I picked this header up a few weeks ago (thanks for the delivery Brian ) with hopes if repairing it and selling it.

Here are some pictures or the work so far.

As received:


Cut open:


The inside of the dent:


The piece after much hammering:


Trial fit #1:


Trial fit #2:


Trial fit #3:


The fit is not perfect...
But for a a few hours with a Dremel/hammer/anvil/punches I was happy.

I hope to get it welded up a little bit so I can tweak the fit a little bit more.. then hope to seal it shut and sand the welds down and sell it.

Welding stainless =
http://www.key-to-steel.com/Articles/Art97.htm

 

nice work... Good luck.

 

Dents look identical to my old JDM 4-1 header. 1 big and 1 small. Of course I'm sure tons of JDM 4-1 headers look like that since they all sit the same way. Hope you can get that baby sealed up.

 

will the welding affect the exhaust flow??

course...it's prbly better than having that huge dent

 

Looks like what i'll be having to deal with on my spoon header soon

 

what happened?

 

Try to get it Tig welded. If the welder knows what he is doing then there should be no burn through to the inside of the pipe which means no issues with the flow. Good luck with it. I have to fix my DC JDM 4-1 header too.

 

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You didn't read.

 

Clean it well, then Tig it and backpurge, should come out real nice.

 

Looks like you know what your doing

 

can you do that with ceramic coated header?

 

Damage didn't look that bad at all.

 

Willard - cool project, can't wait to see the results. Shoot me a PM when you are done, I might want to pic that ish up if the price is right

 

is this the one you had at VIR?

nice work.. can't wait to see how it turns out when done..

 

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Jup.

I guess the previous owner smashed a speed hump or a parking block of some sort.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 91integraLSVTEC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">can you do that with ceramic coated header?</TD></TR></TABLE>YES, most ceramic coated headers are mild steel and easier to weld up than stainless steel... you may need to grind off the ceramic coat though... not sure on that but DC and other similar brands with ceramic coats are very thin coats, aftermarket coatings like Swaintech is hard as hell and almost impossible to grind off.

 

I can Tig it for you if ya need...

welding stainless = tricky stuph.

 

Nicey nice, glad I could be of service

Brian

 

Willard = Master Tech

 

that is really cool!

 

SKid Plate.....

 

just wondering, can't you just weld a stud and pull the dent out with a dent puller? kinda like the same way bodyshop nowadays do?

 

nice work hope that works out for yah

 

nice work will

 

J.B. WELD