I have a header where the collector aims up towards the car. This creates a huge exhaust leak. Can i heat the header up by running the car hard for a while, and then just pull the collector down a tad to warp it into shape with a chain? This is the 2nd header that does this. has anybody done this with sucsess?

 

i dont think that running the car hard will get enough heat to bend the header. I dont know for sure though. I wouldnt mess with a header that was that hot. Can an exhaust shop not fix something like this. I have never heard of it, but if it has happened before, i am sure a shop would know about it, and they would know how to fix it

 

ive called around, and no ,they dont work on things like this....Im almost thinking about replacing my cat with some flex pipe. this is just sick

 

Let me get this straight, your header is warping from the heat, and it is making the collector point up?

what kind of header is it? if it is some ebay craptastic header, then just get a decent header.

edit: reread post, you didnt say the header was warped from heat, but why is it pointing up to begin with?

 

short on cash, ebay header, my 2nd one. The collector aims up, i need to move it down like 2 degrees

 

yup

 

i say, if ur car still runs, the there is no problem. and if the noise bothers you then why do u think we have speakers in cars. just turn that sucker up till u cant hear nothing

 

You could the stock one back untill you can afford a header that fits. They might charge you more at a shop to fix that then you payed for a ebay header, not worth it

 

LOL!! I WOULD GO BEAT THE HELL OUT OF THE CAR TO MAKE SURE THE HEADER GETS REALLY HOT THEN TRY UR LIL BEND-IT THING. IF ITS EBAY THE METAL IS PROBABLY THIN ENOUGH SO U CAN BEND IT WHEN ITS HOT. JUST BE EASY AND WRK SLOW. IF IT CRACKS OR SOMETHING PUT UR STOCK ONE BACK ON.

 

2 degrees? use the flex pipe.

 

I had the same problem with my ebay header for my d-series, see if a welding shop might be able to help you by rewelding the flange or something to that nature. Good luck.

 

Invest in a little flex pipe man, and possibly a new doughnut gasket the one on there my be old and not sealing right on the new header. If it only needs to go a small amount I would think that both of those things would fix it for you

 

Flex pipe FTW.

 

well looked into the flex pipe......250! WTF!!@! no shop around here charges less....So i take it bending the header will do more harm than good? this sucks, the leak is so dam huge.

 

Heat and bend, liek toehr guys said...if it is Ebay it is prolly a lighter weight metal, and may heat up enuff to give a lil...worth a shot.


Blowtorch that **** otherwise...?

 

take it to a local welding shop, weld the flange on the head side down on one side. then heat the lower 90 bend with a tiger torch for a couple seconds tell its red hot.. then simply grab the collector and bend it down. let it cool, tada done.

 

wait, could it be that my cat which is 2.25" id doesnt fit the header? i thought this one bolted right up to stock...but now im thinking i could use a 2.5" ID, true or no?

 

Do you have a welder?

What I would do is go to autozone and pick up a piece of their 2.5" piping and cut off the flange with about 2" of the collector still connected to it, and then cut off the big end of the 2.5" autozone piping and cut it & shave it to make it go to the angle you need it to be at, and then weld it.

If you don't have a welder you could still do this, but tape it up and then take it to a welder/exhaust shop and have them weld it.

2 beads shouldn't cost you more than 10-15 bucks.

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That could be the problem, but if the collector on the header is pointing upwards I think it might be the header.

 

well yes, its still aimed upwards, but not by much...ill have to get down under there tommrow and see, but i think if the opening on the cat was larger, the gasket would be able to fit inside a little better.

 

So im looking into getting some flex pipe installed in there for 50 bucks....would this solve all my problems???

 

If it's only off by a little bit it should fix it.

 

werent you the one with the thread about "Oh i just had to get this $20 header?"

thanks for learning this lesson so i will never have to. you just saved me 20 bucks.

 

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thanks for learning this lesson so i will never have to. you just saved me 20 bucks.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Game, set and match.

Buy a shitty product, deal with shitty problems. Is this really a surprise?

 

ok, just a little knowledge for you, the cup joint style flange is designed for unparallel mounting. thats the reason theres no flex pipe in the stock system. the reason the cheap headers leak there is because the stock cup is too small for the donut gasket to smush down into. you will have problems w/ it until you A: replace it w/ a better header B: take your car out weld the flange to a flex section (which are available on ebay for $25shipped). or C: boost that **** and make your own downpipe w/ flex installed. my personal recomendation would be C FTW.

 

Too bad you're not local.

I'm known for taking easy, unimportant **** and making it work (usually not pretty, but definatly works)

I still think my suggestion would be the cheapest and possibly easiest. No point in spending $50 on your $20 header.