I installed this on thursday, but finally got pics taken this afternoon. First of all, when i got it i nearly raped the UPS man when it came and i could NOT open it fast enough. I got the ceramic coated ones and the finish on the collector and down pipe are PHENOMINAL !!! I had my buddy matt over to help but with a bum back he could only help me a little. The removal went pretty smoothly until we came across that wretched bottom left bolt. < boooo > I figured out that if i loosened the power steering belt and removed the two bolts holding the bracket to the block and loosened the mount bolt, i could pry the bracket out of the way enuff to get the bolt off. I found out that you can't just bolt the header together and install it - you gotta install the collector first and then hook up the down pipe. I saw just how restrictive that the old exhaust was. Yikes. well, we finally tightened everything up and started the car. I have to say i am VERY impressed with the gain in performance and i have the second cat delete pipe so the exhaust does sound louder. I took the car out and romped on it - a nice boost comes in about 4000 rpm and pushes you back in the seat a bit. Even tho we took a total of about 3 1/2 hours to do the install - i think this is a worthwhile mod that will reallly free up the breathing of the engine.

I would like to thank my buddy matt and also my 11 year old girl Danielle for helping us tighten the power steering belt. They were a big help and although i prolly could have done this myself, i would have taken A LOT longer.

 

lookin good! the finish looks nice on those. they look good with your painted valve cover.

 

looks very very nice, excellent job

 

juss wanted to kno where u picked the headers up from. cuz im having trouble looking for some to put on my lancer. those look sick tho. i dont kno if i will put them on myself tho.

 

good place to get them is www.bigjoshracing.com

 

ok so u say it's sounds louder? Is it bad loud? I heard headers + test pipe makes the exhaust sound whiney, a bit ricey? Is it true? wut kind of catback u got on ur ride?

 

looks very nice!! that damn left nut can be a pain in the nut.

pickafro - i had rrm header, buschur dp, 2.5" testpipe and buschur catback with no resonator and dynomax muffler and the thing was loud as hell. it was sooo loud that i put the 2nd cat back on (and because i lost a good amount of low end).

 

i have the rrm test pipe and Greddy cat back. It is a bit whiney on accelleration but i don't think it's that bad. I will prolly keep it this way cuz racing season is right around the corner.

 

looks nice lil red


loud as in annoying loud? thats the setup im looking forward to, but not with a test pipe... a buschur high flow cat maybe.

 

yeah - it was annoying loud IMO. I like my exhaust to be loud .. but a deep loud. With that setup I had, it was whiney, fart can loud. Although it was loud .. the car pulled HARD from 3500+ .. i guess thats the trade off. Plus .. with a straight through system like that, it kinda smelled at intersections :P

 

so what are you gonna do about your CE light?

 

haven't decided yet - maybe get an eliminator soon

 

do you have to use the downpipe that comes with it?

 

yes - the stock downpipe will not fit. Besides, why use it anyways ?? IMO the engine performs SO much better with the header. This mod is a pain in the butt but it is well worth it when you get on the street.