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Pinche Dimi....Can you feel da d15 powa y0!!!!!!!!!

Did your muffler come in yet???

project98civic

Great write-up, very useful.

Deemeetree

Nah no muffler yet. I'll let you know...

But indeed, this header isn't all that great. I did get it for cheap though. I also might reuse the stock gasket or just get another new metal gasket from Honda, I'm not too fond of this soft material ****.

Deemeetree

I'm definitely going to remove it though, aircraft strip it, get that small pen-head sized hole spot welded and recoated with high-temp paint. It's ok...for now.

Nova_Dust

Nice.

lkailburn

is that a paper gasket??!!?

i would suggest trashing that junk and buying an oem honda metal gasket.



Modified by lkailburn at 4:05 PM 1/14/2005

Deemeetree

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lkailburn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is that a paper gasket??!!?

i would suggest trashing that junk and buying an oem honda metal gasket.

Modified by lkailburn at 4:05 PM 1/14/2005</TD></TR></TABLE>

I know. I'm removing the downpipe today to get that small little hole welded in and going to check the condition of the OEM gasket. I'm definitely going to re-install the OEM one, I'm not too fond of paper material coming in contact with such high temps.

pwrofdrm

Good write-up . Def install that metal gasket again. I re-used my stock one and didn't have any problems. Haven't heard anything about Hedmen Headers for a Honda...How are the welds? What kind of power do they claim to make? Also, I'm sure I don't need to tell you this but take your time if you plan on painting it. Strip it and rub it down with alcohol real well, and do a couple coats. Wrap it up in a towel when you're installing it again to avoid scratching it and be sure to use gloves

Deemeetree

I don't know about the power increase, but I do feel my throttle response is a bit better and the butt-dyno tells me at least 2hp.

Welds kind of suck. Some parts are welded inside and out. And some just out. The downpipe has a hole about the size of a pen tip. I'm going to remove the entire header and down pipe to strip it. Then take it to a muffler shop and have 1 little spot weld cover that hole up. Then coat it again, but with high-temp BBQ paint.

Curve

I use a oem metal gasket with my stainless steel headers and it makes a terrible rattling sound. This is the same gasket that was on stock exhaust manifold before I bought my headers. Will getting a new gasket cure that?

Deemeetree

Are you sure the rattling is coming from that area? I don't think it would rattle. If you torque everything down, the gasket shouldn't move, at all. Something else is loose hijacker.

lkailburn

good choice on replacing the gasket. that paper one will literally burn up.

im not sure if bbq paint will hold either. isn't that only rated to like 500? they make 1000, 1200 1400 and even 1500 degree paints. i've heard ppl use bbq paint successfully on exhaust pipes, but idk about the header. ehh give it a shot and let us know hehe

and about the rattling for the other guy-- its deffinitly not the gasket. the header would have to be un bolted for it to really move around any.

Curve

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dimi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Are you sure the rattling is coming from that area? I don't think it would rattle. If you torque everything down, the gasket shouldn't move, at all. Something else is loose hijacker. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Everythings torqued. I'll just get a new gasket from Honda and see if that works.

Deemeetree

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lkailburn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">good choice on replacing the gasket. that paper one will literally burn up.

im not sure if bbq paint will hold either. isn't that only rated to like 500? they make 1000, 1200 1400 and even 1500 degree paints. i've heard ppl use bbq paint successfully on exhaust pipes, but idk about the header. ehh give it a shot and let us know hehe

and about the rattling for the other guy-- its deffinitly not the gasket. the header would have to be un bolted for it to really move around any. </TD></TR></TABLE>

The highest rate BBQ paint should hold. I doubt the header reaches 1,500*.

99CivicEX4DoorNoob

Does anyone know the proper torque setting that the header bolts/nuts should be torqued to? Also is there a proper torque sequence as well? I should probably just get a chiltons manual and stop asking all these questions lol But if any one can help me out on this, i appreciate it. I'm planning on doing the header install this weekend.

Greed

nice write up

mluckxxx

i've got a d16z6 head, everything except for the IM,TB, and you'll need new rocker arms. PM me i'll sell it cheap

Nameless Warrior

I need to be in this for later.

Eran

iTrader: (1)

Great writeup ....

not sure how someone would need a writeup to install a header, but good looking out.

LilDSGuy

Noob's happen .. and here I am !
Very helpful - the first step in my baby build is a header.
Gotta ask - what happened to all the pictures ??? Can we get them back ?

ANyways THanks again !!

jay209

thanks for the tips

V-tecman37

Where da pics???

jeremyrocksursox

could the pictures be updated? i plan to do this soon, but don't know exactly how

jeremyrocksursox

could the pictures be updated? i plan to do this soon, but don't know exactly how