Sometime soon, I'm gonna start installing all of this stuff on my 04 RSX-S. I have a moderate amount of knowledge of cars, I've mainly worked with old racecars, so the import thing is pretty new to me. I've installed exhausts and intakes before, although I've never touched Engine Mounts and Headers. I will be doing this in my garage on jackstands.

Any pointers before I get started? I'm just hoping this will go as smoothly as possible!

 

Take your time and do it right.

 

good advice.

I'd rather go somewhere and pay to have it installed, but obviously I would have trouble finding a place that will install a race header...

 

Do one mount at a time. Don't do the rear mount until you do the header. When you have the stock header and downpipe off, the rear mount is easy.

The header is just a matter of unbolting and removing the downpipe, followed by the heatshields and header. Very simple.

 

You should be alright, not to long ago I just installed intake, header, exaust on my integra GSR. It was my first time ever putting my car up on jack stands and getting under the hood. I was only 17 and it was all common sense, just bolt ons man.

 

good luck

 

Use a helms manual for refrences on torque specs. also has nice diagrams to follow. good luck

 

have a good friend to help you
use a tq wrench and gather tq spec beforehand
it will save you a lot of time

 

Nake sure connect the ground wire that runs from the p/s mount to the chassis to make it run the from the engine to the chassis. Your ECU could be damamged from a lack of ground that side. Trust me.