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Old 09-19-2010, 05:57 PM
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Default Lowered GSR swap - header scrapes so need cheap header with more clearance

My header keeps scraping everywhere I go, i like to keep my car low.. was wondering if anyone knew of any not so expensive header i could purchase that has really good clearance for my gsr swap in my eg. All suggestions will be highly appreciated. Thankk youuu.
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Default Re: trouble finding a cheap header with good clearance for my gsr swap

try going with some stock headers .. or itr replicas
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Default Re: trouble finding a cheap header with good clearance for my gsr swap

What header are you running now?
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Default Re: trouble finding a cheap header with good clearance for my gsr swap

running low +1.8L = flat spots on any header. best you can do is gonna be to 1) raise the car up a 1/4 inch or 2) find a header with a pan welded to the bottom to stop from crushing it
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Default Re: trouble finding a cheap header with good clearance for my gsr swap

with a car that low you really need a quality header. Don't cheap out.

Either get a sturdy oem header or pay good money for a camp header or something.

All a cheap header is going to do on a super-low car is get dented easily and/or crack. It could lead to serious issues for you at the sake of saving a few hundred bucks. It could cost you another cheap header or more expensive part-repair in the future.

You get what you pay for.
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Default Re: Lowered GSR swap - header scrapes so need cheap header with more clearance

how low is your car OP?
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Default Re: Lowered GSR swap - header scrapes so need cheap header with more clearance

Bump!! I have the same problem and my car is not even that slammed like most of you guys in here. Ive wondered if yall slammed cars out there have this problem and how yall deal with it. Btw, i have a megan racing header 4-1 to hi-flow cat to apexi ws2 catback also the resonator pipe sits low too but i heard apexi exhaust sits low. I scrap a lil over certain bumps.
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Default Re: Lowered GSR swap - header scrapes so need cheap header with more clearance

My eg is lowered 1.5. Mine scrapes on the big bumps. I normally dont have that problem but did do a couple that made a small flat spot
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Man i thought header clearance on my lowered EK w/ GSR was bad. I dropped the same motor in an EF with ebay header my friend gave me for free and it already hits on everything and the car isn't even lowered :/
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Default Re: Lowered GSR swap - header scrapes so need cheap header with more clearance

running low +1.8L = flat spots on any header. best you can do is gonna be to 1) raise the car up a 1/4 inch or 2) find a header with a pan welded to the bottom to stop from crushing it
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Default Re: Lowered GSR swap - header scrapes so need cheap header with more clearance

This thread is useless without pix
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Default Re: Lowered GSR swap - header scrapes so need cheap header with more clearance

two headers that i know with good clearance are 5-ZIGEN and JUN

i had the 5-zigen b16 manifold on my b20 civic..it hugs the oil pan
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Default Re: Lowered GSR swap - header scrapes so need cheap header with more clearance

i think OP's car is way lower than 1.5" than stock. i know my car is lowered 1.5" and my b16 doesnt scrape, unless i enter my driveway wrong. there are plenty of cars lowered and even slammed that arent destroying headers like that.
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Default Re: Lowered GSR swap - header scrapes so need cheap header with more clearance

save yourself some time with buying a new header and just get a PCI header plate.

http://inlinefour.com/pciheskpl.html

there ya go.
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Default Re: Lowered GSR swap - header scrapes so need cheap header with more clearance

A cheap header vs an expensive header is not going to make a difference. You are still going to damage it. Paying $700 for a header doesnt make it immune to dents/breaking.
Get a plate for it if you really want to keep your car that low.
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