is there anything i can do to clean up my stock header to make it look better.. its kinda depressing to open up my hood and see a old rusty looking header

 

umm, clean it. sand blast it. if its the stock one put the heat shield back on.

 

I saw a FANTASTIC thread that showed how to do this earlier this week, but I can't seem to find it. I'll keep looking.

 

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doesn't get any easier then that.. just paint the heatsheild...

 

If you don't have the heat shield and you don't mind spending a bit of money, you could have it professionally coated. Not only will it look better, but it will protect the manifold and cut down on under-hood temperatures.

 

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would that be worth it?

 

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That's great Padawan, I've never heard of anyone doing this. Would you happen to know about how much it costs and how much it lowers the engine temprature in the engine?

 

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Do you think it would be worth it? I doubt it's cheap.. either...

 

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Do you think it would be worth it? I doubt it's cheap.. either...</TD></TR></TABLE>

It depends on how you define "worth it", though on a stock cast manifold that is not terribly expensive to begin with, it might be difficult to justify the added cost. You can likely expect to pay between $150-$200 for a professional coating job (inside and out).

 

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Do you think it would be worth it? I doubt it's cheap.. either...</TD></TR></TABLE>

I don't plan on doing this on my car, I have some friends that would be interested in doing this.

 

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I would suggest, buying a new header... if it would cost $200...

but to each there own....

 

Just put the heat shield back on it. It's hard to prevent it from rusting or looking like crap.

 

Here ya go. I doubt it will work on a stock header

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1563439

 

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https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1563439</TD></TR></TABLE>

Damn, that's a sick resurrection...

at OP:
replace it is ur best bet...though I don't see why it matters...if ur not running an aftermarket header ur probably running some D series stock....so what's the diff? Speed's crap, looks like crap...iono, maybe that's just my outlook on things, but I wouldn't want something all crome and polished getting the "ooo's" and "ahhhhh's" pushing a whopping 80whp.

 

Buy Ebay header. Look alot nicer than stock.

 

I did the same thing.. (ebay header) just bought it till I get a bare block and start building up the new beast