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Please wait Search Mega Search Search Tips. New Products. Add To Cart. See 2 more pictures. Minimum Purchase:. Last edited by Hicompression; at PM. View My Garage. Looks nice. I'd be really interested in hearing a sound clip As far as wall-thickness, what is the gauage of the pipes they used? Are they pretty thick? I've heard that the downfall is the gauge of stainless. Too bad you didn't measure it to post some definitive data.
Most of the negative threads that you read about OBX are predicated on myth rather than fact. Originally Posted by tony1. Originally Posted by Rage. Originally Posted by Prochargedchevyi. If you want to hear what they sound like OBX no cats and muffler delete I am gonna do a hemholtz fix and get rid of that drone Originally Posted by MillerTime. Very nice!
Originally Posted by wbt. However on the flipside, lets be honest. We all know they are made in China given the brands reputation. I can also tell because they are polished. You can't pay an American worker to hand polish headers and have them priced right. Lastly, look at the pictures, it is plain they copied a Kooks header picture below. If you're gonna make cheap Chinese stuff, at least have the decencey to design it yourself.
This is not a "everything is made in China thing" There are no free rides, and I am certain no one wants this to happen at their work place. I am all for saving a buck.. Sure they are great because they copied the best product on the market, and sure they are cheap. Hell it costs nothing to pump them out between runs of Walmart lawn furniture with foreign materials and sell them on ebay. Not to mention no warranty and order support.
Using new gasket and header bolts or reusing stockers go to the next step. You will either want a jack or a friend holding the header steady while you line up the gasket and put in the bolts. Rethread the bolts starting in the center and work your way out evenly.
Torque to 11 ft lbs starting in the center and work your way out evenly. Then go back over at 18 ft lbs. If god has blessed you, it will slide in. If your mortal like the rest of us, you will need to take some additional steps. I still had an issue and shaved the K-member back slightly and after another test fitting hammered back a lip that was catching the back tab on the firewall. Header went in without any more grief.
Slide in and line up the gasket, work from center out and torque to 11 ft lbs then 18 ft lbs. Then reattach the plug wires to the coils. For first two days I only put two of the bolts on because I was going to pull and recheck all my bolts. Leave everything loose until you have it how you like.
Then tighten everything back up. Great guy. Great writeup!! I used the paper gaskets and never had an issue until my header bolts started working loose. They leaked but never burned out the 2 years I had them. When I did my heads and cam install I swapped to the metalish gaskets and thoughs never sealed right for me. This weekend I swapped my headers again because I got a huge dent in one of the primaries and used the paper gaskets.
I also used ARP header studs those made everything so much easier. I was also able to use Lock washers and I have 0 exhaust leakage at the headers now.
I did have to do some extra work and remove the steering linkage but the was only 2 bolts and was a hell of a lot easier than I thought it would be.
Thanks for taking the time to do such a thorough and detailed write up on a popular topic. Sticky for sure. Yep, good write up.. Dont forget that sometimes on the Drivers side you will need to slightly grind the "tab" on the side of the block.
Alot of times, that is all that is needed to get the DS to slide in. Nice new thread thanks for taking pics!!! Glad we could help you on your install and thanks for returning the favor with such a detailed writeup!!!
Thanks for all of the info guys, I am fixing to get started on my install tonight actually.
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