a 3400 motor build for his alero! lol, that's what my 3400 came out of  |
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Post by Superdave on Jun 25, 2006 8:19:00 GMT -6
 Gettin Somewhere... Primaries are 28", 27.5" and 26"... what a PITA. BTW, that's my old 3.1... using it for mockup ;D |
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Post by chris on Jun 25, 2006 10:09:16 GMT -6
Are those meeting a turbo flange around there somewhere?
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Post by Superdave on Jun 25, 2006 14:40:35 GMT -6
Are those meeting a turbo flange around there somewhere? no turbo... if i do boost it, it'll be S/C'd but that's not gonna happen any time soon... i've got a wedding to pay for, and a house to buy... hehe |
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Post by Assian on Jun 25, 2006 15:36:02 GMT -6
That looks awesome.
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Post by Sukkoi19 on Jun 25, 2006 18:26:11 GMT -6
Looks real nice! Please post more pics as they become avalible.
Jesse
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Post by *98TransAm* on Jun 25, 2006 18:49:04 GMT -6
i like what you've done, looks good.
is there any place around here where i can get u bends for custom headers on my s10?
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Post by chris on Jun 25, 2006 19:13:13 GMT -6
If not, ebay has cheap ones... I need to find someone to weld and fab some stainless parts for me.... I would think you could get a cheap turbo and your almost there anyway..... Im sure we can find a used intercooler....  |
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Post by grandnational on Jun 25, 2006 19:35:13 GMT -6
so that is just a mock up motor you have them on now?
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Post by Superdave on Jun 26, 2006 0:19:45 GMT -6
so that is just a mock up motor you have them on now? yah, here is the front one on the actual engine...  www.magnumforceracing.com by far had the best prices on U or J bends, fast shipping and the owner is very friendly. I bought the collectors from www.ssheaders.com. Hopefully i'll get the time to finish these this week, i really wanna see how they make the engine run. I'm expecting an honest 20-30 HP gain from the manifolds i was using.... i had almost 1/4" of overlap on the ports... those old logs flowed terrible  |
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Post by Superdave on Jun 26, 2006 11:34:24 GMT -6
Front is done, just needs to be welded... I wonder which one will flow better?   |
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Post by Superdave on Jul 1, 2006 13:41:17 GMT -6
damn, and i thought the front one was a pain in the ass... rear is fabbed and (not pictured) almost completely welded...  |
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Post by Koble on Jul 1, 2006 13:47:38 GMT -6
lookin good, cant wait to see it done
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Post by blktransam on Jul 1, 2006 14:38:05 GMT -6
yeah dave...looking really nice alot of time into them...no one makes headers for that combo?
klemme
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Post by Superdave on Jul 1, 2006 16:36:39 GMT -6
yeah dave...looking really nice alot of time into them...no one makes headers for that combo? klemme Jbodyperformance.com makes a set but they're $1200.. lol i saved about $1K by doing it myself...  Thanks guys.. my back is killing me now. I must have slid under that car 30 times last night test fitting them...  |
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Post by blktransam on Jul 1, 2006 19:09:38 GMT -6
its worth the pain though....plus u can have the satisfaction u built them
klemme
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Post by Superdave on Jul 2, 2006 23:03:44 GMT -6
welp, got the rest of the front header done down to the ball flange... then the little bit of 2" pipe i had left went into the downpipe for the front one... I'll have to stop by an exhaust shop and see if they'll sell me a few feet of 2" pipe ;D Pics:  Yes, i know the rear looks like hell.. i haven't cleaned up the welds yet since i'm not done... and here is my upper tranny mount... apparently i'm making a bit more power than it's made to handle... ;D  |
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Post by grandnational on Jul 2, 2006 23:39:30 GMT -6
awesome job man. whats next? ceramic coating? or are you just going to say fuck it and rattlecan them?
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Post by Superdave on Jul 3, 2006 12:10:49 GMT -6
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Post by grandnational on Jul 3, 2006 13:06:35 GMT -6
awesome stuff, but JC premiere concepts in port byron can do it for about the same price as the DIY stuff.
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Post by grandnational on Jul 4, 2006 11:30:01 GMT -6
also where did you but the flanges for the 3400 headers? my buddy is doing a turbo setup for his alero and needs a custom set of headers made
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Post by Superdave on Jul 4, 2006 12:07:14 GMT -6
also where did you but the flanges for the 3400 headers? my buddy is doing a turbo setup for his alero and needs a custom set of headers made I modified some V6 camaro flanges (iron head) but you can buy the right ones from www.60degreev6.com. they have the D shaped ones and regular round ones in their store now. IIRC they're around $50. |
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Post by Superdave on Jul 8, 2006 22:49:43 GMT -6
Update: I finished all the fabrication, the downpipe/Ypipe is done finally...  Installed:  I know it looks like it's going at an odd angle but the rear header aims down a degree or so.. i had to compensate for that to get the collector to end up in the right spot... I should be finishing it all up in the morning and maybe getting a sound clip of it running. |
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Post by Sukkoi19 on Jul 9, 2006 9:33:01 GMT -6
Looks good to me. Excellent work.
Jesse
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Post by blktransam on Jul 9, 2006 11:30:40 GMT -6
no u need to weld em all the way around...lol, nice job BTW
klemme
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Post by Superdave on Jul 9, 2006 15:08:18 GMT -6
no u need to weld em all the way around...lol, nice job BTW klemme haha... well it's all welded now, the collector is hooked into the rest of the exhaust. I fired it up for about 30 sec and holy crap.. It lopes pretty good at idle now... the ball flanges were only hand tight so they were leaking but overall it came together quite well. They'll get sandblasted, degreased and painted this week and hopefully i'll get to test them out on the road by Friday. ;D Just a word of advice, if any of you guys need an O2 bung, don't pay the crazy prices for one.. just go to the Autozone Help section and pick up a spark plug anti-fowler with the right threads... cut the end off and weld it in |
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Post by grandnational on Jul 14, 2006 21:14:28 GMT -6
what did you use or collectors
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